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The Annual Bernhard Blume Lecture

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The 2026 Blume Lecturer will be Gerhard Richter, the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. The lecture will be on Thursday, April 9, 2026; see our "Upcoming Events" for more information...

Bernhard Blume Memorial Lecture: Jochen Hörisch (University of Mannheim) on "Hand in Hand—Goethes Leitmotiv"

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The fourth annual Bernhard Blume lecture features Jochen Hörisch, Professor Emeritus of Modern German Literature and Media Analysis at the University of Mannheim. Lecture in German; discussion in English. Light refreshments will be served after the event.

Bernhard Blume Memorial Lecture: David Wellbery (University of Chicago) – "Remarks on Literary Interpretation: On a Sentence by Kafka"

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The sixth annual Bernhard Blume lecture features David Wellbery, LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor of Germanic Studies and Social Thought at the University of Chicago. To enlarge or download, click on poster above.

"Kontaktnahme" with America: Thomas Mann, Cultural Mobility, and the American Tradition of Lecturing

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The GSAS Germanic Forum presents: A lecture by Roman Seebeck, of the University of M ünster.

Bernhard Blume Memorial Lecture: Gabriele Brandstetter (Freie Universität Berlin) – "Movement and Metaphor in Anne Juren''s Fantastical Anatomies"

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The fifth annual Bernhard Blume lecture features Gabriele Brandstetter, Professor of Theater and Dance Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. To enlarge or download, click on poster above.

Gerhard Richter: "On Learning to Love the Darkness from Which I Derive: Dwelling in the Neighborhood of Poetry and Philosophy," 2026 Blume Lecture

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Gerhard Richter, the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University, will deliver the 10th annual Berhard Blume Lecture, titled "On Learning to Love the Darkness from Which I Derive: Dwelling in the...

Goethe-Institut Boston

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The Goethe-Institut Boston offers a wide variety of exhibitions, films, concerts, and lectures on all aspects of Germany and its present and past culture, and the Scandinavian Library likewise hosts lectures, a Nordic film series, and a weekly coffee hour...

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2026 Blume Lecture by Gerhard Richter: "On Learning to Love the Darkness from Which I Derive: Dwelling in the Neighborhood of Poetry and Philosophy"

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Gerhard Richter, the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University, will deliver the 10th annual Berhard Blume Lecture, titled "On Learning to Love the Darkness from Which I Derive: Dwelling in the...

Frauke Berndt (University of Zürich) on "Castrating Classicism: Karoline von Günderrode's Don Juan"

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The event is part of the German Studies: New Perspectives seminar series at the Mahindra Humanities Center. More details to follow. Pre-registration is required. Pre-registration is required. Register to attend this lecture by Frauke Berndt.

Guest Lecture: Leif Weatherby (NYU): "Kafka and the Algorithm"

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The Scandinavian Library

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The Scandinavian Library in Newton, MA hosts lectures, a Nordic film series, and a weekly coffee hour.