On 11 July 2001 scholars and journalists from the US and Europe came together in Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles) to found the INTERNATIONAL FEUCHTWANGER SOCIETY. The Society aims to increase awareness of the life and works of Lion and Marta Feuchtwanger and other German émigrés who settled in Southern California during and after the Nazi period.

To this end the Society issues a regular Newsletter and holds conferences every two years, alternating between the US and Europe. The first conference, in spring 2003, took place at the Villa Aurora, the Feuchtwanger's former home in Pacific Palisades. A second conference took place in 2005 in Sanary-sur-Mer (France), an important center of German émigré culture in 1930s.

Third Conference Of The International Feuchtwanger Society
FEUCHTWANGER AND FILM

September 5-7, 2007
University of Southern California, Doheny Memorial Library 240, Los Angeles
and Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades
Info: 213.740.8185 or ullmann@usc.edu

The topic of this year's conference is FEUCHTWANGER AND FILM. Everyone interested in joining the conference can expect a diversified program of lectures regarding film and TV adaptations of Feuchtwanger's novels as well as of works by other popular émigrés, such as Alfred Doeblin and Franz Werfel. In addition, the conference features screenings of two film adaptations of Feuchtwanger's novels and highlights the creativity of film composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold through an exhibition and concert.

The conference takes place at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and the Villa Aurora, the former residence of Lion and Marta Feuchtwanger, in Pacific Palisades.

The conference is free and open to the public and co-sponsored by USC's Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and Villa Aurora.

To RSVP for the conference or for further information, please call Michaela Ullmann at 213.740.8185 or email ullmann@usc.edu.