Apr 8, 2026
“The Migrations of the Mann Family” by Prof. Veronika Fuechtner
Thomas Mann’s vision of democracy was shaped by his own history of migration, but also by the many persecutions and migrations in his family. He…
Max Kade Distinguished Lecturers
Apr 11, 2022
Black German Women’s Cultural Productions
Lafayette’s Max Kade Center for German Studies is delighted to announce this year’s Distinguished Lecture by Tiffany N. Florvil, Associate Professor…
Mar 6, 2018
The Legacy of the Marshall Plan for Postwar Reconstruction of Germany and Austria
MAX KADE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE on the Occasion of the 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARSHALL PLAN Monday, April 3, 2017 104 Kirby Hall 6:30 PM GUENTER BISCHOF Marshall…
Apr 1, 2016
THE EDGE OF IRONY. MODERNISM IN THE SHADOW OF THE HABSBURG EMPIRE
WHEN: Thursday, April 7, 2016 – 4:15pm – 5:45pm WHERE: Gendebien Room, Skillman Library Marjorie Perloff, one of America’s most prominent literary scholars…
Sep 19, 2013
“Duerrenmatt: The World of His Imagination in Word and Image” by Theodore Ziolkowski
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Max Kade Center for German Studies, Theodore Ziolkowski, Prof. Emeritus at Princeton Univ., will present…
Apr 2, 2013
Peter Pulzer, Gladstone Professor Emeritus of Government and Public Administration and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University, UK
April 2004 Events Schedule FACULTY FORUM: “Is there a Crisis in British Politics?” Council Rm, 206 Kirby Hall, noon – 1:30pm LECTURE: “Contemporary European…
Apr 2, 2013
Sander L. Gilman, distinguished professor of the liberal arts and sciences and professor of psychiatry at Emory University
presented “Nietzsche, Bizet, and Wagner: Illness, Health, and Race in the Nineteenth Century” in April, 2009. Co-sponsored by the Max Kade Center for German…
Apr 27, 2006
Erhard Roy Wiehn
Remembering the Past for the Future: A series of lectures The Max Kade Center for German Studies presents an exhibition and series of programs in remembrance…
Apr 27, 2006
Halina Baran and Berthold Kepplinger
“Health Care Crisis? How do Germany & Austria handle it?” Dr. Berthold Kepplinger, MD Director of Dept. of Neuroscience, Ostarrichiklinikum & Neuropsychiatric…
Apr 27, 2004
Dr. Hans Winkler
DISCUSSION FORUM AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR Dr. Hans Winkler, Head of Austria’s Human Rights Office, since 2009 director of the Vienna School of International…