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Roundtable: Graduate Program Alumni
The German Department hosted an Alumni Roundtable on November 4, 2016, as part of ongoing efforts to foster opportunities for graduate students to connect with our alumni and…
November 4, 2016
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Speaker Series: German Scholars in the DC Area Featuring Dr. Julie Koser
The German Department welcomed Dr. Julie Koser on October 20, 2016, as the guest speaker in the German Department’s inaugural Speaker Series: Scholars in the DC Area. Dr. Koser…
October 20, 2016
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Lecture and Workshop with Professor Ritchie Robertson
The German department welcomed Professor Ritchie Robertson for two events, a lecture titled “Rethinking the Enlightenment: The Poetics of Sympathy from Lessing to Burns” and…
September 16, 2016
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Meanings of Modern Work in Times of Disruption, 19th and 21st Centuries
Georgetown German Professor Peter C. Pfeiffer, in cooperation with the BMW Center for German and European Studies and the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD), hosted an…
April 9, 2016
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Discussion with Max Kade Writer-in-Residence Maxi Obexer
The German Department hosted a reading with Maxi Obexer of her new essay, “Der längste Sommer” on March 18, 2016. Es ist keine sonderlich lange Reise, die die…
March 18, 2016
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Lecture with Prof. Michael Braun, Memory Contests: Neue deutsche Erinnerungskulturen im Film
Since unification in 1990, the number of films dealing with Germany’s various pasts has surged. The problem they confront us with, however, is no longer how to come to terms…
February 26, 2016
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Discussions with Max Kade Writer-in-Residence Maxi Obexer
Since becoming a fellow of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) at the age of 23, Maxi Obexer has been living in Berlin. In addition to her creative work, she regularly…
February 17, 2016
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Michael Götting Reading from his Novel Contrapunctus
Michael Götting’s recent novel Contrapunctus (2015) is set in Berlin in 2002 and depicts the lives of four Afro-German protagonists in the early years of the Berlin…
October 26, 2015
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Hanns Eisler on Brecht, Music, and Culture
German Department Professor Katrin Sieg and the Georgetown University German Department presented Hanns Eisler on Brecht, Music and Culture, a dramatic performance by Sabine…
September 30, 2015
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Auditory Knowledge in the Arts Conference
German Department Professor Mary Helen Dupree and the Georgetown German department hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on “Auditory Knowledge in the Arts” on September 24, …
September 26, 2015