10/08/2007

Events & Listings

SPIEGEL at the Frankfurt Book Fair

An overview of discussions hosted by SPIEGEL at the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair.

EVENTS HOSTED BY THE SPIEGEL GROUP

(See below for a separate listing of partner events)

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007

A SPIEGEL Conversation with Joschka Fischer on the Coalition Government of the Social Democrat Party (SPD) and the Green Party, 1998-2005 -- Moderated by SPIEGEL editor Dietmar Pieper -- Alte Oper, Mozart-Saal, 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007

Horst Köhler: An Impatient German President -- Köhler's biographer Gerd Langguth speaks to SPIEGEL editor Gerhard Spörl about the limitations of the presidential office and the self-conception of Germany's present head of state -- SPIEGEL booth, 2:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

The German Book Prize Three Years after its Creation: Is Literature Benefiting? -- A conversation with the 2007 recipient of the German Book Prize and SPIEGEL editor Volker Hage -- SPIEGEL booth, 3:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Truth And Lies In War: Iraq, Vietnam and the United States -- Author Bernd Greiner ("Krieg ohne Fronten. Die USA in Vietnam," or "War Without Frontlines: The United States in Vietnam") speaks to SPIEGEL editor Gerhard Spörl about similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Iraq -- SPIEGEL booth, 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007

How Hard It Is to be Modern -- A conversation with author Julia Franck about her novel "Die Mittagsfrau" ("The Midday Woman"), moderated by SPIEGEL editor Claudia Voigt -- SPIEGEL booth, 1:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Does Prussia's History Need to be Rewritten? -- Historian Christopher Clark, author of the bestselling "Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947," speaks to SPIEGEL editors Martin Doerry and Klaus Wiegrefe -- SPIEGEL booth, 2:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

The Holocaust and the Germans -- Saul Friedländer, this year's recipient of the Peace Price of the German Book Trade and author of "Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945," speaks to SPIEGEL editors Martin Doerry and Klaus Wiegrefe -- SPIEGEL booth, 3:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

"The Invention of the Germans: How We Became What We A re" -- SPIEGEL editors Dietmar Pieper and Klaus Wiegrefe discuss the SPIEGEL book title "Die Erfindung der Deutschen: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind" ("The Invention of the Germans: How We Became What We Are") with historian Hans-Ulrich Wehler -- SPIEGEL booth, 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Intuition: The Discovery of Felt Knowledge -- Author Gerald Traufetter ("Intuition. Die Weisheit der Gefühle," or "Intuition: The Wisdom Of Our Emotions") discusses the interplay of intuition and reason with intuition expert Markus Raab of Flensburg University and Markus Ullsperger, a neurologist at the Max Planck Institute (Moderated by SPIEGEL editor Katja Thimm) -- SPIEGEL Educational Forum (Bildungsforum), 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.1, booth L 105)

"Rettet dem Deutsch!" ("Save German!"): Does Online Journalism Contribute to the Decline of the German Language? -- A conversation between Bastian Sick, author of SPIEGEL ONLINE's column "Zwiebelfisch," and SPIEGEL ONLINE editor Mathias Müller von Blumencron -- Raum Dimension, 5:00 p.m., Hall 4.2

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

"Last Dances, First Steps": Trends in Contemporary German Literature -- Author Hans-Ulrich Treichel ("Der Papst, den ich gekannt habe," or "The Pope I Knew") and author and literary critic Volker Hage speak to SPIEGEL editor Elke Schmitter about young authors and their enthusiasm for storytelling -- SPIEGEL booth, 10:30 a.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

"Five Germanies and One Life" -- Historian Fritz Stern, the recipient of numerous awards, has written his memoirs. The US citizen from Wroclaw, Poland, speaks to SPIEGEL editor Klaus Wiegrefe -- SPIEGEL booth, 11:30 a.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

The Other Gulag Chronicler: Varlam Shalamov as Counterpart to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- Franziska Thun-Hohenstein, the editor of the German edition of Shalamov's complete works, and philosopher Mikhail Ryklin, the 2007 recipient of the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, discuss Shalamov's "Kolyma Tales" with SPIEGEL editor Rainer Traub -- SPIEGEL booth, 12:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

