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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.
Annetta Alexandridis, classical archaeologist and art historian in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, died April 13. Known for her hands-on approach, she was associate director of the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis, Türkiye and co-curated the Cornell Plaster Cast Collection.
Jenny Willner (Comparative Literature, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): "Troubling Biology in the Age of Eugenics: Freud, Ferenczi, and the Politics of Psychoanalysis" Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
Katrin Lehnen (German Studies, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen): "Schreibpraktiken. Transformation einer kulturellen Praxis" Friday, March 20, 2026.
Spring 2026 Colloquium Series
Fridays • 2:30PM • Open to the public
Hannes Kerber: "Three Times Nathan: Erwin Piscator’s Political Reimaginings of Lessing’s 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘦" Friday, December 5, 2025.
Vanessa Gubbins: "Rilke’s Things: A Poetic Revision of the Concept of Equality for Radical Democratic Theory" Friday, November 7, 2025.
Andrew Vielkind: "The 𝐾𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑛 of Postwar Experimental Cinema" Friday, October 3, 2025
Amparo Necker: "Peat and the People: Emergent Bodies in Pina Bausche's 𝐿𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑠"
Friday, September 12, 2025
Location: Physical Sciences Building, PSB401
Location: Klarman Hall, Klarman Hall, Room 155
Location: Big Red Barn
Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Film Forum
Location: Klarman Hall, Klarman Hall, Room 155
Location: Big Red Barn
Location: Uris Hall, G08