Guest Lectures
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – 6:00 PM
Finding Ourselves: The Humanities as a Discipline
Prof. Geoffrey Harpham
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 – 2:00 PM
Trajectories of Change: The New Woman in Japan
Carrie Khou, M.A. University of Mannheim
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 – 2:15 PM
Remapping the Lingua Franca of Jazz: Popular Sheet Music and the Soundtrack of Liberation in Euro-American Contexts
Frank Mehring
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 – 6:00 PM
Black Theater: A Window Into The 1960's Black American Experience
Lecia J. Brooks
Thursday, November 26, 2015 – 1:00 PM
Law after Lunch: Free Trade? Free Society? TTIP, German-American Relations, and the Politics of Agency
Prof. Dr. Crister S. Garrett
Monday, December 21, 2015 – 2:15 PM
History, Memory, and the Body in American and African American Culture and History
Arlene R. Keizer
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 – 10:15 AM
The Popular Poetry of the "Fireside Poets" and Their Changing Reputations
PD Dr. Margit Peterfy
Monday, May 2, 2016 – 10:15 AM
Louise Erdrich's The Round House and Sexual Violence Against Native American Women
Prof. Louise K. Barnett
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 – 10:15 AM
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? A New York Pop Quiz
Prof. Dr. Stefan Brandt
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 – 10:15 AM
Postwar Germany: Charles Haldeman's Legacy
Richard & Janice Haldeman
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 – 6:15 PM
The Ordeal of Citizenship: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Mid-Century American Culture
Prof. Michael Grimwood
Monday, November 14, 2016 – 6:30 PM
German Jews Beyond Germany: A Transnational History
Prof. Tobias Brinkmann (Pennsylvania State University)
Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 5:00 PM
The Role of the Media in the U.S. Presidential Elections 2016
Prof. William James Willis (Azusa Pacific University)
Saturday, November 19, 2016 – 8:30 AM
Year of the Woman or More of the Same? The Status of Women in American Politics after Election 2016
Dr. Kelly Dittmar (Rutgers University)
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 – 2:15 PM
Agency and Voice: The History and Impact of Postcolonial Studies and a Look into its Future
Prof. Asha Varadharajan (Queen's University)
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 – 10:15 AM
Impressions of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s By a Contemporary Observer
Gregory R. Zieren (Austin Peay State University)
Thursday, June 22, 2017 – 1:00 PM
After the NATO Meeting in Brussels: The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance
Prof. Dr. Matthew Rhodes (George C. Marshall Center)