What Remains of It All: The Journey into the Light. The Life of Tiziano Terzani -- Folco Terzani speaks to SPIEGEL author Mathias Schreiber about his father's memoirs, "La fine è il mio inizio" ("The End Is My Beginning") -- SPIEGEL booth, 1:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Genius or Demon? A New Look At Stefan George -- George biographer Thomas Karlauf speaks to SPIEGEL editor Johannnes Saltzwedel -- SPIEGEL booth, 2:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Cynic and Role Model: Rudolf Augstein, An Icon Of German Journalism -- Augstein biographer Peter Merseburger speaks to SPIEGEL editor Ulrich Schwarz -- SPIEGEL booth, 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Can Afghanistan Still be Saved? -- SPIEGEL reporter Susanne Koelbl and longtime SPIEGEL correspondent Olaf Ihlau, authors of the book "Geliebtes, dunkles Land" ("Beloved, Dark Country"), report on the current situation in war-torn Afghanistan (Moderated by Christine Thalmann, reporter for Radio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB) in Berlin) -- SPIEGEL booth, 5:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Teachers Bullying Each Other on the Internet: What are the Limits of Freedom of Opinion? -- Marianne Demmer, the director of the school division at Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW), Germany's trade union for the research and education sectors, discusses the issue with Tino Keller, the founder of the teacher ranking spickmich.de (Moderated by SPIEGEL editor Julia Koch) -- SPIEGEL Educational Forum (Bildungsforum), 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.1, Booth L 105)

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007

One Life Is Not Enough: Virtual Worlds Transform the Web -- Christian Stöcker, author of "Second Life. Eine Gebrauchsanweisung für die digitale Wunderwelt" ("Second Life: A User's Manual for the Digital Wonder World") speaks to SPIEGEL editor Philipp Oehmke -- SPIEGEL booth, 11:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Trust No One Older Than Thirty -- German feminist bi-monthly magazine EMMA celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. Does Germany still need the publication? Founder Alice Schwarzer speaks to SPIEGEL editor Bettina Musall -- SPIEGEL booth, 12:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Reason or Faith? Are Children Harmed by Religion? -- A discussion with evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion," and SPIEGEL editor Johann Grolle -- SPIEGEL Educational Forum (Bildungsforum), 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Hall 3.1, L 105)

"The Legacy of the Dalai Lama" -- Mountaineer and explorer Reinhold Messner speaks to SPIEGEL author Erich Follath about his biography of the Dalai Lama and the future of Tibet -- SPIEGEL booth, 4:30 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007

"The Brain as Crime Scene. Searching for the Origins of Crime" -- SPIEGEL editor Beate Lakotta speaks to neuroscientist Hans J. Markowitsch about the dark sides of the brain -- SPIEGEL booth, 1:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

The Decline of the West? Our Approach to Islam -- Author Henryk M. Broder talks to SPIEGEL editor Per Hinrichs -- SPIEGEL booth, 2:00 p.m. (Hall 3.0, D 101)

Universities as Laboratories for Reform: German Universities in Transformation -- Makers of educational policy and scientists meet in the Education Forum to discuss the present situation of German universities. Guests include Matthias Kleiner, the president of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Hans Jürgen Prömel, the director of Darmstadt University of Technology and Imke Buss, the chairwoman of Germany's Independent Association of Student Bodies (Presented by SPIEGEL editor Jan Friedman) -- SPIEGEL Education Forum (Bildungsforum), 3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Hall 3.1, booth L 105

EVENTS HOSTED BY THE JOURNAL BUCHREPORT

All partner events at SPIEGEL Booth (Hall 3.0, booth D 101)

Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007

New German Wave: Where Are The Bestselling Novels Coming From? -- With Lutz Schulenburg from the Edition Nautilus publishing house, Dr. Wolfgang Matz from the Hanser publishing house, Lianne Kolf from the Lianne Kolf publishing agency, literary journalist Patrick Hutsch from the Knaus publishing house and bestselling author Iny Lorentz (Moderated by Rainer Uebelhöde, buchreport) -- 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007

Knowledge and Advice: Books on the Retreat? How the Internet is Changing the Publishing Market -- A disccusion between Georg Kessler from the Gräfe und Unzer publishing house, Marion Winkenbach from the Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus publishing company and Ehrhardt F. Heinold from Heinold, Spinner & Partner publishing consultants (Moderated by Dr. Thomas Wilking, buchreport) -- 11:00 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

What are Chainstores Better At? Chances and Niches for Independent Bookstores -- Featuring Dr. Maximilian Hugendubel from Hugendubel/DBH booksellers, Stephen Jaenicke from Jaenicke booksellers and head of the Stock Exhange Society of German Booksellers (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels), Lorenz Borsche of the e-Buch cooperative and NN from Leistungsgemeinschaft Buch -- 3:00 p.m.

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