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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Wall with grafitti in German language with 3 chairs infront, and several flower boxes on the wall.
Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Politics Beyond Citizenship: Blackness and Jewishness (in Contemporary Germany) Now

October 21, 2024
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Limestone deposits along river's edge
Fall 2024 Lecture Series

“What can I hope?”: Race, Abyssal Aesthetics, and the Failure of Beauty

November 11, 2024
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Complex grouping of devices, instruments and machinery
Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Ghosts and Guests in the Machine – Animation of and thru Technology

November 21, 2024