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Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Prof. Dr.  Mara R. Wade  (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Prof. Dr.  Wolfgang  Behringer (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken)  Wolfenbüttel15.08.2011-26.08.2011, Bibelsaal in the Bibliotheca AugustaDeadline :31.03.2011The aim of this Summer Course is to deepen and broaden discussions of  the theme of „the body“ in the early modern period which have been  ongoing over the last few years. It will treat questions basic to  cultural studies, given that human communication takes place with and  via the body and that the human body always has a communicative  dimension: it is perceived, displayed and disciplined in diverse ways  and manners. The inscription and visualization of the body in text and  image has numerous aspects – symbolic, aesthetic, religious, political,  gender - which ascribe to it a series of functions, and thus we must  differentiate between the everyday, erotic, standardized, diseased,  tortured, dismembered or other bodies.Gender norms also are the focus of medical, legal, artistic, social  and literary discourses. The human body is exercised, measured and  interpreted by work, sporting and courtly activities, or by rest and  relaxation. The ideal, the deviant, the healthy, and the male, female or  androgynous body are some possible models of interpretation.The topic provides possibilities for examining the various  connections between the body and communication in the early modern era.  An introduction to current research in the field will open up various  methodological approaches. Our main focus will be on the question how  communication with the human body functions.The summer course will thus be concerned with the central questions  of research in historical and cultural studies: the relationship between  the body and communication steers the perception and development of the  individual, of society and of the environment. By using conduct  literature, administrative documents (e.g. interrogation records) and  other textual and visual media of the early modern period, we hope to  develop new questions and paradigms for research in the field. Our main  focus – owing to the nature of the rich source material available in the  holdings of the Herzog August Bibliothek – will be on early modern  Europe, but other civilizations will also be considered for comparative  purposes.Mornings will be given over to presentations by selected experts in  the field which will then be discussed with all participants. In the  afternoons participants will be able to use the library holdings for  their own work. There will, of course, also be opportunities for further  individual and group discussions with those teaching on the course.  Participants will also have the opportunity to present on aspects of  their own research topics.Possible fields for discussion:– the everyday body: eating, drinking, clothing, hygiene– the erotic body: sex, movement, appearance, codification, sensuality– the narrated body: novel, drama, lyric poetry, news media, ego documents– the violent body: violence, crime, war, tournament, fencing, weapons– the diseased and tortured body: sickness, plague, torture, murder, execution– the standardized body: conduct, conversation, gender norms, drill– the performing body: music, festival, theatre, opera, gesture, dance, sport– the symbolic body: painting, graphic art, broadsheets, emblems– the dismembered body: anatomy, vivisectionCourse tutors:Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Behringer (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken)Prof. Dr. Pia F. Cuneo (University of Arizona, Tucson/Arizona, USA)Prof. Dr. Mariacarla Gadebusch-Bondio (Technische Universität München)Juniorprof. Dr. Rebekka von Mallinckrodt (Freie Universität, Berlin)Prof. Dr. Helga Meise (Université de Reims, Frankreich)Prof. Dr. Mara Wade (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)ApplicationsThe call for applications is addressed to masters or doctoral  students from Germany and abroad. The languages used in the course will  be German and English.The library offers up to fifteen places for participants and will  cover their expenses for accommodation and breakfast. Each participant  will receive a subsidy of 350 Euros to cover living costs. Participants  are expected to pay their own travel expenses. In special cases  applications may be made for assistance in covering travel costs from  abroad.There are no application forms. Applicants should state their reasons  for wishing to participate in the course and send a c.v. which  describes their academic career and their current research. Please also  supply the address of an academic referee who may be contacted to supply  a reference if needed. The deadline is 31st March 2011. Applications  should be submitted, preferably by email, to:forschung@ hab.deDr. Volker BauerHerzog August BibliothekPostfach 13 64D-38299 WolfenbüttelFax-Nr.: +49 5331– 808 266.Vorläufiges ProgrammWOCHE IAnreise: 14. August 2011MontagVorstellung der Teilnehmer, Einführung, BibliotheksführungDienstagKunstvolle Körper, körperreiche Kunst: die menschliche  (und tierische) Figur als Identitätsträger in der Bildkultur der Frühen  Neuzeit (Pia Cuneo, Tucson)MittwochKopfüber, linker Hand und rechtens – Zur Deutung  informeller Gestik und Bewegung jenseits der Ritualforschung (Rebekka  von Mallinckrodt, Berlin)DonnerstagSport (Wolfgang Behringer, Saarbrücken)FreitagReferate der Kursteilnehmer/innenWOCHE IIMontagGesunde Körper – kranke Körper. Körperwahrnehmung und Ego-Dokumente im 17. Jahrhundert (Helga Meise, Reims)DienstagInnenansichten - vom Präparierhandbuch zum Anatomietraktat (Mariacarla Gadebusch-Bondio, München)MittwochDer Körper in der Schrift – Literatur, Emblematik, Performanz (Mara Wade, Urbana)DonnerstagReferate der Kursteilnehmer/innenFreitagSchlussdiskussionAbreise: 27. August 2011Preliminary ProgrammeWEEK IArrival: 14th August 2011MondayInitial meeting of all participants, introduction to the course, tours through the libraryTuesdayArtistic bodies, embodied art: the human (and animal)  figure as constituents of identity in the pictorial culture of the early  modern period (Pia Cuneo, Tucson)WednesdayHead over heels, left and right — Interpreting informal  gestures and motions beyond the ritual (Rebekka von Mallinckrodt,  Berlin)ThursdaySport (Wolfgang Behringer, Saarbrücken)FridayPresentations by participantsWEEK IIMondayHealthy bodies, sick bodies. Body perception and life-writings in the 17th Century (Helga Meise, Reims)TuesdayInterior Views — from handbooks on embalming to the anatomical treatise (Mariacarla Gadebusch-Bondio, München)WednesdayInscribed Bodies –literature, emblems, and performance texts (Mara Wade, Urbana)ThurdayPresentations by participantsFridayFinal discussionDeparture: 27th August 2011