Spotlight
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...
Visiting Max Kade Professor Elisa Ronzheimer Joins VU Spring 2024
Oct. 31, 2023— Elisa Ronzheimer is a scholar of German and comparative literature at Bielefeld University. In her research, she is interested in contemporary poetry and theories of the lyric, historical, and contemporary cultures of sensibility and practices of comparison in literature and literary theory. Currently, Elisa works on a book about the concept of style in twentieth-century...
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...