Past Events
Kaffeestunde: Friday, January 20 at 2 pm
Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: We’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday and third Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Friday, Janury 20 at 2 pm. *Help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup* Angelica Fenner Acting Chair Read More »
Kaffeestunde: Friday, February 17 at 2 pm
Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: We’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday and third Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Friday, February 17 at 2 pm. *Help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup* Angelica Fenner Acting Chair Read More »
Kaffeestunde: Thursday, December 1 at 2 pm
Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: We’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday and third Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Thursday, December 1 at 2 pm. *Help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup* Angelica Fenner Acting Chair Read More »
Student Appreciation Event, October 21, 2022, 2-4pm
Lunch Talk: Abenteuer in Gesellschaft November 17, 12-2, OH323
Wer auf Abenteuer auszieht, löst sich aus den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhängen, denen er angehört. Er sucht, wie Ernst Jünger formuliert, „das Außerordentliche jenseits der sozialen und moralischen Sphäre“. Read More »
Bored to Death. Dreams of Adventure Before and After the First World War
Oliver Grill (Munich) October 13, 4-6pm Odette Hall Library (OH323) The “man of 1914 was literally bored to death! That is why the war came upon him with the intoxication of adventure, with the glory of distant undiscovered shores.” Robert Musil made this observation when the end of the First World War was already in sight. Trench warfare had taught Musil and his contemporaries the painful lesson that the dreams of adventure that had accompanied the outbreak of war had been deceptive. However, their intensity could not be easily forgotten. Read More »
The Elephant in the Room: Dealing with Translation Apps in Language Classes
A pedagogical workshop with Dr. Hang-Sun Kim and Owen Meunier. Online translation apps are an integral part of the writing tool kit and are rapidly altering our students’ approach to writing. Join us to tackle this important topic. Read More »
Public Screening: Love, Deutschmarks, and Death (Ask Mark ve Ölüm / Liebe, Deutschmark, und Tod), May 28, 2023
April 20, 2023 Read More »
Kaffeestunde: Thursday, October 3 at 1 p.m.
Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Thursday, October 3 at 1 p.m. Read More »