Small Forms: Aesthetics—Media—Modernity

Institute for German Cultural Studies

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.

IGCS News

Jocelyn Holland (Caltech) talking to attendees at the Institute for German Cultural Studies colloquium reception.

IGCS Colloquium: Jocelyn Holland

4/24/2026

Jocelyn Holland (Comparative Literature, California Institute of Technology)
"Die Kunst des Fügens\The Art of Placement: Materials, Techniques, Poetics"
Friday, April 24, 2026

Classical art historian Annetta Alexandridis dies at 58

4/16/2026

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.