German Historical Institute Washington, D.C.
Bavarian American Academy Munich

present

The Pursuit of Public Happiness:
Gardens and Parks in Europe and North America

June 16 - 18, 2005

Conveners: Sonja Dümpelmann (GHI)
Raimund Lammersdorf (BAA)

PUBLIC PROGRAM

The Conference will be held in English. The venue for June 16–17 will be
the Bavarian American Academy. On June 18 the conference will take place
at the Katholische Pfarrkuratie St. Florian, Erika-Cremer-Straße 13, near
the BUGA in Munich. Please register at Bayerische Amerika–Akademie,
Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München, Germany, Fax: +49 89 54 50 40 35, e-mail:
infoamerika-akademie.de.

THURSDAY, June 16, BAVARIAN AMERICAN ACADEMY

6:00 pm
Welcome
Raimund Lammersdorf
Sonja Dümpelmann

6:20 pm
Keynote Lecture

JOHN DIXON HUNT
(University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
Parks, Promenades, and Politics: Tradition and Innovation in Europe and
North America

7:20pm Reception

FRIDAY, June 17, BAVARIAN AMERICAN ACADEMY

9:00 am – 9:10 am
Welcome

German-American Exchange in Garden Culture
Chair: Sonja Dümpelmann

9:10 am – 9:50 am
GERT GRÖNING
(Universität der Künste Berlin)
On the Work of German-American Landscape Architects in Nineteenth-Century
America

9:50 am – 10:30 am
FRANZISKA KIRCHNER
(Berlin, Mülheim)
New York’s Central Park: A German–American Collaboration

11:00 am – 11.15 am
Coffee Break

11:15 pm – 11:55 pm
TERENCE YOUNG
(California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
German Influences on San Francisco’s Greenspace in the Nineteenth Century

11:55 am – 12:35 am
SOLVEIG KÖBERNICK
(Leipzig)
Hugo Koch and the American Impact on German Public Park Development

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch

Public Parks and International Exchange
Chair: Gert Gröning

2:30 pm – 3:10 pm
SUSAN HERRINGTON
(University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Kindergartens: Shaping Childhood from Blankenburg to Boston

3:10 pm – 3:50 pm
SONJA DÜMPELMANN
(GHI, Washington, DC)
“American System” and “Italian Beauty”: International Exchange in Park
Planning at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

4:15 pm – 4.30 pm
Coffee Break

4:30 pm – 5.10 pm
ALAN TATE
(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg)
City Parks in Europe and North America: What Works?

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, KATHOLISCHE PFARRKURATIE ST. FLORIAN

9:00 am – 9.05
Welcome

Conservation and Use of Public Parks
Chair: Susan Herrington

9:05 am – 9:45 am
SARA CEDAR MILLER
(Central Park Conservancy, New York)
Central Park: An American Masterpiece

9:45 am – 10:25 am
ELIZABETH BARLOW ROGERS
(Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and
Culture, New York)
Art of the Park and Art in the Park: Frederick Law Olmsted Meets Christo
and Jeanne-Claude

10:55 am – 11.10 am
Coffee Break

11:10 am – 11:50 am
RAINER HERZOG
(Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen, München)
Munich’s Englischer Garten: History – Design – Use

12:05 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch

Garden Festivals and Future City Development
Chair: Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

1:30 pm – 2:10 pm
ANDREW THEOKAS
(City of Boston/Boston Architectural Center)
Does America Need Garden Shows?

2:10 pm – 2:50 pm
WOLFRAM HÖFER
(BUGA GmbH, München)
Change of Perspective: Garden Festivals as Instruments for Urban and
Regional Development

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm
Final Discussion

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