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EVENTS/LECTURES
2007-2008
Updated 4/24/08 |
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October 19:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Detlev Kremer,
Universität Münster
"Photographie und Text: Bemerkungen zu Thomas Bernhard und W. G. Sebald"
Reception to follow |
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October 23:
Wine and Wisdom
German House, 613 9th Ave, 6:30 p.m.
guitarist Andre Feriante interprets Rilke |
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October 25:
Public Lecture, 3:30 p.m., CMU 120
Terry Pinkard
"Norms, Facts, and Forms of Life in Hegel's Phenomenology" |
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November 16:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Eva-Maria Ziege (DAAD)
"Transatlantischer Wissenstransfer: Die Frankfurter Schule im amerikanischen Exil"
Reception to follow |
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December 6:
Connections and Contexts at the Frye,704 Terry Ave, 6:30 p.m.
Janelle S. Taylor (Anthropology)
"The Visual Science Fictions of Patricia Piccinini" to complement the exhibit "Hug: Recent Works by Patricia Piccinini"
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January 15:
New Books in Print , 4:00 p.m. in CMU 202
Jane K. Brown (Germanics and Comparative Literature),
The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner
Reception to follow |
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January 25:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Dr. Hans-Jörg Bay (Erfurt, Feodor-Lynen Fellow UW),
"Das eigene Fremde der Kultur: Travestien der ethnographischen Situation bei Kafka"
Reception to follow
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February 21:
Connections and Contexts at the Frye, 6:30 p.m.
Susan Casteras (Art History)
"Reframing the Nineteenth Century: Collecting Art at the Frye"
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February 24-25:
Simpson Center for the Humanities, Symposium
“Sovereigns and Subjects: Modern Jewish Political Thought and Experience” |
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February 29:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
FIRST ANNUAL ALUMNI LECTURE:
Professor Imke Meyer, Bryn Mawr,
"Metonymic Visions: Space, Race, and Affect in Barbara Albert's Film 'Böse Zellen'"
Reception to follow
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March 13:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Gabrielle Brandstetter, FU Berlin,
„Intermedialität zwischen Bild, Tanz und Video: Die Inszenierung von Velasquez’ „Las Meninas“
Reception to follow
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April 24-27:
Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association Conference
Annual Meeting of the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (MALCA), April 24 - 27 with keynote addresses by Markus Hallensleben (UBC) on "Corporeal Topographies in Austrian Art Performances" and Herb Blau (UW) on "From the Dreamwork of Secession to the Orgies Mystery Theater" and a concert on "Viennese Classics with Stanley Ritchey". A detailed program is available online at http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/projects_malca0708.htm |
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April 29 :
Wine and Wisdom
Luwa Distribution Center , 1112 Andover Park West , 5:30 p.m.
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May 2:
Public Lecture, 3:00 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Inge Stephan, Humboldt University,
Distinguished Max Kade Professor UW Spring 2008,
"Eisige Helden: Kältekult und Männlichkeit in der Moderne."
Reception to follow |
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May 8-9:
Graduate Conference for Interdisciplinary Studies
Conception and Consumption
Keynote Address by Lois Parkinson Zamora, University of Houston
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May 16:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Gabriele Dürbeck, Distinguished Max Kade Professor University of Cincinnati Spring 2008,
"Das transdramatische Theater Elfriede Jelineks."
Reception to follow |
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May 22:
Connections and Contexts at the Frye, 6:30 p.m.
Sabine Wilke, UW Germanics,
"Albert Bierstadt and the Western Landscape:
Sublime Nature in Distress." |
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May 30:
4:00 p.m., Rey Library, Denny 308
Delta Phi Alpha Initiation Ceremony |
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May 30-31:
7:30p.m., Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Ave NE
German 304 Contemporary German Play Performance
“Grimms Märchen“ |
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June 14:
Department Graduation, Delta Phi Alpha Initiation
Simpson Center, 10:00 a.m. |
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