Lotman and Cultural Theory
Prof. Dr. Susi Frank, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Ruhe, Alexander Schmitz
Abstract
This project has two objectives. On the one hand, it will prepare an edition of the cultural-theoretical writings of Yuri Lotman. There has been hardly a reception of important concepts from his work beyond Slavic Studies since the texts have not yet been translated into German.
On the other hand, the project will plan a workshop focused on contextualizing the cultural semiotics of Lotman and the Moscow-based Tartu School with respect to the program of the Excellence Cluster. In the Anglo-American world as well as in the French and Russian spheres, work has been done in the last years dealing with the relevance of cultural semiotics for newer cultural-scientific paradigms (for example, Andrews 2003, Zenkin 2004/2006, Schönle 2006, Lisse 2006); it has not been done in the German-speaking world as of yet.
Publications
Susi K. Frank, Cornelia Ruhe und Alexander Schmitz (Hg.): Explosion und Peripherie.
Jurij Lotmans Semiotik der kulturellen Dynamik revisited.
Bielefeld: transcript, 2012.
Jurij M. Lotman: Kultur und Explosion
Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort von Susi K. Frank, Cornelia Ruhe und Alexander Schmitz. Aus dem Russischen von Dorothea Trottenberg.
Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2010.
Jurij M. Lotman: Die Innenwelt des Denkens
Eine semiotische Theorie der Kultur
Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort von Susi K. Frank, Cornelia Ruhe und Alexander Schmitz. Aus dem Russischen von Gabriele Leupold und Olga Radetzkaja.
Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2010.
Conference
Perspectives on Yuri Lotman’s cultural semiotics
International Conference
October 23-25, 2008
University of Konstanz