Departmental News
Events
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Seminar: Baroque Orientalism, Sep 5-Oct 3, 2014
September 19, 2014
In the 17th-century, the Thirty Years' War and wars with the Turks, recurring at multiple fronts across Eastern and Central Europe, were formative forces. Military battles went along with the drawing of ideological and confessional boundaries, which continue to take effect in today's Europe. Against this backdrop, the seminar aims ...read more
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Lecture by Albrecht Koschorke: Ideology in Execution: On Hitler’s Mein Kampf, Sep 17
September 17, 2014
A striking number of twentieth century dictators were writers, and many founded their regimes in their books' cult followings. Hitler, with his manifesto Mein Kampf, was among the first. The lecture will consider primarily the work's introductory chapters and analyze how its author communicates on two levels. For uninitiated readers, ...read more
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Book Talk with Peter Schneider: Berlin Now: “The City after the Wall”, Sep 12
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Seminar: Baroque Orientalism, Sep 5-Oct 3, 2014
September 12, 2014
In the 17th-century, the Thirty Years' War and wars with the Turks, recurring at multiple fronts across Eastern and Central Europe, were formative forces. Military battles went along with the drawing of ideological and confessional boundaries, which continue to take effect in today's Europe. Against this backdrop, the seminar aims ...read more
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Colloquium: “Goethes Wanderjahre”, Sep 10
September 10, 2014
Helmut Müller-Sievers (Colorado)
Responses: Albrecht Koschorke (Konstanz) ...read more -
DAAD Information Session, Sep 10
September 10, 2014
DAAD Information Session with Hanni Geist (Information Officer) and Andrea Sinn (Visiting Professor).
Undergraduate Session- 2-3pm
Graduate Session- 3-4pm ...read more -
Seminar: Baroque Orientalism, Sep 5-Oct 3, 2014
September 5, 2014
In the 17th-century, the Thirty Years' War and wars with the Turks, recurring at multiple fronts across Eastern and Central Europe, were formative forces. Military battles went along with the drawing of ideological and confessional boundaries, which continue to take effect in today's Europe. Against this backdrop, the seminar aims ...read more
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Commencement 2014, May 19
May 19, 2014
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS: CELTIC STUDIES, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN STUDIES PROGRAM, SCANDINAVIAN, SLAVIC and SPANISH & PORTUGUESE ...read more
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German Kabarett, Apr 29, May 2, May 8
April 4, 2014
The UC Berkeley German Department presents Spruch und Widerspruch German Cabaret A poetic cocktail mixing literature, comedy, and music, including but not limited to alliterations and allegories, poets in love, mind numbing tongue twisters, an ode to the cell phone, a very pragmatic guide for dealing with sadness, a linguistic quest for identity, a culinary delight from Austria, and, yes, a thunderstorm! In German! Tuesday, April 29, 7 pm, 370 Dwinelle HallFriday, May 2, 7pm @ Excelsior Center, OaklandThursday, May 8, 7pm @ Goethe Institute San FranciscoFree and open to the public. -
Noon Colloquium with Schreiter, Apr 25
April 1, 2014
Dr. Anne Schreiter (Universität St. Gallen) will give a Noon Colloquium titled "Between Remembrance and Transformation. Germany's Third Generation East" at 12 p.m. in Dwinelle 282.