Events
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Oct 29Maxi Obexer, Katrin Sieg, Sonja Klocke, “Maxi Obexer’s Oeuvre”
Maxi Obexer, Katrin Sieg, Sonja Klocke, Co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies (CGES) and the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+.
Pyle Center 309
Political and ethical questions lie at the center of Obexer’s work. From a distinctly feminist perspective, she investigates the ways language shapes structures of power, belonging, and exclusion. Her writing engages with migration and displacement, competing visions of Europe, and the rights of marginalized communities—particularly queer people, women, and animals. Shaped by her experience of …
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Nov 18From Near Obscurity to Iconic Works: Bach’s Cello Suites
Edward Klorman, Cellist Matthew Zalkind
Hamel Music Center, Collins Recital Hall, 740 University Ave.
A Focus on the Humanities Lecture and Performance with Edward Klorman with Matthew Zalkind The six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach—once dismissed as mere curiosities—are now revered as iconic works. They are performed worldwide by cellists of all ages, and they are moreover prominently used in pop culture such as film and television as …