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Visiting Max Kade Professor Caroline Jessen Joins VU Spring 2025
Mar. 20, 2025— Caroline Jessen is a scholar of German literature at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History & Culture – Simon Dubnow in Leipzig. Her research explores historical concepts of cultural property at the interface of literary studies, provenance research, and cultural history. Her current project explores the impact of translocated German literature collections on research...
Max Kade Center to host conference April 5th at Central Library!
Mar. 22, 2024—The Actuality of Enlightenment: Contextualist Readings of J.G. Herder in the 21st Century April 5th, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, Community Room Lunch and refreshments provided Featuring: Eva Piirimäe (Tartu, Estonia) Gregory Moore (Georgia State University) Nigel DeSouza (University of Ottawa) Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame) Alexander Schmidt (Vanderbilt...
Ambassador of Ireland visits Vanderbilt as part of goodwill tour
May. 22, 2023—The ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the United States, Geraldine Byrne Nason, visited Vanderbilt on January 19, 2023 to discuss international relations. The event was sponsored by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies at Vanderbilt.