Witi Ihimaera – Maori Novelist and Indigenous Envoy: Writing to the World
Witi Ihimaera was our guest this week at the Johannes Gutenberg-University!
On Monday, July 3, 2023, he had been festively welcomed at 01:00 p.m. in the courtyard of our conservatoire (music department) by the vice-president Prof. Dr. Stephan Jolie.
The radio programme „Journal am Mittag“ on SWR2 (04.07.23, 12.33-13.00) has published a podcast on July 4, 2023 featuring this event.
His lecture and reading of his book 'The Whale Rider' rounded up the university-wide reading initiative
"One University - one book" on July 5, 2023 , 08:00 p.m. in the Atrium maximum.
Timetable
08:00 p.m.: Opening
08:05 p.m.: Address by Vice-President Prof. Dr. Stephan Jolie (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
08:10 p.m.: Address by Garrett Hulse (NZ Embassy to Germany)
08:20 p.m.: Introduction to Witi Ihimaera
08:25 p.m.: Witi Ihimaera: Writing to the World on the example of "The Whalerider"
08:55 p.m.: Witi Ihimaera: Reading from "The Whalerider"
09:10 p.m.: Q & A, discussion
09:30 p.m.: Closing
Article/Interview with Dr. Anke Vogel about the visit of Witi Ihimaera in the book branch's leading journal Börsenblatt
Link to the university's website of the reading initiative "One university - one book" (bilingual website)