Events
This is an intro to the Events page. Here you can find information on various events taking place in the Department of Germanic Studies.
Coming Soon: a listing of German House events.
For a listing of Scandinavian events, please click here.
Fall Semester, 2012↑
Lectures & Talks
Thursday, October 11
Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture: Frauke Berndt (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Beautiful Suffering: Friedrich Schiller and Contemporary German Photography Thursday, October 11, 2012, 3:00pm, CAHI House (1211 E. Atwater Ave). For a flyer of the event, please click here
Tuesday, October 16
Lecture: Laurence Hemming, Heidegger and Marx, 4:00pm, IMU Dogwood Room
Tuesday, October 30
One of The Biggest Upheavals In History: The End of the Cold War & German Reunification, Dr. Alexander von Plato, Director, Institute for History & Biography, Open University of Hagen, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 5:00 pm, State Room East, IMU
Friday, November 2
"Why are narratives so moral?" A one-day multi-disciplinary workshop on November 2, 2012, organized by Fritz Breithaupt with keynote speakers William Flesch (Brandeis) and Blakey Vermeule (Stanford). For more information, please see the flyer
Friday, November 9
Germanic Studies Faculty-Student Colloquium November 9, 2012, 4pm, CAHI. For more information, please see the flyer
Friday & Saturday, November 30 & December 1
German Studies Undergraduate Conference on November 30 and December 1 with keynote speaker Patrizia McBride (Cornell), supported by the DAAD. For more information, please see the Germanic Studies Undergraduate Conference webpage
Lectures
Movie Showings & Coffee Hours
Every Tuesday of the Semester
Stammtisch, 6:00pm at Bear's Place, all levels welcome, only German spoken.
Every Wednesday of the semester
Kaffeestunde will be held in Ballantine Hall, Rm 643, every Wednesday of the semester from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Spring Semester, 2013↑
Lectures & Talks
Friday, January 25
The Hedwig Leser Lecture: Dr. Priscilla Layne, Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies & Adjunct Assistant Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Who’s Afraid of the Black Cook? Tropes of Blackness in Die Blechtrommel”, Friday, January 25th, 6:00pm, CAHI House. For more details, please see the flyer
Friday, February 8
Roger S. Wieck, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum; he has also held curatorial positions at the Walters Art Museum and the Houghton Library at Harvard. He is the author of The Prayer Book of Claude de France (2010), The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet (2000), Painted Prayers: The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art (1997), Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life (1988), and many other books and articles on medieval manuscripts.
Friday February 8th, ca. 9:30.12:00: Mr Wieck conducts a hands-on workshop with Books of Hours for 15 students. Pre-registration required ? to sign up please send an e-mail to: chedwill@indiana.edu
Friday February 8th, ca. 5:00-6:00 pm: Mr. Wieck will present a public lecture at the Lilly Library from 5-6PM followed by a reception from 6-7 PM in the Lilly's Lincoln Room.
More information hereTuesday, September 19
Ulrich Baer (Professor of German and Comparative Literature, New York University), “The Master’s Touch: On Rilke’s Apprenticeship with Auguste Rodin, or on how to Be Someone’s Student.” 5:30pm, University Faculty Club. A short bio and an abstract of the talk are available.
Friday & Saturday, February 22-23, 2012
“Explorations of the Unreal” - 2012 Graduate Student Conference; For more information, please click: here.
Friday March 22
European History Workshop: Annika Frieberg (Indiana University) March 22: “The Territorial Conflict: Documentary Portrayals Of The Polish-German Relations". Maple Room 1:00PM
Friday, March 22
Lecture on Kafka by Paul North, Yale University, 5:00pm, CAHI
Saturday, March 23
Paul North, Workshop 9:30am-11:30am
Movie Showings & Coffee Hours
Every Wednesday of the semester
Kaffeestunde will be held in Ballantine Hall, Rm 643, every Wednesday of the semester from 3:30pm-5:00pm
