
The German Graduate Research Seminars are informal gatherings organised by graduates and open to all.
We meet several times a term and aim to provide a space for relaxed discussion of anything related to German studies. There is no fixed format, but meetings tend to centre on short texts or papers. Proposals for future seminars are welcome, especially from new members.
Programme 2023-24
This year, we are delighted to host the following speakers:
Alex Mentzel (Cambridge), Triangulating Virtual Scenographies in Franz Kafka’s Der Verschollene and Walter Benjamin’s Schauplatz
Thursday, 26th of October, 5.30pm, Alison Richard Building S2
Lucia Affaticati (Sussex), Time for Queer. Post-Internet Music and the Fantasy of Queer Oppositionality
Thursday, 23rd of November, 17.30pm, Alison Richard Building S3
Contacts
For further information please contact Phyllis Koehler (pk517@cam.ac.uk, Michaelmas Term) or Jonny Ball (jrdb3@cam.ac.uk, Lent and Easter Terms)
Programme 2022-23
Lotte Hondebrink (Cambridge): “The Patriarchal Roots of Feminist Selfhood”, 24 October 2022
Syamala Roberts (Cambridge): “Conceptions of Hearing in German Modernist Writing”, 22 November 2022
Anna Oswald (Cambridge): “Nature in Kant: An Epistemological Evolution”, 25 May 2023
Robbie Spiers (Cambridge): “A Method from Madness: Carl Jung and Karl Jaspers on the Treatment of Mental Illness”, 25 May 2023
Dr. Julia Ng (Goldsmiths): “Daoism and Capitalism. Modern German Jewish Philosophy’s Encounter with China”, 1 June 2023
The German Graduate Research Seminar is an informal gathering organised by graduates and open to all. We meet several times a term and aim to provide a space for relaxed discussion of anything related to German studies. There is no fixed format, but meetings tend to centre on short texts or papers. Proposals for future seminars are welcome, especially from new members.