Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Part 1: Hanover and England. The period of the personal union (1714 until 1837)

Welcome/Introduction
10.00
Klaus Hulek, Vice-President for Research, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Simon McDonald, British Ambassador to Germany
Stefan Schostok, Lord Mayor of Hannover
Dr. Annette Schwandner, Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony

10.30
Prof. Dr. Marcus Köhler, Hochschule Neubrandenburg, TU Dresden
and Prof. Dr. Joachim, Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover

I Historical Introduction
Chair Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Aschoff, Leibniz Universität Hannover

11.00
Prof. Dr. Arndt Reitemeier, Universität Göttingen (Institut für Historische Landesforschung)
"The personal union (introductory paper)“

II ‘Arts, Architecture and Environment‘
11.30
Dr. Wolf Burchard, Royal Collection
“Art in Britain during the reign of George I and George II“

12.00
Dr. David Jacques, Stoke-on-Trent
“The Early Georgians and the controversy of garden styles“

III Agricultural Economy and Landscape Design
12.30
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Küster, Leibniz Universität Hannover
“Reform in the time of the personal union“

13.00 Discussion

13.15 Lunch break

IV Botany
Chair Prof. Dr. Gert Gröning, Universität der Künste Berlin

14.15
Dr. Sophie von Schwerin, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
“For pleasure and science - on the connection between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Berggarten in Herrenhausen“

14.45
Clarissa Campbell Orr, M.A., Anglia Ruskin University
“Mary Delany and Queen Charlotte: The botanizing court“

15.15
Dr. John R. Edmondson, Hon. Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
“Foreign herbs surpriz‘d in English ground: the life and work of Georg D. Ehret (1708-1770)“

V Water Art/Technology
15.45
Dr. Bernd Adam, Hannover
“The Great Fountain and English innovations in Hanover“

16.15 Discussion

16.30 Coffee Break

VI Iconography and Garden Art
Chair Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover

17.00
Dr. habil. Michael Niedermeier, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
“The German Kinship. Politics and Dynasty in the early ‘English‘ garden“

17.30
Dr. Carsten Neumann, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
“The house Bothmer in Klütz – An English-Dutch manor in Mecklenburg“

18.00 Discussion

18.15 Break

Evening Lecture
In cooperation with the German Association for Garden Art and Landscape Culture (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gartenkunst und Landschaftskultur, DGGL)

19.00
Prof. Dr. James Hitchmough, University of Sheffield
“Landscape Architecture in early C21st Britain; issues and challenges“

Thursday, February 27, 2014
Part 2: Germany and England. Reflexion and Reception from 1837 until today

I Herrenhausen, Kensington and Hampton Court: History and Maintenance

9.00
Guided tour through the Herrenhausen Gardens by Ronald Clark and staff members

11.15 Coffee Break

II Garden Preservation
Chair Dr. Sabine Albersmeier, Leibniz Universität Hannover

11.45
Dr. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, tlg-Landscape London
“The unaffected Englishness of Queen Caroline’s gardens at Kensington Palace“

12.15
Dr. Jonathan Finch, University of York
“Hunting and the Georgian Landscape - exercising privilege“

III Reception of Gardens
12.45
Prof. Dr. Gert Gröning, Universität der Künste Berlin
“Bio-aesthetic planning – a conjecture about an imperialistic garden cultural relation between the German Empire and independant India via the English Empire“

13.15 Discussion

13.30 Lunch Break

IV Literature and Garden Travel
Chair Sarah Michaelis, Leibniz Universität Hannover

14.30
Prof. Dr. Sigrid Thielking, Leibniz Universität Hannover
“On the construct ‘English Gardens‘ – perception and myth within garden literature“

15.00
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover
“Travels and knowledge: German apprenticeship in English gardens. The example of Hans Jancke“

V Agricultural Economy und Landscape Design
15.30
Prof. Dr. Hubertus Fischer, Leibniz Universität Hannover
“House Söder as ornamental farm“

16.00 Discussion

VI Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Prof. Dr. Marcus Köhler, Hochschule Neubrandenburg, TU Dresden