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“Und die Schrift tönt”: Literary Hermeneutics and Sonic Fictionalizing
As part the “Soundtracks” lecture series, the German Department welcomed Dr. Rolf Goebel (University of Alabama – Huntsville) to the department on Friday,…
September 15, 2023
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Reading and workshop with author Christopher Kloeble
The German Department welcomed author and former Max Kade Writer-in-Residence Christopher Kloeble back to the department! Mr. Kloeble presented a reading from his newest novel…
April 21, 2023
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‘Passages’: Moving beyond liminality in the study of literature and culture
Visiting Max Kade guest professor Jens Kugele presented on the edited volume “‘Passages’: Moving beyond liminality in the study of literature and culture” on…
November 15, 2022
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Stimmen aus jenseitigen Dörfern: Warum wir uns in den German Studies mit der sorbischen Literatur befassen sollten
On September 1, alumnus Willi Barthold (PhD, 2020) returned to the German Department to present his lecture entitled “Stimmen aus jenseitigen Dörfern: Warum wir uns in den…
September 1, 2022
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A Sunshine in the Midst of the Hell ‘Loneliness’: The Extraordinary Group Correspondence of Jewish-Austrian Classmates 1938-1953
The German Department welcomed Dr. Jacqueline Vansant on Friday, April 8, 2022, for a presentation and discussion on the group correspondence between teenage Jewish…
April 22, 2022
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Does the German Remembrance Culture Need an Update?
Author and journalist Mohamen Amjahid visited the department to provide critical perspectives on how the German society deals with its past and why this could be crucial for the…
March 30, 2022
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The Life and Times of Louise Fatima Bendu Sandimannie Massaquoi
The German Department hosted Ms. Vivian Seton for a virtual presentation on the remarkable life of her mother, Louise Fatima Bendu Sandimannie Massaquoi. Dr.…
March 18, 2022
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Remembering the War: The Field Artist and Panorama Lecturer
The German Department welcomed Dr. Vance Byrd (Grinnell College) to a virtual lecture highlighting how German and American field artists for illustrated periodicals during the…
April 9, 2021
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German Poetry and the Challenges of the Anthropocene
The German Department hosted two events co-sponsored by the DFG-2603 Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities FOR 2603, “Poetry in Transition,” at the University of.…
February 28, 2020
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TUCSONICS: Poetry Reading with Max Kade Writer-in-Residence Nika Pfeifer
The German Department was pleased to present Dr. Nika Pfeifer and her students from GERM 323, reading her work in both German and English. In her new poetry collection …
February 12, 2020