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    January 16, 2019 2:00 PM

    Chair's Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 22, 2019 7:30 AM

    Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership between America and its Colleges and Universities

    Holden Thorp, Provost, Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor
    TBD
    22January

    Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership between America and its Colleges and Universities

    Holden Thorp, Provost, Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor
    TBD  |  7:30 AM
    Full Event Details
    January 23, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 25, 2019 1:00 PM

    January Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide an opportunity for students (or members of the WashU community!) to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 30, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 30, 2019 4:00 PM

    Remembering World War II: Differing National Perspectives

    Roddy Roediger
    Psychology Building Room 216
    30January

    Remembering World War II: Differing National Perspectives

    Roddy Roediger
    Psychology Building Room 216  |  4:00 PM
    Full Event Details
    February 05, 2019 6:00 PM

    Kling Fellowship Information Session

    Danforth University Center, Room 233
    February 06, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde - note SHORTENED

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 08, 2019 11:00 AM

    Aufgaben und Ziele einer Akademie fuer deutsche Sprache und Dichtung heute: Ernst Osterkamp Colloquium

    Ernst Osterkamp is the 2019 Max Kade Critic-in-Residence.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 08, 2019 2:00 PM

    Poetikvorlesungen: Ernst Osterkamp Seminar

    Ernst Osterkamp is the 2019 Max Kade Critic-in-Residence.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 13, 2019 6:00 PM

    Willkommen bei den Hartmanns: Germanic Film Series

    The Spring 2019 Germanic Film Series is based on the theme of "living at the threshold."
    Wilson 214
    February 15, 2019 1:00 PM

    February Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide an opportunity for students (or members of the WashU community!) to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 15, 2019 3:00 PM

    Major-Minor Welcome Week Kaffee und Kuchen

    We look forward to hosting our sophomore majors and minors during Arts & Sciences Major-Minor Welcome Week.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 20, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 21, 2019 9:00 AM

    The Legacy of the Refugees in Exile (1933-1945)

    Organized and supported by Washington University’s German Department, Olin Library, the Kemper Art Museum, as well as by Deutschlandjahr USA (Goethe Institute)
    Multiple
    February 21, 2019 12:00 PM

    “Art and Democracy”

    Panel discussion featuring Faculty Book Celebration speaker Caroline Levine
    Olin Library, Room 142
    February 21, 2019 4:00 PM

    Foreign Language Learning Colloquium Talk Given by Dr. Stuart Webb

    Seigle 109
    February 27, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 01, 2019 11:00 AM

    Celan in Teheran: Stefan Boernchen Colloquium

    Professor Stefan Boernchen will visit from the University of Cologne.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 02, 2019

    Graduate Student Symposium

    The graduate students in the German Department host an annual symposium.
    Danforth University Center (DUC) 276
    March 06, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 20, 2019 1:00 PM

    Comparative Literature Works-in-Progress

    This Works in Progress presentation will feature work by several current Ph.D. students in Comparative Literature.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    March 20, 2019 2:00 PM

    Staff Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 20, 2019 6:00 PM

    Winter Adé: Germanic Film Series

    The Spring 2019 Germanic Film Series is based on the theme of "living at the threshold."
    McMillan G052
    March 21, 2019 6:15 PM

    Franz-Josef Land: Affect and Empire in Schnitzler's "Die Toten schweigen" (Biennial Liselotte Dieckmann Lecture by Imke Meyer)

    Imke Meyer, Professor of Germanic Studies and Director of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago will be giving the Liselotte Dieckmann lecture.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    March 22, 2019 11:00 AM

    Imke Meyer Workshop (Biennial Liselotte Dieckmann Workshop)

    Imke Meyer, Professor of Germanic Studies and Director of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago will be giving a workshop for current graduate students.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 22, 2019 1:00 PM

    March Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide an opportunity for students (or members of the WashU community!) to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 27, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 03, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 04, 2019 8:00 AM

    German Day 2019

    We invite you to attend our 43rd Annual German Day!
    Danforth Campus
    April 07, 2019 7:00 PM

    Identifying Depression: Jewish And Psychological Perspectives

    Dr. David Pelcovitz will deliver the Boniuk-Tanzman Memorial Lecture on Jewish Medical Ethics.
    Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Kaplan Feldman Complex
    07April

