German Liberals in Baltimore: A Senior Thesis by Gillian Ziegler

Gilian_FlyerGillian Ziegler (’14)  presented his History Senior Thesis on May 8th 2014. He explored the impact of the so called ’48ers – German Liberals who had left Germany after the failed Revolution of 1848 – on the political scene in Baltimore. In particular, he discussed the election of 1860 and the role of  the “Baltimore Wecker”  – a daily newspaper published in German – within this political campaign. The presentation was followed by a lively Q& A. About 30 people attended the presentation which ended with a toast to all graduating seniors, namely Gilian Ziegler, Kari Schulz, Levi Jones, Zvi Shoval, Adam Mosley, Mike Christian, and Sophia Hausner.

 

Lecture by Antje Krüger at the University of Georgia

Screen Shot 2014-11-06 at 1.56.29 PMIn May 2014, Antje Krüger was invited to a symposium in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Georgia. The symposium was titled “Triangular Readings in German Literature and Culture.” It aimed at the development of scholarship on the role of the Third in German literature and culture as well as on triangulation as a method of inquiry in literary scholarship. The meeting brought together scholars, both junior and senior, from North America and Europe whose areas of expertise range from medieval to 21st-century German literature and culture. Antje Krüger’s lecture was titled “Das Un-erhörte Erzählen”: Uwe Timm’s Poetics of Daily Life” and investigated third position in Uwe Timm’s works. See here for more information