Liliane Weissberg is currently working on a project on the history of the postcard, and this objects's significance for art, literature, and philosophy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
News
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A Holiday in Times of Crisis
April 21, 2020Last Wednesday marked the beginning of the Passover holiday. Just like other members of the German Department, Liliane Weissberg is currently in home isolation, in her case as the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
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Didem Uca to Join Faculty at Emory
February 26, 2020The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures is thrilled to announce that our recent alumna Didem Uca will be joining the faculty of Emory University next fall as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of German Studies!
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Erika Kontulainen Will Assume Professorship at Auburn University
February 18, 2020Congratulations are due! Erika Kontulainen will assume a position as Assistant Professor of German (tenure track) at Auburn University, starting this Fall.
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Prof. Liliane Weissberg Awarded Fellowship at American Academy in Berlin
February 3, 2020Dr. Liliane Weissberg, the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences and a standing faculty member of our department, has been recognized as the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
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PhD Alumna Kerry Wallach Delivers Lecture at Leo Baeck Institute London
January 31, 2020On January 23, Dr. Kerry Wallach delivered the second lecture in the Leo Baeck Institue London for the Study of German-Jewish History and Culture's 2019-2020 series, Acting Jewish: Between Identity and Attire.
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documenta! In 1955, the international art exhibition was founded in Kassel, Germany
October 18, 2019Ten years after the end of WWII, and after years of Nazi rule that dictated art production, an international exhibition of contemporary art was organized in Kassel, Germany.
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A German Public Radio Station Marks the Anniversary of Walter Benjamin's Death on September 26, 1940
September 30, 2019Walter Benjamin's attempt to flee Nazi occupied France in Fall 1940 failed; he could not offer the proper visa documents after entering Spain.
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Two Penn Graduates Have Been Elected to the Board of the American Friends of Marbach
September 23, 2019At the annual meeting at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, five new members were elected to the Board of Directors of the American Friends of Marbach, the American group of supporters of the German Literary Archives at Marbach (DLA).
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American-Hungarian Philosopher Àgnes Heller to receive the 2019 Nietzsche Prize. The Jury Selected Liliane Weissberg to Present the Laudatio
August 19, 2019Àgnes Heller, a prolific political philosopher and former student of Georg Lukàcs, has been elected to receive the prominent 2019 Nietzsche Prize.