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Call for Contributions: Falk und Kotzebue

On 14 February 2026, the bicentenary of Johannes Daniel Falk’s death invites renewed attention to a figure central to Weimar’s literary and theatrical culture around 1800. As social reformer, satirist and critic, Falk was also a crucial witness to the fraught reception of August von Kotzebue and to the conflicts surrounding Goethe. This call seeks contributions that reassess the constellation “Falk and Kotzebue” from aesthetic, media-historical, ideological and socio-cultural perspectives. Papers may revisit familiar sources or uncover new materials, opening fresh approaches to two authors whose rivalry shaped an era.

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August von Kotzebue – Der Spätheimkehrer, oder: Ubi bene, ibi patria?

What does “home” mean for a writer who moved with ease between Weimar, Vienna, St Petersburg and Berlin—celebrated on international stages yet increasingly mistrusted in his homeland? In this guest contribution, Frieder Sondermann (Sendai, Japan) explores August von Kotzebue’s letters to the Viennese theatre secretary Carl J. S. Escherich, uncovering a world of theatrical logistics, censorship politics, and finely tuned social manoeuvring.
Presented at “Kotzebue Picnic 2025: Homecoming,” the essay offers a vivid portrait of a restless author whose repeated returns only deepened the question: ubi bene, ibi patria? A rich glimpse into theatre culture around 1800—and into the emotional geography of a man navigating the shifting borders of his age.

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Verkleidung, Erinnerung und Versöhnung: Die virtuose Heimkehr in Kotzebues “Epigramm” (1798)

Blending the biblical parable of the prodigal son with echoes of Homer’s Odyssey, Kotzebue’s play “Das Epigramm” (1798) stages homecoming as disguise, recognition, and reconciliation. Discover how satire, sentiment, and autobiographical allusion converge in one of the playwright’s most inventive explorations of return.