    Identifying Depression: Jewish And Psychological Perspectives

    Dr. David Pelcovitz will deliver the Boniuk-Tanzman Memorial Lecture on Jewish Medical Ethics.
    Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Kaplan Feldman Complex  |  7:00 PM
    Full Event Details
    April 10, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 17, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 17, 2019 6:00 PM

    Hannah Arendt: Germanic Film Series

    The Spring 2019 Germanic Film Series is based on the theme of "living at the threshold."
    Wilson 214
    April 19, 2019 11:00 AM

    Der Verlust des "Kunstwillens" in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur: Ernst-Wilhelm Haendler Colloquium

    Ernst-Wilhelm Haendler is the 2019 Max Kade Writer-in-Residence.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 19, 2019 1:00 PM

    DPA Ice Cream Social & April Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide an opportunity for students (or members of the WashU community!) to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    McMillan Cafe
    April 19, 2019 2:00 PM

    Contemporary Austrian Literature: Ernst-Wilhelm Haendler Seminar

    Ernst-Wilhelm Haendler is the 2019 Max Kade Writer-in-Residence.
    Eads 203
    April 24, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 29, 2019 2:00 PM

    Spring 2019 Proposal-Writing Information Session

    Informational panel discussions and Q&A for faculty and post-docs humanities & humanistic social sciences interested in pursuing external funding - Please RSVP
    SEIGLE HALL, ROOM 208
    29April

    Spring 2019 Proposal-Writing Information Session

    Informational panel discussions and Q&A for faculty and post-docs humanities & humanistic social sciences interested in pursuing external funding - Please RSVP
    SEIGLE HALL, ROOM 208  |  2:00 PM

    The competition for fellowships and other grant-funded activities is fierce. To assist in these efforts, the Center for the Humanities will host an information session for faculty and post-docs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences interested in pursuing external funding. Whether you are intending to prepare an application for the next funding cycle or you would just like more details on the process, you are welcome at this information session! 

    Panel 1: How to Write a Winning Proposal — Perspectives of Grant Reviewers

    Ignacio Infante (Comparative Literature and Romance Languages & Literatures), Mark Valeri (Religion & Politics) and Rebecca Copeland (East Asian Languages & Cultures)

    Panel 2: How I Got Here — Experiences of Recent Grant & Fellowship Recipients

    Lerone Martin (Religion & Politics), Paige McGinley (Performing Arts Department) and Abram Van Engen (English)

    Please RSVP by Friday, April 26 using the RSVP link below.
     

    Immediately after the workshop, please join us for our annual humanities happy hour! Swing by drinks and eats with your favorite humanists. We’ll also toast our outgoing interim director, Rebecca Wanzo, for her five years of service to the humanities center. Look for us at the Knight Center Pub, Monday, April 29 from 4 to 6 pm. Please RSVP by following this link. (Please also see the RSVP below for the information session.)

     

    NOTE 
    In past years, the humanities center has hosted both a Proposal-Writing Information Session and a Proposal-Writing Workshop on the same date. This year, we are splitting up the programming. The spring information session will lead into our annual Scholarly Writing Retreat, during which time participants may choose to write fellowship proposals. In the fall, near the application deadlines for several nationally competitive fellowship programs, the center will host the proposal-writing workshop (proposals to be workshopped due to the center by Thursday, August 15; follow this link for dates and details).

    Full Event Details
    May 01, 2019 2:00 PM

    Faculty Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    May 03 to 04

    The Art(s) of Jazz: Creating Jazz Live and Recorded, on Stage and in the Media

    Our Volkswagen Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow is hosting a workshop.
    Women's Building Formal Lounge and Seigle Hall 103
    May 17, 2019 11:30 AM

    2019 Department Graduation Festivities

    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    May 21 to 31

    Scholarly Writing Retreat 2019

    Faculty, post-docs and graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to jump-start their summer writing
    Various; see website
    May 21-May 31

    Scholarly Writing Retreat 2019

    Faculty, post-docs and graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to jump-start their summer writing
    Various; see website
    Full Event Details
    August 19, 2019 2:00 PM

    Bear Beginnings Open House

    An open house for new undergraduates (first-year and transfer).
    Ridgley 317 | Department Lounge
    August 28, 2019 2:00 PM

    Chair's Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    August 29, 2019 4:30 PM

