Conference programme
Presenters and keynotes are welcomed at the city hall by mayor Peter Rahbæk Juel at 7 p.m. (19.00).
At 7.30 p.m. (19.30) Museum Director at Odense City Museums, Torben Grøngaard Jeppesen and Henrik Lübker: Presentation of the House of Fairytales.
Hours | |
8.30 - 9.30 | Arrivals from the city center, registration and coffee |
9.30 - 10.00 | Opening words by Vice Chancellor Henrik Dam and Head of the Hans Christian Andersen Center, Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen |
10.00 - 11.00 | Keynote: Julie K. Allen, USA: ”How Hans Christian Andersen Conquered the World: The Global Circulation and Adaptation of Fairy Tales” |
11.00 - 11.20 | Break |
11.20 - 13.35 | Sessions |
13.35 - 15.00 | Lunch in the SDU restaurant |
15.00 - 16.00 | Keynote: Professor Klaus Müller Wille, Switzerland: ”Runious communities. Hans Christian Andersen and the political imaginary of the 19th century” |
16.00 - 16.10 | Break |
16.10 - 18.20 |
Sessions |
18.20 - 18.35 | Break |
18.35 - 19.35 | Keynote: Professor Luo Xianmin, China:”Translations of Hans Christian Andersen and his Intertextual World in China” |
19.35 - 21.00 | Dinner |
21.00 | Departure to the city center |
Hours | |
9.00 - 9.30 | Arrivals from the city center and coffee |
9.30 - 10.30 | Keynote: Professor Elisabeth Oxfeldt, Norway: “Imagining War and Soldiers: Contemporary Danish Cinema Through the Lens of Hans Christian Andersen” |
10.30 - 10.45 | Break |
10.45 - 12.55 | Sessions |
12.55 - 14.00 | Lunch in the SDU restaurant and coffee |
14.00 - 15.00 | Keynote: Professor Sun Jian, China: “From Langelinie to the Bund: Hans Christian Andersen and the City of Shanghai” |
14.00 - 20:00 | Odense city's H.C. Andersen Christmas Market is open exceptionally |
15.00 | Bus to the city center |
16.00 | Welcome at the city hall by Deputy Mayor Jane Jegind Opening ceremony at Flakhaven followed by stomp performance |
16.10 | Dance performance 'Bolden og Toppen' freely adapted from H.C. Andersen. Choreographer: Sten Kørner |
16.55 | 'Field of Light' by artist Bruce Munro is ignited |
18.00 | Dinner and reception at Odense city hall. Speakers: Mayor Peter Rahbæk Juel and Chief curator at Odense City Museums, Ejnar Stig Askgaard |
Hours | |
9.00 - 9.30 | Welcome and coffee |
9.30 - 10.30 | Keynote: Professor Marianne T. Stecher, USA: ”Underground Andersen – Political Allegory and the Fairy Tale” |
10.30 - 10.40 | Break |
10.40 - 12.50 | Sessions |
12.50 - 13.00 | Break |
13.00 - 13.15 | Closing words by Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen |
13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch and coffee in the SDU resataurant |