Department of Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies

George J. Wittenstein

Lecture Series 2007-2008

A series of events to commemorate and continue the legacy of civic courage

of Dr. George J.Wittenstein

 

We are privileged that Dr. George Jürgen Wittenstein, a participant in two resistance groups against Hitler's National-Socialist regime, lives in our community. Jürgen Wittenstein was actively involved in the Weisse Rose (White Rose) and the Freiheitsaktion Bayern (Freedom Action Bavaria).

Named in honor of Dr. Wittenstein, our series will sponsor several lectures each year by prominent scholars in the humanities to preserve and continue his ligacy of civic courage and commitment.

Dr. George J. Wittenstein, 1992-1993. Photo by Debra Myrent  

Lecture Series Brochure

LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

October 23, 2007

5:00 p.m.

TD Building 1701

Geoffrey Hartman, Yale University

Inaugural Lecture "Shoah Literature: The Universal Aspect"

January 15, 2008

5:00 p.m.

UCen Harbor Room

Alexander Gelley, University of California, Irvine

"'Weakl Messianism': Recovery and Prefiguration in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project "

February 26, 2008

5:00 p.m.

Location TBA

Claudia Koonz, Duke University

April 8, 2008

5:00 p.m.

Location TBA

Amir Eshel, Stanford University


Presented by the Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
6206 Phelps Hall
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4130
805-893-2131 / Fax: 805-893-2374
www.gss.ucsb.edu

The George Wittenstein Lecture Series is made possible by the generous co-sponsorships of the following campus agencies and departments: Office of the Chancellor, College of Letters and Science, Humanities and Fine Arts Dean's Fund for Jewish Studies from a gift in memory of Martha Heyman Franck, Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, French and Italian, Global and International Studies, History, The Hull Chair in Women and Social Justice, The IHC,Law and Society, The Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies.


University of California, Santa Barbara