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    January 15, 2020 1:30 PM

    Chair's Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 21, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    January 22, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 28, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Nosferatu - Symphonie des Gravens

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    January 29, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    January 31, 2020 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
    February 04, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Metropolis

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    February 05, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 07, 2020 11:00 AM

    Schriftsteller und ihr gesellschaftliches "Engagement": ein transatlantischer Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA: Paul Ingendaay Colloquium

    Paul Ingendaay is the 2020 Max Kade Critic-in-Residence.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 07, 2020 2:00 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 11, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: M-Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    February 12, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 12, 2020 6:00 PM

    Fack ju Göhte: Germanic Film Series

    The spring 2020 Germanic Film Series sets out to explore various aspects of German humor. Do Germans and Austrians have a sense of humor? And, if so, what does that look like?
    Wilson 214
    February 18, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Triumph des Willens

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    February 19, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    February 21, 2020 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 25, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Abschied von Gestern

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    February 26, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 03, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Jakob, der Lügner

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    March 04, 2020 1:30 PM

    Staff Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 17, 2020 5:30 PM

    German 490 Film Screening: Angst essen Seele auf

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    March 18, 2020 1:30 PM

    Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 20, 2020 1:00 PM

    CANCELLED: 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 23, 2020 6:00 PM

    CANCELLED: Basta - Rotwein oder Totsein: Germanic Film Series

    The spring 2020 Germanic Film Series sets out to explore various aspects of German humor. Do Germans and Austrians have a sense of humor? And, if so, what does that look like?
    Busch 100
    March 24, 2020 5:30 PM

    CANCELLED: German 490 Film Screening: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    March 25, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    March 26, 2020 4:00 PM

    CANCELLED: Germanic Lecture: The Feuilleton and the Ornamental Image: Hofmannsthal, Polgar, Musil

    Patrizia McBride, Director of the Institute for German Cultural Studies & Professor of German at Cornell University, will give our spring lecture.
    Hurst Lounge | Duncker 201
    March 31, 2020 5:30 PM

    CANCELLED: German 490 Film Screening: Gegen die Wand

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    April 01, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 02, 2020

    German Day 2020 - CANCELLED

    all over campus
    April 07, 2020 5:30 PM

    CANCELLED: German 490 Film Screening: Das weiße Band

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    April 08, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 10, 2020 11:00 AM

    "Nachhaltigkeit und Vergeudung": Oekologische Perspektiven auf die deutsche Lyrik der Gegenwart: Monika Rinck Colloquium

    Monika Rinck is the 2020 Max Kade Writer-in-Residence.
    Zoom conference
    April 14, 2020 5:30 PM

    CANCELLED: German 490 Film Screening: Victoria

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    April 15, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 16, 2020 6:00 PM

    CANCELLED: Good Bye, Lenin!: Germanic Film Series

    The spring 2020 Germanic Film Series sets out to explore various aspects of German humor. Do Germans and Austrians have a sense of humor? And, if so, what does that look like?
    Wilson 214
    April 21, 2020 5:30 PM

    CANCELLED: German 490 Film Screening: Toni Erdmann

    German 490 (Undergraduate Seminar: Intro to German Cinema) will have its film screenings on Tuesday evenings.
    Umrath 140
    April 22, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    April 23, 2020 4:30 PM

    German 4105 Creative Writing Salon

    This event will be an online literary salon (via Zoom) showcasing brand-new literary works written in German by undergrads enrolled in German 4105: Creative Writing? In German? Geht klar!
    Online
    April 24, 2020 1:00 PM

    CANCELLED: 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 27, 2020 1:30 PM

    CANCELLED: Faculty Kaffeestunde

    Kaffeestunde is a weekly gathering of the university's German-speaking community.
    Department Lounge | Ridgley 317
    September 09, 2020 2:00 PM

    Bear Beginnings Open House

    An open house for new undergraduates (first-year and transfer).
    Zoom
    October 27, 2020 3:00 PM

    Virtual Major-Minor Fair

    First-year and Sophomore students can register now for the 2020 Major/Minor Fair!
    Zoom
    October 29, 2020 3:00 PM

    Germanic Lecture: Suspicious Spiral - Autofiction and Black German Subjectivity in Olivia Wenzel’s 1000 Serpentinen Angst

    Priscilla Layne, Associate Professor of German at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give our fall lecture.
    Zoom
    October 30, 2020 10:30 AM

    Halloween with the Dean

    Ginkgo Allée Tent
    November 04, 2020 3:00 PM

    Study Abroad Showcase

    Overseas Programs is excited to offer a two-day event for Danforth Campus students to learn more about available study abroad opportunities on November 4th and 5th from 3:00-5:00pm (CT)
    | *This event is open to all undergraduate students
    November 12, 2020 5:00 PM

    Legacies of Violence and Genocide: Can Memorials and Museums Help Us Build a Better Future?