    Humanities PhDs Can Take Your Company to the Next Level

    Organized by Associate Dean Thi Nguyen of the Graduate School. Our panel of experts in the humanities will share how the skills they learned while completing a humanities PhD—like problem solving, research skills, deep understanding of the human experience, and more—are enabling humanities PhDs to help organizations in any industry achieve their goals.
    Venture Cafe, 4240 Duncan Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
    29August

    Humanities PhDs Can Take Your Company to the Next Level

    Organized by Associate Dean Thi Nguyen of the Graduate School. Our panel of experts in the humanities will share how the skills they learned while completing a humanities PhD—like problem solving, research skills, deep understanding of the human experience, and more—are enabling humanities PhDs to help organizations in any industry achieve their goals.
    Venture Cafe, 4240 Duncan Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110  |  4:30 PM

    Being a start-up is dizzying: You need to secure funding, perfect the product, and get to market quickly, with little room to find talent—let alone time to train them and get them “up to speed.” But there’s a rich, untapped pool of talent, with a knack for critical thinking and research, hiding in plain sight.

    Our panel of experts in the humanities will share how the skills they learned while completing a humanities PhD—like problem solving, research skills, deep understanding of the human experience, and more—are enabling humanities PhDs to help organizations in any industry achieve their goals.

    Panel members include:
    • Dalia Oppenheimer, PhD in English – Lead Communications Specialist, Nestle Purina
    • Rick Shang – PhD candidate in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University and Founder of Vulpes Corp.
    • Brandon N. Towl, PhD in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, CEO and Chief Writer at Words Have Impact
    • Moderated by Rafia Zafar, PhD, Washington University’s Professor of English, African & African-American Studies and American Culture Studies

    Full Event Details
    September 04, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 11, 2019 10:00 AM

    Göttingen/Tübingen Day

    Each fall, the Department hosts an event for our students in the language sequence to learn about study abroad options.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    September 11, 2019 12:00 PM

    Göttingen/Tübingen Day

    Each fall, the Department hosts an event for our students in the language sequence to learn about study abroad options.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    September 11, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 13, 2019 1:00 PM

    September Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide undergrads an opportunity to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 18, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 25, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 25, 2019 7:00 PM

    Free Rainer: Germanic Film Series

    The fall 2019 Germanic Film Series deals with social differences and struggles, demasking society's true face from different medial angles.
    Wilson 214
    September 27, 2019 3:00 PM

    Bridging the Divided City: Preparing Students for a New Los Angeles - James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education

    George J. Sanchez, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History, and Director of the Center for Democracy and Diversity, University of Southern California
    Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum
    October 02, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 09, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 16, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 18, 2019 1:00 PM

    October Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide undergrads an opportunity to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 23, 2019 2:00 PM

    Staff Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 24, 2019 3:00 PM

    Germanic Lecture: From Romanticizing the Past to Questioning Historical Knowledge - Historical Crime Fiction in German

    Thomas Kniesche, Associate Professor of German Studies at Brown University, will give the first lecture of the academic year.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    October 30, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    October 30, 2019 7:00 PM

    Slumming: Germanic Film Series

    The fall 2019 Germanic Film Series deals with social differences and struggles, demasking society's true face from different medial angles.
    Wilson 214
    November 06, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    November 07, 2019 4:00 PM

    Foreign Language Learning Colloquium Series Lecture: "Accounting for individual differences in second language acquisition - The role of longterm memory"

    Kara Morgan-Short, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Psychology and Interim Associate Director, School of Literature, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics University of Illinois at Chicago
    McDonnell 162
    November 13, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    November 13, 2019 7:00 PM

    Böse Zellen: Germanic Film Series

    The fall 2019 Germanic Film Series deals with social differences and struggles, demasking society's true face from different medial angles.
    Wilson 214
    November 15, 2019 1:00 PM

    November Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide undergrads an opportunity to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    November 20, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    November 20, 2019 4:00 PM

    Matheson Lecture: Inter-Imperial Interventions: A Feminist Decolonial Reframing of Literature, Translation, and Geopolitical Economy

    Laura Doyle, Professor of English at University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-coordinator of the World Studies Interdisciplinary Project, will give a lecture in Umrath Lounge on November 20, 2019
    Umrath Lounge in Umrath Hall
    December 04, 2019 2:00 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    December 06, 2019 1:00 PM

    December Pizza Pause

    Pizza Pause is held three to four times a semester to provide undergrads an opportunity to practice their German in a relaxed social setting.
    McMillan Cafe
    December 09, 2019 2:00 PM

    Faculty Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317

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