Max Kade Center

Brian Soucek, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis, will be visiting Vanderbilt to lecture on the topic of “Institutional NON-Neutrality” on Thursday, October 1st (6PM, Wilson 126). A constitutional law scholar and philosopher of art, Professor Soucek’s work ranges from equality and free speech law, to academic freedom, to… Read More

Join us on September 18th, 2026 12:30-2pm in the Vanderbilt Center for Languages’ Large Conference Room (Furman 003). Hakim Abderrezak, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at University of Minnesota will be presenting: From Sea to Seametery: Migrants, Refugees, and Europe’s Closed Frontiers Sandwiches and Refreshments will be served. Read More

A Conversation with Sven Beckert Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University Discussing his New York Times Notable Book & A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Friday, April 17 at 3 p.m. Vanderbilt University Central Library Community Room 419 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203… Read More

Hakverdi, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation for the German government and a member of Germany’s federal parliament, discussed transatlantic relations as part of the “250 Conversations on America: Civil Discourse in Action” lecture series. Read more about the event. Read More

  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… Read More