Literature

I.05 The Universality of Shakespeare:
What Pupils (and Teachers) can Experience and Learn from his Plays
Peter Lutzker | Sunday – Thursday, 8 – 9.30 am
We will examine the unique circumstances of the time and place in which he lived and how that shaped him and his work.
We will explore the mystery of what has made his works so universally and continuously popular over the course of the last five centuries
We will read excerpts from a play and, if time allows, also work in groups on individual scenes.

II.14 Literature in Performance:
Introducing and Practicing Performative Approaches to Prose Fiction and Poetry
Peter Lutzker | Sunday – Wednesday, 11.30 am – 1 pm, and Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
We will work performatively in small groups on poetry and fictional texts in ways that are appropriate for both high school as well as in the context of teacher education. 
Through such artistic-dramatic approaches, pupils and teachers can experience works of literature in a fundamentally different way - embodying them, rather than simply reading and talking about them.  

II.15 Sonnets: Poetry of Transformation
Stella Ottewill | Sunday – Wednesday, 11.30 am – 1 pm, and Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
This course offers a mixture of literary study and creative writing practise:
We will explore traditional sonnet forms, including their structure, use of language & metaphor, and the significance of subtext; how these rules have been used and subverted by modern poets; and how this form meets and challenges students in their seventeenth year.
We will also go through the process of writing our own sonnets, deepening our understanding of the form and our sensitivity to language. (Participants are welcome to write in any language.)

II.16 (bilingual) Creative Writing, Storytelling and Story Listening
Ulrike Sievers | Sunday – Wednesday, 11.30 am – 1 pm, and Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
Course language English for general activities – individual exercises can be done in different mother tongues.
The world is full of stories waiting to be discovered, told and written down.
We will experiment with different impulses, listening and storytelling practices.
Everybody is welcome to discover the artist within themselves.

III.31 Comparative Literature Course
Lost and Found in Translation – Literary and Cultural Translation: Epics, Novels and Films of World Literature
Stella Ottewill, Rita Schumacher, Guy Tourlamain | Sunday – Wednesday, 2.45 – 4.15 pm
Anthropological and pedagogical considerations
Comparative text- and motif analysis using text and film excerpts
Reflections on cultural translation as a meeting place across time and space

History

I.06 (bilingual) History from Multiple Perspectives – The Middle Ages as a Global Phenomenon
Ágnes Balassa, Marcus Osterrieder, Martyn Rawson, Michael Zech | Sunday – Thursday, 8 – 9.30 am
We will observe the Middle Ages, the class 11 History Curriculum, as a global phenomenon.
The course is structured so that every day, there will be presentations from different countries, and there will be a chance to ask questions and discuss upcoming thoughts. Our goal is to come to a deeper understanding of what connects us, even if we are different.
The presentations will focus on the perspective of international relations (pilgrimage, economics, trade, political alliances, family connections, cultural aspects, etc.) during the Middle Ages and its relation to our time. Each talk will be about one or two of the fundamental changes in the period from around 300 BC to 1300 AD that affect the given cultural area.
Presenters are also welcome to mention how this perspective is dealt with in the classroom, especially if they involve new or changed relationships with other cultures.

IV.42 Crosscultural Experiences in the Light of History and Waldorf Upper School Education
Ágnes Balassa, Marcus Osterrieder | Sunday – Wednesday, 4.45 – 6.15 pm
Markus Osterrieder will give some examples that emphasize the increasing dynamics of cross-cultural relationships and which also shed light on current issues.
These include, for example:
the increasing importance of the creation of written text canons of spiritual tradition; transfer of knowledge and science; the problem of translation in the progress of religious mission (acculturation and resistance to it); cultural assimilation as a consequence of warfare; two pillars of cultural encounter: trade and pilgrimage; expansion of technical and craft skills; increasing globalisation of food; development of forms of political rule and social development.
Ágnes Balassa will present and lead the discussion on
- the pedagogical challenges and good practices in teaching History and Humanities in different countries and continents,
- how to connect the Middle Ages to the present in schools on different continents,
- student and class exchanges as opportunities for getting cross-cultural experiences,
- teacher-teacher collaboration.
Each session will be an interactive platform, giving you the chance to ask questions and share experiences.

Cultural History

III.33 De los problemas ambientales al Buen Vivir.
Entramando palabras y hacer textil desde Nuestra América.
Paula Edelstein, Valerie Vera Pinto. Colectivo Colibrí, Argentina | Sunday – Wednesday, 2.45 – 4.15 pm
Se centra en la participación sociocomunitaria y el voluntariado, como práctica intercultural de aprendizaje ciudadano y construcción del juicio anímico.
Enfatiza la importancia de poner en juego los sentidos, para una presencia plena del joven en experiencias que traigan autonomía, con el adulto como facilitador.
Aborda los temas desde la conversación y el hacer textil, entramando historias personales con reflexiones colectivas.

IV.43 (bilingual) Cultural History and its Aspects
Martyn Rawson, M. Michael Zech | Sunday – Wednesday, 4.45 – 6.15 pm
The individual and his cultural affiliations (ethnicity, nationality, language, religion)
History as a constitutive component of culture (roots, crises, blossoms)
Culture as a phenomenon of demarcation and differentiation (opponents, others, spheres of influence)
Cultural history of objects and places