German Studies Lecture Series

This series hosts speakers from across a broad array of topics related to the German-speaking cultures.  Lectures take place monthly from October through May and provide undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty with opportunities for discussion and commentary.

Upcoming Events

February
17

German Studies Lecture Series - Homeless and Lovesick: Loss in Tristan-Romances of the 12th and 13th Centuries by Monika Schausten (University of Cologne)

Date
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 216

Past Events

December
2

German Studies Lecture Series: "The Blurred Line: Speculation and Gambling in Germany and Britain around 1900" by Cornelius Torp

Date
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 216
November
18

German Studies Lecture Series: Being Born: Towards a Phenomonology of Natality by Gill Zimmermann (Zeppelin University)

Date
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 216
October
21

German Studies Lecture Series: Hegel in Jena - The Birth of a New Paradigm by Klaus Vieweg (University of Jena)

Date
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 216
May
13

German Studies Lecture Series: Weaving Words: Textile as Medium in Medieval German Literature

Date
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
room 216
May
6

German Studies Lecture Series: The Problem of the Actress in Modern German Theater and Thought

Date
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
room 216
April
29

German Studies Lecture Series: Arendt, Kafka, and the Human Condition: Political Anthropology as Phenomenology in the Light of the Kafkaesque

Date
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 216
April
8

German Studies Lecture Series: “The Pageant Was Powerfully Intoxicating; It Staggered All Reason.” Ernst Jünger’s Depiction of the Allied Bombing Campaign Against Germany and France in His War Diary Strahlungen (1949)

Date
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
room 216
February
11

When Paper Talks: Helmina von Chézy and the Object-Narrative

Date
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 252
February
7

The Construction of Marx’s Capital

Date
Friday, February 7, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 252
January
28

Lovesickness and Melancholy in Medieval Literature: The Pathologization of Crisis in Konrad von Würzburg's Partonopier and Meliur

Date
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 216