Bücherverkauf (German Club)
Toy LoungeGerman Day
Student UnionThe Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at UNC at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the American Association of Teachers of German of North Carolina (NC-AATG), will host the 19th annual North Carolina German Day in the Union.
Mapping Jewish Modernism Exhibit Opening
Rubenstein Library 153, Duke UniversitySpeaker(s): Yitzhak Lewis A reception, a talk by Yitzhak Lewis, and brief student presentations followed by questions and answers in the exhibit space, all in celebration of the opening of the Mapping Jewish Modernism Exhibit. Co-Sponsor(s) Global Jewish Modernism; Romance … Read more
Queer Focus Series: Migration
ZoomThe impacts of war can be felt far outside the actual battlefield. Russia’s war against Ukraine has set off historic levels of migration, in addition to huge environmental and economic impacts. Modern war also disproportionately affects gender and sexual minorities, … Read more
Guest Lecture: Christian Karner, University of Lincoln (UK)
Rubenstein Library 249, Duke University“Theorizing the Social in Germany, 1900-2024”
Works in Progress – Leonie Wilms – CDG Graduate student
Rubenstein Library 249, Duke UniversityEveryday World Governance: Soviet Citizens and International Organizations During the Cold War
Hamilton 569eds in Blue investigates Soviet relations with one of the most prominent international organizations, UNESCO, to present a novel way of thinking about the role of the United Nations in the Soviet experience of the Cold War. Drawing on unused … Read more
UNC Russian Flagship Program Info Session
ZoomInterested in joining the Russian Flagship Program? Attend our information session and learn about the program, career opportunities, study abroad opportunities, and more! Register here. The U.S. government designates Russian as one of the languages vital for national security and economic … Read more
UNC Russian Flagship Program Song Club
Dey 413Tone deaf or musical genius? It doesn’t matter! Join UNCRFP’s one and only Inessa Fishbeyn-Reeve for UNCRFP’s Song Club. Sing your heart out while learning the meanings of lyrics. Open to all levels!
World Languages Pedagogy Workshop: Using Art and Objects to Teach World Languages
North Carolina Museum of ArtThe UNC Chapel Hill and Duke Area Studies Centers, in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Museum of Art, present the 2024 World Languages pedagogy workshop, Using Art and Objects to Teach World … Read more
Queer Focus Series: Activism
ZoomThe impacts of war can be felt far outside the actual battlefield. Russia’s war against Ukraine has set off historic levels of migration, in addition to huge environmental and economic impacts. Modern war also disproportionately affects gender and sexual minorities, … Read more
Europe Week Film Screening: Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings)
GEC 1005THIS FILM ADDRESSES ADULT THEMES AND INCLUDES EXPLICIT CONTENT. A second-generation Irani German, Parvis, works at a refugee shelter where he meets brother and sister Irani refugees and develops a tenuous romance with Amon as his friends attempt to secure … Read more
EUROPE WEEK PANEL: NEW DIRECTIONS IN EU ENERGY POLICY
GEC 1005How is EU energy policy shifting in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine? How is the bloc adapting to and mitigating climate change? Join CES for a panel with scholars Stephen Gross, Christiane Lemke, Konrad Jarausch, Holder Moroff, Mark Vail, … Read more
Archives, Exhibits, and Literature Dialogue
Rubenstein Library 153, Duke UniversityTwo Duke faculty, Annette Joseph-Gabriel and Felwine Sarr, and two visitors, Emma Bond and Max Czollek, will examine the intersections, problems, and productive intersections between archives, exhibits, and literature. Emma Bond is Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies at Oxford … Read more
UNC Russian Flagship Program Info Session
ZoomInterested in joining the Russian Flagship Program? Attend our information session and learn about the program, career opportunities, study abroad opportunities, and more! Register here. The U.S. government designates Russian as one of the languages vital for national security and economic … Read more
UNC Russian Flagship Program Song Club
Dey 413Tone deaf or musical genius? It doesn’t matter! Join UNCRFP’s one and only Inessa Fishbeyn-Reeve for UNCRFP’s Song Club. Sing your heart out while learning the meanings of lyrics. Open to all levels!
De-Integration & the Theater of Memory
GEC 1005Poet, activist, and cultural critic Max Czollek is a leading voice in current conversations about the nature of Jewish life in present-day Germany. Czollek holds a PhD from the the Center for Reseach on Antisemitism at the Technische Universität in … Read more
GERMAN-JEWISH JOURNALISM OF THE 1930S AND EARLY 1940S RECONSIDERED: CONTESTATION, TRANSNATIONAL TRANSFERS, GLOBAL TRANSIT
ZoomJoin CES and NC German Studies on zoom for a seminar with Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the University of Colorado- Boulder Thomas Pegelow Kaplan on German-Jewish journalism during WWII. Featured speakers include: Moderator: Teresa Walch | … Read more
UNC Russian Flagship Program Info Session
ZoomInterested in joining the Russian Flagship Program? Attend our information session and learn about the program, career opportunities, study abroad opportunities, and more! Register here. The U.S. government designates Russian as one of the languages vital for national security and economic … Read more
Bitter Spirits: Jewish Romanticism and the Demons of Unbelief
Toy LoungeJewish intertextuality typically refers to the complex relationship between biblical and rabbinic literature. In the nineteenth century, Jewish Romantics (better known in Hebrew as maskilim) considerably expanded their intertextual range to include contemporary philosophy and poetry. Yet, both the style … Read more
Delta Phi Alpha – German Business Roundtable and Lecture
Toy LoungeThree business representatives from German corporations with significant presence in the US (Siemens, Merck and BASF) will meet to discuss the state of German-American relations in business, science and technology. A roundtable discussion will be followed by a lecture on … Read more
GSLL Poetry Night
Toy LoungeCome and recite a poem in your favorite Germanic or Slavic language. Listen to your friends performs poems that will blow your mind away! Back by popular demand, GSLL is hosting Poetry Night for spring semester 2024. Don’t miss out!
ROUNDTABLE: THE DECLINE OF GERMAN STUDIES & GERMAN HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES?
ZoomJoin CES and NC German Studies for a zoom roundtable on the state of German Studies in the US. The shrinking number of tenure-track jobs and the decline of undergraduate and graduate programs in German Studies and German History in … Read more
Fiction as History, History as Fiction: a Novel about Nazi Looted Art
Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFiction as History, History as Fiction: a Novel about Nazi Looted Art Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor 2023-2024 Brett Ashley Kaplan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign What happens when different displaced people come into convergence with each other? This talk will … Read more
Works In Progress – Adi Nester- Assistant Professor – UNC
Rubenstein Library 249, Duke UniversityThe Burden of German History
GEC 1005On April 18, 2024, join the CES community for a book talk with esteemed author and historian Konrad Jarausch on his latest work, The Burden of German History: A Transatlantic Life. The event will feature a presentation from the author … Read more
Guest lecture: Berna Gueneli, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Rubenstein Library 249, Duke UniversityMaya Vinokour: Everything Was Forever Until It Exploded: Apocalyptic Futures in Late-Soviet Science Fiction
Toy LoungeEverything Was Forever Until It Exploded: Apocalyptic Futures in Late-Soviet Science Fiction From Leonid Brezhnev's pharmacological bids for corporeal immortality, to the continued display of Lenin's (un)dead body in the Mausoleum, official culture in the late Soviet period was at … Read more