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The Institute for German Cultural Studies is a research-oriented initiative designed both to recognize extraordinary cross-disciplinary strengths in the study of German culture at Cornell University and to foster cutting-edge scholarly exchange pertaining to the interdisciplinary study of German culture from the medieval era to the present.

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IGCS Colloquium Hannes Kerber

IGCS Colloquium: Hannes Kerber

Hannes Kerber: "Three Times Nathan: Erwin Piscator’s Political Reimaginings of Lessing’s 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘦" Friday, December 5, 2025.

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Amparo Necker, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, discusses her paper at the Institute for German Cultural Studies Colloquium.

IGCS Colloquium: Amparo Necker

Amparo Necker: "Peat and the People: Emergent Bodies in Pina Bausche's 𝐿𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑠" Friday, September 12, 2025

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Peter Loewen

Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences

Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.

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