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Panel discussion featuring the following participants: Avril Alba, Ph.D., senior lecturer in Holocaust studies and Jewish civilization in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney; Zahava D. Doering, PhD., editor emerita of Curator: The Museum Journal and worked as senior social scientist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; David Cunningham, Ph.D., professor and chair of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis; and moderator Erin McGlothlin, Ph.D., chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures and professor of German and Jewish studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
    Virtual - Please RSVP
    12November

    Legacies of Violence and Genocide: Can Memorials and Museums Help Us Build a Better Future?

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Panel discussion featuring the following participants: Avril Alba, Ph.D., senior lecturer in Holocaust studies and Jewish civilization in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney; Zahava D. Doering, PhD., editor emerita of Curator: The Museum Journal and worked as senior social scientist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; David Cunningham, Ph.D., professor and chair of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis; and moderator Erin McGlothlin, Ph.D., chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures and professor of German and Jewish studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
    Virtual - Please RSVP  |  5:00 PM

    Holocaust Memorial Lecture

    Can memory prevent injustice and violence? Panelists of this virtual roundtable will discuss the role of museums and memorials in building the bridge between history, understanding, empathy, and action. In recent years, questions about the representation of history in public spaces have become more pressing than ever.

    The legacies of the Holocaust, colonial violence, and racist exploitation are at the center of resulting debates and actions that range from redesigning commemorative and exhibition spaces to toppling monuments. Can museums and memorials fulfill the tasks of remembrance, reconciliation, and prevention that genocidal and other instances of mass violence pose? The roundtable takes the history of the Holocaust as a starting point for a conversation on the capacity of public portrayals of complex histories of violence to shape a more just future.

    Full Event Details
    November 14, 2020 12:00 PM

    Multidirectional Memories, Implicated Subjects, and the Possibilities of Art

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST: Lecture by Michael Rothberg, the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies and professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and conversation with Rothberg and WashU professors Anika Walke (History) and Geoff Ward (African and African-American Studies).
    Virtual - RSVP
    14November

    Multidirectional Memories, Implicated Subjects, and the Possibilities of Art

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST: Lecture by Michael Rothberg, the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies and professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and conversation with Rothberg and WashU professors Anika Walke (History) and Geoff Ward (African and African-American Studies).
    Virtual - RSVP  |  12:00 PM

    Following the lecture, Michael Rothberg will join Washington University professors Anika Walke (History) and Geoff Ward (African and African-American Studies) in conversation about Memory for the Future, a Washington University initiative that combines critical memory studies with curatorial and public education projects. In partnership with museums, archives, and commemorative projects, this initiative will facilitate reparative and multidirectional memorial practices in St. Louis.

    Full Event Details
    November 19, 2020 1:00 PM

    Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Its Outtakes: The Ethics of Perpetrator Representation

    Professor Erin McGlothlin will give a lecture with The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University.
    Zoom
    December 04, 2020 3:00 PM

    Anxious Ears: Soundscapes and the Art of Listening in Postwar German Radio Drama

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Caroline A. Kita is associate professor of German and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of ‘Jewish Difference and the Arts: Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater’ (Indiana UP 2019). Her research encompasses German and Austrian Literature, German-Jewish Culture, music, theater and radio drama.
    Virtual - RSVP
    04December

    Anxious Ears: Soundscapes and the Art of Listening in Postwar German Radio Drama

    HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Caroline A. Kita is associate professor of German and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of ‘Jewish Difference and the Arts: Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater’ (Indiana UP 2019). Her research encompasses German and Austrian Literature, German-Jewish Culture, music, theater and radio drama.
    Virtual - RSVP  |  3:00 PM

    The success of National Socialism in mobilizing the radio for propaganda purposes led to widespread anxiety and distrust of the medium in the burgeoning postwar democracies of the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria. Could Germans and Austrians be taught to critically listen? Or would their ears remain passive and susceptible to indoctrination? This paper will examine how narrative Hörspiel of the 1950s and early 1960s offer a site for exploring these questions, by drawing on brief examples from radio plays in which characters display anxieties surrounding listening – the sense of being overwhelmed by sound and unable to discern its messages; the fear of being transformed into mechanized receivers and transmitters of sound, and the desire to “tune out,” or to choose not to listen. It reveals how these works reconstruct traumatic or problematic experiences of listening to encourage a different kind of engagement with the radio medium grounded in a critical, self-reflective act of reception.

    Hosted by the Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas.

    Full Event Details

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