Events

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Events

  • Lecture: Peter Erickson, Feb 10

    February 10, 2015

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  • Ofer Ashkenazi, Feb 9

    February 9, 2015

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  • Lecture: Brook Henkel, Feb 6

    February 6, 2015

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  • Lecture: Paul Buchholz, Feb 3

    February 3, 2015

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  • Compact Seminar: German 204 taught by Professor Hinrich Seeba, Jan 30

    January 30, 2015

    "Heinrich von Kleist: Dramatic Challenges to Truth" - Kleist's writings are an ideal guide to staging the literal meaning of language and to understanding the conceptual significance of verbal images. Identity formation, historical understanding, the lure of the abyss, the violence of stereotyping will be some of the topics to ...read more

  • Semiotic Circle of California: Thirtieth Meeting, Jan 24

    January 24, 2015

    Semiotic Circle of California
    Thirtieth Meeting, January 24, 2015
    University of California, Berkeley
    Seaborg Room, Faculty Club

    9:20 Stephanie Peltner (UC Berkeley): “A Look at Alternating Inflections in the Irregular Past of Given German Verbs”

    9:40 Mark Riley (CSU Sacramento): “Poetry in two Worlds: Latin Pastoral at the court of King James I”

    10:00 Denise ...read more

  • Blackness in European Folklore – the Dutch Case: Black Pete, Dec 4

    December 4, 2014

    This panel discusses the Low Countries' holiday blackface character Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) and the ongoing contestations it raises in the Netherlands from several perspectives. What can Black Pete tell about the way in which the Netherlands deals with its legacy of colonialism and slavery? Can the Black Pete controversies ...read more

  • German Film Club, Dec 1

    December 1, 2014

    UC Berkeley German Film Club presents "Requiem" (dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 2006). ...read more

  • Michael Stolz on Digital Editing, Nov 21

    November 21, 2014

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  • Religion and the European Constitution, Nov 19

    November 19, 2014

    Member states of the European Union are legally committed to the principle of the so-called agnostic or impartial state, guaranteeing both freedom of religion and freedom from religion. European constitutional law sees state neutrality in matters religious as a conditio sine qua non for liberal, parliamentary, and social democracy and ...read more