Spotlight
German Elections 2025 Roundtable
Apr. 21, 2025—The Max Kade Center hosts the German Elections Roundtable in Buttrick Hall 123 on March 4th, 2025 at 4:10 – 6:00 pm.
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...
Heard Libraries host Jewish history scholars for workshop spotlighting special collections!
Mar. 22, 2024—Schocken at Vanderbilt The Heard Libraries hosted a pair of Jewish history scholars at Central Library on April 10. Pictured, left to right: Leo Baeck Institute Executive Director Markus Krah, Vanderbilt University Librarian Jon Shaw, Dubnow Institute research associate Caroline Jessen, and Max Kade Center for European and German Studies Director Meike Werner. (Vanderbilt University)...
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.
Meet Bianca Herlory BA’20
May. 16, 2023—Can you tell us something about your background? I am Franco-American, born in the United States but with French family. When I was young, my family moved to Brazil where I lived for almost six years and learned Portuguese. Both my family background and upbringing have strongly shaped my sense of identity and also contributed...
An Interview With Two European Studies Majors
May. 16, 2023—We conducted an interview with two of our current majors to ask them about why they decided to pursue European studies. Please introduce yourselves! MP: “My name is Mitchell Pope. I am 23, I am just going to be graduating this May, and I’m a European studies major with a minor in world politics. I...