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German Studies Lecture Series

This series hosts speakers from across a broad array of topics related to the German-speaking cultures.  Lectures take place monthly from October through May and provide undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty with opportunities for discussion and commentary.

Upcoming Events

April
8

German Studies Lecture Series: “The Pageant Was Powerfully Intoxicating; It Staggered All Reason.” Ernst Jünger’s Depiction of the Allied Bombing Campaign Against Germany and France in His War Diary Strahlungen (1949)

Date
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
April
22

German Studies Lecture Series: Arendt, Kafka, and the Human Condition: Political Anthropology as Phenomenology in the Light of the Kafkaesque

Date
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
Room 216
May
6

German Studies Lecture Series: Sarah E. Jackson

Date
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
May
6

German Lecture Series: May 2025

Date
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216

Past Events

December
5

German Studies Lecture Series Presents "The Postwar Antisemite on Screen: Der Prozeß (The Trial) (1948) and The Third Man (1949) " featured lecture by Lisa Silverman (Professor of History and Jewish Studies -University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Date
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
November
14

German Studies Lecture Series: Rilke’s Sonette an Orpheus and How Things Are featured lecture by William Waters (German Studies and Comparative Literature, Boston University)

Date
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
October
3

German Studies Lecture Series: “The Machine in the Commons - The Ballad and the Social Question on either side of 1848”

Date
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
May
2

German Studies Lecture Series: Kate Bermingham

Date
Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
April
25

German Studies Colloquium: Tomasz Wisniewski

Date
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
room 216
April
4

German Studies Lecture Series: Benjamin Lewis Robinson

Date
Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
Room 216
March
7

German Studies Lecture Series: Nikita Dhawan

Date
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane ý Way, Building 260, ý, CA 94305
Room 216
December
6

German Studies Lecture Series: Kristin Böse and Markus Späth

Date
Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Pigott Hall, Rm. 216.
October
25

German Studies Lecture Series: Wolf Junghanns

Date
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 12:00pm
Location:
Pigott Hall, Bldg 260, Rm 252
May
17

German Studies Lecture Series: Elena Zanichelli

Date
Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Pigott Hall, Bldg 260, Rm 216 and Zoom