September 3, 2019

Last May, graduate student Landon Reitz presented a paper at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. He presented his paper, "Reading with the Entire Body," on a panel convened by the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Stanford University.  

September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019

Professor Niklaus Largier recently hosted and co-taught a weeklong summer school at UC Berkeley on the topic “Formen des Übens.” The summer school is a part of an ongoing cooperation with Universität zu Köln where the event is held in alternating years.

September 3, 2019

This June, graduate students Jarrett Dury-Agri, Alicia Roy, Michael Sandberg, and Cara Tovey presented their work at the 2019 BTWH (Berkeley-Tübingen-Wien-Harvard) international working group conference in Bale, Croatia, on the topic "Verdinglichung/Reification."

September 3, 2019

Professor Tony Kaes recently published "Der Traum vom Kino: Zur Filmtheorie der Weimarer Republik.” The essay appears in the catalogue to the exhibition "Kino der Moderne: Film in der Weimarar Republik,” currently showing at the Kinemathek Berlin.

September 3, 2019

The department's 27th annual graduate student conference on the topic of "Affective Realisms" took place February 22-23. The event brought together scholars from different universities and disciplines for a number of lectures,  workshops, and discussions. The conference was organized by graduate students Caroline Durlacher, Molly Krueger, Landon Reitz, and Michael Sandberg.

June 25, 2019

Professor of Dutch Studies, Jeroen Dewulf recently published a chapter in Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition. Professor Dewulf's contribution is titled "Sangamentos on Congo Square? Kongolese Warriors, Brotherhood Kings, and Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans."  

March 27, 2019

Professor of Dutch Studies, Jeroen Dewulf recently published a new article in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, “Iberian linguistic elements among the black population in New Netherland (1614–1664).”

March 12, 2019

A collection of Professor Irmengard Rauch's scholarship has been published as a part of the Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics book series.   Selected Writings of Irmengard Rauch collects Rauch’s articles which center on contemporary and historical Germanic linguistic phenomena. Her writings exploit the combined approaches of linguistics and semiotics. These are the inextricable work-horses, which in combination, enhance her arguments detailing given linguistic problems that define the field of General and Germanic Linguistics and thus feed the multi-disciplinary research interests of both seasoned researchers and neophytes.    

March 11, 2019

As you may know, our annual fundraising blitz, Big Give, is quickly approaching, taking place March 14, 2019. This event began in 2014, offering you and the entire Cal community — alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends — the opportunity to demonstrate our collective generosity by supporting Berkeley’s students, research, innovation, and dedication to excellence, all of which amplifies your contributions through awareness and contest prizes. In 2019, we’ve set a goal to raise 10,000 individual gifts; if we reach it, our Board of Trustees will donate $100,000 to Berkeley students in need. To help us build momentum, I…