German Department Princeton

Unser schreibzeug arbeitet mit an unseren gedanken. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our writing tools are also at work on our thoughts. (Friedrich Nietzsche in a letter to his secretary Peter Gast. February 1882)
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The Princeton German Department explores the language, literatures, intellectual history, arts and media of Germany and German-speaking cultures from the Middle Ages to the present. Our highly diverse and distinguished faculty employ the critical tools of multiple disciplines to investigate and appreciate the wide range of German cultural production, its significance for–and reception of–other cultures, and its continued importance for our current historical moment.

Events

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Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Ghosts and Guests in the Machine: Animism and Technology

November 21, 2024
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Graduate Student Conference

Mysticism & Modernism: The World of Margarete Susman

February 21, 2025
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Illustrative painting of Lady Danvers pursued by her footmen
Spring 2025 Lecture Series

From Empathy to Resentment: A Short History of Identification

April 14, 2025