Wilkinson-Willoughby Lecture:
annual
lecture by a distinguished speaker
Each year, the EGS invites a
scholar of international distinction to give the Wilkinson-Willoughby Lecture.
Previous speakers are listed below.
2023
ANNE BOHNENKAMP-RENKEN (FRANKFURT/MAIN)
Genesis. Beobachtungen zur Interdisziplinarität bei Goethe
Genesis. Beobachtungen zur Interdisziplinarität bei Goethe
2022
WOLF LEPENIES
(BERLIN)
“Incredible, that’s Literature!” Attempts at Re-moralizing Politics, Academic Disciplines, and the Profession with the Help of ‘Belles-Lettres
“Incredible, that’s Literature!” Attempts at Re-moralizing Politics, Academic Disciplines, and the Profession with the Help of ‘Belles-Lettres
2021
ALFRED BRENDEL (London)
Naivety and Irony: Goethe's Musical Needs
Naivety and Irony: Goethe's Musical Needs
Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson (1909-2001)
and Leonard Ashley Willoughby (1885-1977) were both Professors of German
at University College, London. Although both made distinguished individual
contributions to the field, it is for their joint scholarship that they are
best known. Their study Goethe, Poet and Thinker (1962) is still widely
consulted, as is their 1967 edition of Schiller’s Briefe über die
ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen. The refinement of their insights and
the clarity of their prose have ensured that they continue to be an essential
point of reference for researchers and students alike.