Events
This is an intro to the Events page. Here you can find information on various events taking place in the Department of Germanic Studies.
For a listing of German House events, please click here.
For a listing of Scandinavian events, please click here.
Fall Semester, 2011↑
Lectures & Talks
September 15-October 27
Do Deutsch at Indiana University!
Germanic Studies is teaming up with the German Embassy to promote German as a foreign language. During the 2011 do Deutsch Campus Weeks, German-language students and faculty will organize a series of activities and events in a bid to boost widespread interest in German language and culture among their peers. For a flyer with more information, please click here
Friday October 21
Lecture by Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monika Treut Jorgensen
Thursday, November 3
Mediaevalia at the Lilly Library - Manuscripts at the Lilly from a practitioner's point of view (morning - open to all); Workshop with master calligrapher Patricia Lovett from England (afternoon - open to all)
Friday, November 4
Public Lecture - Patricia Lovett: Gold on Parchment – How Medieval Manuscripts Are Made (time and place tba)
Lectures
Movie Showings & Coffee Hours
Every Tuesday of the Semester
Stammtisch, 6:30pm at Bear's Place, all levels welcome, only German spoken.
Every Wednesday of the semester
Kaffeestunde will be held in Ballantine Hall, Rm 643, every Wednesday of the semester from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Thursday, September 29
Dutch Coffee Hour, Ballantine Hall Rm643, 4:15-5:15
Sat., Sun., & Monday Oct. 22-24
IU Cinema Retrospective on Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monika Treut
Tuesday, October 25
IU Cinema - An Evening of Kinsey Shorts curated and presented by the students of GER G625
Monday, October 31
Dutch Coffee Hour, Ballantine Hall Rm643, 4:15-5:15
Monday December 1
Dutch Coffee Hour, Ballantine Hall, Rm643, 4:15-5:15
Spring Semester, 2012↑
Lectures & Talks
Friday January 20
Michel Chaouli - "Kant on Beauty and Teleology (for Example Crystals)." A talk given at the History & Philosophy of Science colloquium, 4 pm, Ballantine Hall 003.
Thursday February, 2
Tom Gunning, Professor of film and media studies at the University of Chicago, presents a Master Classes Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 2, 5 pm, IU Cinema. Click here for more details
Friday February 10
Leser Lecture: Dr. Per Urlaub from the University of Texas. 6:00pm, CAHI house
Thursday February 23
Christoph König, Professor of German at Universität Osnabrück, lecture: "Rilkes Mädchenprogramm oder die Vorbereitung einer Kunstsprache", 7:00pm, CAHI House
Friday February 24
Christoph König, Professor of German at Universität Osnabrück, critique of Gadamer's conception of hermeneutic reading and discuss an alternative conception in a seminar discussion (in English), 10:00am-12:00pm, CAHI House
Thursday March 1
Jonathan Spence, Professor of history at Yale, presents a Master Classes Lecture on Thursday, March 1, 5pm, IMU Georgian Room.
Monday April 16
Lorraine Daston, director of the Max-Plack-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin, presents a Master Classes Lecture on Monday, April 16, 5 pm, Moot Court Room, Law School.
Friday April 20
James Conant, professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, will conduct a discussion on philosophy and literature on Friday, April 20, time and place TBA.
Movie Showings & Coffee Hours
Every Wednesday of the semester
Kaffeestunde will be held in Ballantine Hall, Rm 643, every Wednesday of the semester from 3:30pm-5:00pm
