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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
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Georgetown University Scholars Series: Dr. Libbie Rifkin
The German Department held a talk with Dr. Libbie Rifkin (Department of English), who introduced the field of Disability Studies, discussed the inception and growth of…
November 15, 2019
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Professors Astrid Weigert and Anja Banchoff of the German Department organized a week-long series of events beginning Monday, November 4, to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of…
November 9, 2019
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Workshop with Dr. David Kim on Hannah Arendt
Dr. David Kim (UCLA) presented a workshop focused on a close reading of chapter 9 of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism, “The Decline of the Nation-State and…
October 31, 2019