September 18, 2015

Helmut Lethens Buch Der Schatten des Fotografen: Bilder und ihre Wirklichkeit (2014) stellt die einfache, aber in den Medienwissenschaften kontrovers diskutierte Frage: wieviel Wirklichkeit in oder hinter den Bildern steckt. Auf einem Streifzug durch die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts untersucht Lethen Fotografien Dorothea Langes, Robert Capas und von Wehrmachtssoldaten im ...read more

May 24, 2015

Jennifer Tosch grew up in San Francisco and lived in the SF Bay Area for most of her life. Before going to Amsterdam 3 years ago, she was a returning student at UC Berkeley, pursuing her undergraduate degree. During her last semester she traveled to the Netherlands to study abroad ...read more

May 16, 2015

The working group "BTWH - The Emergence of German Modernity" is proud to announce our annual conference. This year's conference is titled "Serious Games/Ernste Spiele." BTWH is a working group comprised primarily of graduate students, faculty, and alumni from Berkeley, Tübingen, Vienna, Harvard, and Chapel Hill. We are dedicated to ...read more

May 15, 2015

The working group "BTWH - The Emergence of German Modernity" is proud to announce our annual conference. This year's conference is titled "Serious Games/Ernste Spiele." BTWH is a working group comprised primarily of graduate students, faculty, and alumni from Berkeley, Tübingen, Vienna, Harvard, and Chapel Hill. We are dedicated to ...read more

May 14, 2015

The working group "BTWH - The Emergence of German Modernity" is proud to announce our annual conference. This year's conference is titled "Serious Games/Ernste Spiele." BTWH is a working group comprised primarily of graduate students, faculty, and alumni from Berkeley, Tübingen, Vienna, Harvard, and Chapel Hill. We are dedicated to ...read more

April 24, 2015

Program Music and Literary 'Science' in 19th Century Germany

Adrian Daub is Associate Professor of German Studies at Stanford University, where his research focuses on the long nineteenth century, in particular the intersection of literature, music and philosophy. He is the author of "Four-Handed Monsters: Four-Hand Piano Playing and Nineteenth-Century Culture" ...read more

April 24, 2015

This interdisciplinary workshop will feature three short talks by visiting researchers working in the field of IMAGOLOGY, i.e. the analysis of images of the Self and the Other in literature and culture, investigating national stereotypes in particular. After the presentations, the three speakers will raise and discuss the theoretical and ...read more

April 21, 2015

In it's tenth year, UC Berkeley's German student cabaret once again presents an evening of skits, music, and poetry from Goethe to Gernhardt. Brave knights, pesky flies, translation woes, and the principles of good housekeeping all come alive as the words are enjoying a night out for a poetic and ...read more

April 17, 2015

Please join us for a day-long conference celebrating Claire Kramsch's research in applied linguistics, contributions to language and culture teaching, and service to the community of language educators. This event, marking her retirement from Berkeley, will offer participants an opportunity to share personal and intellectual reflections on Claire's influence. ...read more

April 11, 2015

This conference is taking place in Dwinelle 370 from 6-8 pm on Friday, April 10th, and again on Saturday, April 11th from 9 am - 6 pm. The full schedule for both days is available in the attachment below.

Schedule for Saturday, April 11th:

9-11 am:
Panel 1: Memory, Postmemory, Future-memory
Moderators: Lisa ...read more