Events
“Second Class Refugees”: The Struggles of Lesser-Known German Jewish Writers in the U.S.
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Professor Krishna Winston’s talk “Second Class Refugees”: The Struggles of Lesser-Known German Jewish Writers in the U.S. is the second event in our series “Germany Meets the U.S.” and will take place Wednesday, October 5th, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., in Fisk 208. Refreshments will be served.
Professor Winston will talk about German Jewish writers who had been quite well known in Germany but who struggled to establish themselves professionally when they emigrated to the U.S. and thus endured great economic and emotional hardship. Among them are Mehring, Hans Sahl, Curt Riess, and Heinrich Eduard Jacob. Her parents, the distinguished translators Richard and Clara Winston, knew these authors personally and translated their works into English. Krishna will draw on her collection of letters exchanged between these refugees and her parents as well as on her own memories.
Study Abroad in Germany?
COME AND LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS,
students who studied in Hamburg and Berlin
or attended summer programs and did internships in Germany
GLOBAL STUDIES CENTER in FISK 201
Wednesday, September 21,2016 – 12-1PM
Lunch will be provided!
Nathan the Wise
This was followed by a lovely meal at the Loreley Biergarten.
The German Studies Filmclub presents: Deutschland ’83- A gripping coming-of-age story and spy thriller set in Germany in the ‘80s
Join us this Friday, February 12 at 8:00PM in USDAN 108 for Germany’s newest TV series Deutschland ’83 (English subtitles).
In a divided Germany in 1983, naive 24-year-old East German soldier Martin Rauch is pulled from his benign post as a border guard and given a new assignment: undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service in West Germany. Hiding in plain sight as Moritz Stamm in the West German army, Rauch must gather NATO military secrets. As he veers between father figures, love interests, and East and West Germany, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal. The coming-of-age story — created by American journalist and author Anna Winger and her German husband, Jörg Winger — is the first German-language drama to be aired on a major U.S. network.
Presenter: Chris Steidl
Poetry Reading with Professor Bäumel
Please join us on
Friday, December 4, at 7 pm
at the German House (65 Lawn Avenue)
for a get-together to read and talk about two German poems and to drink
hot cocoa.
The poems and English translations will be provided at the event.
German Events this Fall
Also see Olivia Drakes article on our events.
“The Wallpeckers” Professor Krishna Winston introduces Günter Grass’s novel “Too Far Afield”
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Please join us for our fourth and last lecture in the German Department’s fall series on commemorating the 25th year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this Thursday, November 6, in the Downey House Lounge at 4:15 PM. In her talk, “The Wallpeckers,” Krishna Winston introduces and reads from Günter Grass’s novel, Too Far Afield.
Refreshments will be served.
OPEN HOUSE
DO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT …
- THE GERMAN STUDIES MAJOR & MINOR?
- STUDYING IN GERMANY?
- SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS?
THEN JOIN US THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, at 4:15 PM in FISK 403.
REFRESHMENTS SERVED!
NPR -Journalist Bellamy Pailthorp ’89 will speak about “The Fall of the Wall — An Eyewitness Perspective.”
“25 Years: Fall of the Berlin Wall” is co-sponsored by the German Embassy in Washington D.C. All events are free of charge and open to the public. For more information call 860-685-3359.