Current Events
Katja Lange-Müller will be holding a reading and discussion (in German) entitled "Berlin Meets Boston" based on her latest book Die Enten, die Frauen
und die Wahrheit (The Ducks, the Women, and the Truth) on March 31 from 11:30-1:00 in Clark 113. More information on Lange-Müller can be found on the guest lecturers page. Below
are the excerpts (and some translations) that will be discussed. All are in PDF format.
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Sammons will be giving a lecture in English on Swiss writer Gottfried Keller later this semester. The talk, entitled "Keller,
on the one hand, and on the other", will be on April 15 at 3:00 p.m. in the Guilford Parlor.
Ernestine Schlant Bradley of Montclair State and New School University will be reading from her forthcoming memoirs on October 13, 2005. More information can be found
on the guest lecturers page. Details on the reading and following discussion are forthcoming.
Karin Schestokat, Associate Professor of German at Oklahoma State University, will be lecturing here later this year. Further information on Dr.
Schestokat is on the guest lecturers page. Details on her lecture will be posted as they become available.
Past Events
Further information about most events and speakers can be found under Guest Lecturers.
- Max Kade Workshop 2004: September 20 - October 1, 2004; Professor Andrea M. Esser of Munich, Germany; "The
Structure of Kant's Aesthetic Judgment". See the workshop page for more information.
- Lecture: Nina Berman, "Autobiographical Accounts of Kenyan-German Marriages: Reception and Context", March 2004.
- Reading: Peter Stephan Jungk, “Jerusalem Revisited,” Selections from Shabbat, November 2003.
- Lecture: Walter Erhart, Greifswald, Max-Kade Scholar-in-Residence at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, “Written Capitals:Berlin and
Washington in Travel Literature,” March 2003.
- Reading: Doron Rabinovici, “Gedenken ist vergessen,” Selections from Suche nach M., November 2002.
- Lecture: Gabrielle Alioth, Basle, ‘The Enchanted Man: How Woman Mastered Writing,” August 2002.
- Lecture: Angelika Fuehrich, (Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington): “Disciplining the Woman? Gender, Technology,
and Work in Popular Weimar Cinema.” March 2002.
- Reading: Irina Liebmann, “Deutsch-deutsche Reflexionen,” Selections from Berliner Mietshaus. November 2001.
- Lecture: Jeffrey L. Sammons, Leavenworth Professor of German, Emeritus, Yale Univ.: “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Some Observations on
Origins and Reception.” 2001.
- Lecture: Patricia Simpson, Visiting Assistant Professor of German, Kenyon College: “Retro-Nationalism: Rock Music in the Former GDR.”
2001.
- Lecture: Eli Nathans, Visiting Assistant Professor at Albion College: “Recent Changes in German Citizenship Policy in Historical
Perspective.” 2001
- Reading: Barbara Neuwirth, “Nocturnal Gardens.” Selections from In den Gärten der Nacht and Die Schneekönigin. April 1996.
- Reading: Gabrielle Alioth, “A Woman's Ark.” Selections from Die Arche der Frauen and Der Narr. October 1995.
- Reading: Thomas Rosenlöcher, Selections from Dresden Diary, April 1995.
- Reading: Richard Wagner, “A German in Rumania--A Rumanian in Germany.” Selections from Ausreiseantrag, November 1992.
Further Information
In addition to a number of guest lectures throughout both semesters, the German Studies Program also conducts
the Max Kade Visiting Artist/Scholar Workshop each year, generally in the Fall Semester. A description of the workshop, past workshops
and student reactions can be found here.
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