German & Russian Studies Events

Feb
20
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.

For this week's meeting, we'll be discussing the subsections "b. Ethical Action, Human and Divine Knowing, Guilt and Fate," and "c. The State of Legality" (§463/464–482/483, pp. 267–281 in the Pinkard translation; the shortness of the selection is intended to allow those who wish to brush up on their Antigone for the meeting to do so.
Feb
21
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Feb
26
Wed
4:30pm - 6:00pm
FA 258

"Why Read Capital Now?

...and I have to add — why read it in US America and other core economies? One answer is, because the system that supplies our wants and needs and puts us and the majority of the world to work is even more hidden from habitants of the center than it was in Marx’s day. Labor and finance are both 'offshored,' deregulated, privatized, and concealed beneath layers of new ideology. Marx’s book uncovers the hidden components of the system, its categories and mechanisms. In this talk I will give an overview of the more and less known of them: fetishism of the commodity, but also the wage form; exploitation, but also extortion and extraction; surplus-value, but also formal and real subsumption. We read Capital now because the effects of the capital system are as destructive as ever, and this book remains the basic textbook for understanding it."

Paul North is Maurice Natanson Professor and Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He is co-editor of the new edition and translation of volume 1 of Karl Marx's Capital, which appeared in 2024 with Princeton University Press.

Generous support for this event is provided by the Harpur Dean's office, the Departments of German & Russian Studies, English, and Comparative Literature, and the Material+Visual Worlds TAE.

Feb
28
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Mar
6
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.
Mar
7
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Mar
20
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.
Mar
21
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Mar
28
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Apr
3
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.
Apr
4
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Apr
11
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Apr
17
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.
Apr
18
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
Apr
25
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
May
1
Thu
12:30pm - 2:15pm
The Hegel Reading Group meets every other Thursday throughout the semester; this year we're working our way through the Phenomenology of Spirit. If you have questions about this group, contact Carl Gelderloos at carl.gelderloos@binghamton.edu.
May
2
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!
May
9
Fri
1:00pm - 2:00pm
LT 1406A
The German Club meets most Fridays during the semester (excluding breaks and holidays), 1–2 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!