Spring 2010 Events
"Imagining Integration: Why Fictional, Inter-Ethnic Marriages Matter"
My premise is that works by and about migrants in Germany take on a cultural task similar to that performed by eighteenth-century drama. However, rather than making the middle class the subject of tragedy and therefore viable members of the public sphere, contemporary novels, films and television programs stage inter-ethnic marriages in order to normalize such unions for Germans and migrants alike.
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: UCC 2520D
Presenter: Brent Peterson, German Department, Lawrence University
Invited: European Studies Group; Co-sponsor: German
"Paris, from Caesar to Sarko: 2000 Years of Urbanism"
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: UCC 2390-Exec
Presenter: Lucie Laurian, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa
