Sponsored by the Department of German at Dickinson College.

Carlisle Theatre, 44 W. High Street

Fri. April 12, 2013 7:30 P.M.     Sun. April 14, 2013 2:00 P.M.

Wed. April 17, 2013 7:30 P.M.     Thurs. April 18, 2013 7:30 P.M.

A film by Christian Petzold, this movie is set in 1980's East Germany. Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-nature clinic head, Andre. Instead Barbra snatches moments with her lover as she secretly prepares to defect one day. Despite her plans, Barbara learns more about her life that puts her desire and the people around her in a new light. With her changing perspective, Barbara finds herself facing a painful moral dilemma that forces her to choose what she values.

6:00 P.M. Stern Great Room

 There will be a public reading of Turkish-German Writer Zafer Senocak. Reading in German with English translations projected simultaneously.

The German Department is currently hosting a writer-in-residence with generous support from the Max Kade Foundation. Zafer Senocak was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1962 and moved to Germany as a child. He has now become a leading voice in the German discussions on multiculturalism, national identity, and a mediator between Turkish and German culture. He has published widely in different styles: poetry, essays, novels, but also as a journalist and editor. He has received numerous prizes and his work has been translated into many languages. A book of poetry "Door Languages" and an essay collection titled "Atlas of a Tropical Germany" was published in English.

 Racing the Family Narrative: Black German Family Photography and the Stories Pictures (Won't) Tell

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Althouse 106   *5:00 P.M.*

Tina Campt: Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies and Director of African Studies Program, Barnard College--Columbia University

What historical 'truths' can we read in the visual archive of the African Diaspora in Germany? What narratives of nation, place and belonging do family photographs tell? What narratives do they challenge, dislodge or retell? This presentation uses family photography of Black Germans in the early twentieth century to tell an alternate narrative of race, nation, and diaspora.

 Here we see a traditional figure of the Krampus along with Nikolaus. In German speaking countries, the Krampus accompanies Nikolaus and punishes the bad children! 

Don't be afraid of the Krampus!  Whether you've been naughty or nice, the German Department and the German Club will give you delicious German baked goods, warm drinks, and the traditional Feuerzangenbowle (21+)!  All are welcome at our Nikolausfeier!

We hope to see you at the Kade House  

 Thursday, December 6th at 7pm