We are delighted to share that Allan Madin successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Animal Exemplarity: Formal Relations and Lively Thinking in Lessing, Goethe, and Kant," on Monday, July 15. Professor Catriona MacLeod (University of Chicago) supervised the dissertation and Professor Ian
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Congratulations to Germanic Studies' 2024 Teaching Award Recipients
June 25, 2024Congratulations to Professor Simon Richter, instructor Alexander Botwinik, and graduate student Mimi Hacking for their exemplary teaching and long-lasting impact on their students.
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Congratulations! Florian Breitkopf's Successful Dissertation Defense
December 5, 2023We are delighted to share that Florian Breitkopf successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Kunstkritik als Konversation: Das journalistische Ausstellungsgespräch, 1804-1826," on Friday, December 1. Professor Catriona MacLeod (University of Chicago) supervised the dissertation and Professor
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Was ist Aufklärung? Fragen an das 18. Jahrhundert
June 30, 2023
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Theodor W. Adorno und Hannah Arendt sprechen Deutsch
May 3, 2023Öffentlicher Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Liliane Weissberg am 17. Mai 2023 um 16.00 Uhr
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Uni Graz verleiht Ehrendoktorat an Literatur- und Kulturwissenschafterin Liliane Weissberg
August 11, 2022V.l.: Vizestudiendekan Nikolaus Reisinger, Laudator Gerald Lamprecht, Ehrendoktorin Liliane Weissberg, Rektor Peter Riedler, Dekan Michael Walter. Foto: Gasser
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University of Graz Awards Honorary Degree to Liliane Weissberg
July 6, 2022Liliane Weissberg taught as Kurt Brühl Visiting Professor at the Center for Jewish Studies in Graz in Spring 2007. Since then, she has returned to Graz several times to present a paper, participate in a meeting, or serve on a committee.
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Report on Research at Penn
June 22, 2022Each year, Penn’s Office of University Communications publishes a brochure to report on “Research at Penn,” for alumni and trustees. This year (vol, 20/2022) the German Department is represented with a brief story about Liliane Weissberg’s new book, "Benjamin Veitel Ephraim: A Banker, Writer—and A Spy.”
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Freud in China
June 22, 2022The Freud Museum in London is currently showing an exhibition on Freud and China, focusing on Freud’s interest in this country, and his Chinese antiquities. But there is also news in regard to China and Freud.
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Liliane Weissberg Joins Advisory Board of New Berlin Institute
May 9, 2022This December, Liliane Weissberg joined the Advisory Board of a new Berlin institute, the Berlin Center of Intellectual Diaspora.