Spring 2008
Calender of Events
Professor
George C.Schoolfield
(Yale University)
will deliver a lecture funded by the Max Kade Foundation, New York, on the topic
“Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sturm (1904) –
A Close Reading”
on April 17, 2008, 4 – 5:30 PM
in the Max Kade German Cultural
Center, Old Chemistry Building 736,
University of Cincinnati.
Professor Schoolfield is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati (BA German & Classics 1946 / MA German 1947) and Princeton University (PhD 1949). He returned to Cincinnati as Department Chair (1961-64), in years prior to assuming a long-term professorship at Yale University.
He has published widely on German and Scandinavian Studies. He was recognized with Distinguished Alumnus Award from the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences and has been knighted by Finland for his exemplary service in the field of culture to that nation.
His lecture reflects a career-long fascination with Rilke and is but a portion of a book-length study, Young Rilke and His Time, to be published in Fall 2008.
Free and open to the public. Contact: >>Richard.Schade@uc.edu<< |
April 23, 9-2
Kaffee in the Kade!
|
Dr. Gabriele Dürbeck,
Distinguished Max-Kade-
Visiting Professor
spricht über
Das
Transdramatische
Theater Elfriede
Jelineks --
eine produktive
Herausforderung des
gegenwärtigen
Regietheaters
|
Freitag,
den 25. April
3:30-4:30 pm
Max Kade
German
Cultural
Center
|
Professor Birgit Dahlke,
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin,
spricht ueber
"Fremder Blick auf eine
fremde
Stadt/Weissgrau die Tauben
scheissen auf Berlin"-
Berlin als Ort politischer
Projektionen vor und nach
1989
|
Freitag,
den 2. Mai
3:30-4:30 pm
Max Kade
German
Cultural Center
|
AWARDS CEREMONY
May 22, 5-7
|
Annual European Studies Conference
Friday, May 30
Guest Speaker: Professor Gerhild Scholz Williams, Washington University
Max Kade German Cultural Center
|
Kaffee in
the Kade
At the beginning of every academic year students in departmental undergraduate classes
are invited to come to the Max Kade German Cultural Center to meet the
faculty and to learn more about departmental programs, such as the major,
the minor, study abroad, and international co-op. Refreshments are provided.
Focus
Graduate Student Conference
Graduate students in the Department of German Studies organize a conference
in the fall, in which graduate students from this country and abroad
come together for two days of paper presentations and discussions. Participants
are selected on the basis of proposals submitted to the Editor of Focus
on German Studies, the departmental graduate student journal.
Brown Bag
Lunches
Once a quarter faculty members and graduate students come together for
a brown bag lunch, at which one member of the faculty presents his/her
current research.
German
Day
Every year the Department of German Studies invites area high school
teachers to bring their German classes to UC for a day of competitions
in areas ranging from baked goods to posters, and from poetry recitations
to cultural knowledge. Information for German Day 2008 has been posted at the link above.
Max
Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University
of Cincinnati is fortunate in being able to invite a distinguished scholar
from Germany to join the department as Max Kade Distinguished Visiting
Professor for one quarter each academic year. Recent visitors have included
Renate Möhrmann from the University
of Cologne; Hans-Michael Speier, a scholar and poet from Berlin; Inge
Stephan from the Humboldt University in
Berlin; Klaus Jeziorkowski from the University
of Frankfurt, Doerte Bischoff from the University of Muenster, Irmela Krüger-Fürhoff from the Universität Greifswald, Professor Alexander Kosenina from the University of Bristol, and Dr. Gesa Dane from the Universitat Goettingen.
We welcome Dr. Gabriele Duerbeck from the Universitat Rostock as our Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor in Spring 2008.
The
Cincinnati Stammtisch
The tradition continues on Wednesday nights from 7:00pm until ?
We will be meeting at the historic restaurant The Mecklenburg Gardens,
located on 302 East University Street in Corryville. The historic restaurant
provides a great atmosphere, delicious food, and an incredible selection
of beers! This is a community event, so all are welcome who are interested
in steaking Greman or learning about German culture. Email
for more infomation. Please note, this is not an official event of the
University of Cincinnati, Department of German Studies, or GGSGA. Participate
at your own risk.
