4:00pm - 5:00pm
Alpern Room (LN 2200)
In her talk, Lauren Cassidy will discuss the role of state secrecy and the transnational production of disinformation in the aftermath of the explosion at Chernobyl. Drawing on Stasi file excerpts and records of Stasi communication with the KGB, Cassidy will discuss the role of state language and the secret police in the exacerbation of ecological damage and human suffering.
Lauren Cassidy is a lecturer of German Studies at Binghamton University. Cassidy’s research
focuses on East German and Soviet texts and orality and literacy-guided approaches to examining misinformation. She is currently working on an article that examines the intersection of language, power and authority in the East German secret police files.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
1:00pm - 2:30pm
LT 1406A
Recurring discussions of various works by G.W.F Hegel (1770–1831), one of Germany's (and continental philosophy's) fundamental thinkers. All are welcome! For questions or to find out what the group is currently reading, please contact Alex Sorenson at asorenso@binghamton.edu
5:00pm - 6:30pm
IASH room (LN 1106)
Franz Kafka's “Investigations of a Dog” is a modern fable of philosophical adventure. It recounts the quest of a lone, maladjusted dog who challenges the dogmatism of dog science and pioneers an original research program in pursuit of the mysteries of his self and his world. In How to Research Like a Dog (MIT Press, 2024), Aaron Schuster uses the canine as a guide dog to rediscover Kafka's fictional universe, while taking up the cause of this ingenious, melancholy, comical, and revolutionary thinker. What is philosophy? Why is Kafka's new science the truest? How can the dog's adventures in theory inspire us to rethink the role and place of philosophy today? What is the strange kind of freedom that the dog discovers? And, why a dog?
Aaron Schuster is a writer and philosopher, who lives in Amsterdam. He works at the intersection of European philosophy and psychoanalysis, and engages with modernist literature, film, theater, and contemporary art. He is the author of The Trouble with Pleasure: Deleuze and Psychoanalysis (MIT Press), co-author of Sovereignty, Inc.: Three Essays in Politics and Enjoyment (University of Chicago Press), and, most recently, How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science. He is the editor of e-flux Notes.
Organized by the Department of Comparative Literature, co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Department of German and Russian Studies, and Department of Art History.
Aaron Schuster is a writer and philosopher, who lives in Amsterdam. He works at the intersection of European philosophy and psychoanalysis, and engages with modernist literature, film, theater, and contemporary art. He is the author of The Trouble with Pleasure: Deleuze and Psychoanalysis (MIT Press), co-author of Sovereignty, Inc.: Three Essays in Politics and Enjoyment (University of Chicago Press), and, most recently, How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science. He is the editor of e-flux Notes.
Organized by the Department of Comparative Literature, co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Department of German and Russian Studies, and Department of Art History.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
6:00pm - 9:00pm
LT 1406A
Join us for a special presentation of a pathbreaking work of East German cinema.
"Although he has a girlfriend who is expecting his child, Philipp, a young teacher in Berlin, meets Matthias and falls in love. After years of repressing his homosexuality, he must finally accept himself for who he truly is. The first and only DEFA feature film about homosexuality, COMING OUT premiered on November 9, 1989 … the evening the Berlin Wall came down.
Winner of a Silver Berlin Bear and Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival." (from Kanopy)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
6:00pm - 9:00pm
LT 1406A
Join us for a special presentation of a recent German film. Details coming soon...
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
1:00pm - 2:30pm
LT 1406A
Recurring discussions of various works by G.W.F Hegel (1770–1831), one of Germany's (and continental philosophy's) fundamental thinkers. All are welcome! For questions or to find out what the group is currently reading, please contact Alex Sorenson at asorenso@binghamton.edu
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
1:00pm - 2:30pm
LT 1406A
Recurring discussions of various works by G.W.F Hegel (1770–1831), one of Germany's (and continental philosophy's) fundamental thinkers. All are welcome! For questions or to find out what the group is currently reading, please contact Alex Sorenson at asorenso@binghamton.edu
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 12–1 pm, in the GRS conference room (LT 1406A, which is on the 14th floor of Library Tower). The German Club is a chance to speak German with students from all levels, instructors, native speakers, and others in a relaxed setting. Feel free just to stop by and say "Guten Tag," or to stay for the conversation and coffee!
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Recurring discussions of various works by G.W.F Hegel (1770-1831), one of Germany's (and continental philosophy's) fundamental thinkers. All are welcome! For questions or to find out what the group is currently reading, please contact Alex Sorenson at asorenso@binghamton.edu