25th Annual Conference
of UW-Madison’s German and Dutch Graduate Student Association
“Adaptations in German and Dutch Studies” (Oct. 31- Nov. 1, 2025)
Conference Location: Memorial Union (Madison, WI)
Friday, October 31st
3:00 pm: Opening Remarks
Panel I: Adaptations of Identity
3:15–3:45: Reimagining Identity: Schwarze Schwestern as a Reflection of Black Women’s Lives in Belgium Cynthia Chiamaka Onah, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
3:45–4:15: “POV – The Gen Z intern writes the script”: English contact in Dutch social media marketing videos Finn Shepherd, UW-Madison
4:15–4:30: Refreshment Break
4:30–6:00: Adapting Kafka: Promise, Practice, Problems Dr. Verena Kick, Georgetown University and Dr. Carsten Strathausen, University of Missouri
6:00–8:00 Conference Dinner
Saturday, November 1st
8:30–9:15: Breakfast and Welcome Back Remarks
Panel II: Adaptations of Subject
9:15–9:45: Authorship, Addiction, and Adaptation in Jakob Hinrichs’ Der Trinker Brandon Pahl, UW-Madison
9:45–10:15: Can You Hear the Bittern? Sound, Sight Lines, and the (Non)Portrayal of Terror in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest Emerson McManus, UW-Madison
10:15–10:45: Adaptation in Narrative: How Solo Sunny Depicts Themes in Sonnensucher for Contemporary Reality Omotoyosi E. Obalanlege, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
10:45–12:15: Lunch Break
Panel III: Adaptations to Context
12:15–12:45: Kafkaesque in Nigeria: A Comparative Reading of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Barrett’s Blackass Janeth Oluebube Eni, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
12:45–1:15: Visualizing Afterlives: Adapting Death for Children in Und danach: Gedanken über das groß Jenseits Mihir Madye, University of Illinous at Urbana-Champagne
1:15–1:30: Refreshment Break
1:30–2:30: Workshop: Title TBA Dr. Sunny Yudkoff, UW-Madison
2:30: Closing Remarks and Reflections