Copenhagen and beyond: Drama meets history of science.
Symposium in Copenhagen organised by the Niels Bohr Archive.
Sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Research, the Natural Science Faculty of the
University of Copenhagen and the Carlsberg Foundation.
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
DAY I: COPENHAGEN AND THE HISTORIANS
held at the Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Ø
| 08.30-09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30-10.00 | Welcome and introduction by Finn Aaserud and others, including a performance from Copenhagen by Inger Hayman and Ingemar Carlehed |
Chair: Dieter Hoffmann
| 10.00-10.20 | Cathryn Carson, "Placing Frayn's play in the historical tradition" |
| 10.20-10.40 | Michael Eckert, "Cassidy's Heisenberg" |
| 10.40-11.00 | Kitte Wagner, "(HI)STORY" |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee |
| 11.30-11.45 | Michael Frayn, Response |
| 11.45-12.25 | Chair's comments and panel discussion (panel: chair and speakers plus Robert Marc Friedman and Birgitte Hesselaa) |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch |
Chair: John L. Heilbron
| 14.00-14.15 | Matthias Dörries, "Historians' misunderstanding of Copenhagen" |
| 14.15-14.30 | Klaus Hentschel, "Strategies of historians of science: some reflections" |
| 14.30-14.45 | Jan Golinski, "Copenhagen as history of science narrative" (read by Finn Aaserud) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Mara Beller, "Monological and dialogical narratives - history and art" |
| 15.00-15.30 | Fruit |
| 15.30-15.45 | Michael Frayn, Response |
| 15.45-16.25 | Chair's comments and panel discussion (panel: chair and speakers plus Finn Aaserud, Kostas Gavroglu (transcribed) and Alexei Kojevnikov) |
| 16.25-17.00 | Questions from the audience regarding today's sessions |
| 19.00-21.00 | Dinner (by invitation) |
DAY II: DRAMA AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE
held at the Carlsberg Academy, Gamle Carlsbergvej 15, 2500 Valby
| 09.30-10.00 | Welcome and introduction, including a performance from Breaking the Code by Troels II Munk |
Chair: Troels II Munk
| 10.00-10.15 | Hugh Whitemore, "Adapting history to drama: a dramatist's experience" (read by Andrew D. Jackson) |
| 10.15-10.30 | Jim Bennett, "Adapting history to drama: a historian's experience" |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee |
| 11.00-11.15 | Robert Marc Friedman, "Balancing act: The historian as playwright" |
| 11.15-12.00 | Chair's comments and panel discussion (panel: chair and speakers plus Anders Bárány) |
| 12.00-14.00 | Lunch |
Chair: Andrew D. Jackson
| 14.00-14.15 | Brian Schwartz and Harry Lustig, "Science as theatre, theatre as science: news and views from New York" |
| 14.15-14.30 | Yuri Gaponov, "The Physical Art tradition in the Russian physics community, 1950s to 1990s" |
| 14.30-15.00 |
Chair's comments and panel discussion (panel: chair and speakers plus Kostas Gavroglu (transcribed) and Gunnar Tibell (transcribed)
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| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee |
Chair: Ingemar Carlehed
| 15.30-15.40 | Lily Weiding, "Copenhagen in Copenhagen" |
| 15.40-15.50 | Peter Steen, "Copenhagen in Denmark" |
| 15.50-16.00 | Åsa Melldahl, "Copenhagen in Stockholm" |
| 16.00-16.10 | Milena Paulovics, "Copenhagen in Berlin" |
| 16.10-16.20 | Michael Frayn, "Copenhagen around the world" |
| 16.30-16.50 | Questions from the audience regarding today's sessions |
| 16.50-17.00 | Concluding remarks |