Feb 12, 2008
Feb 12, 2008
Deutsches Haus at New York University, located at 42 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host several special events in March, including an event in the Max Weber Lecture Series entitled “Images of Power: The European Union and Its Architecture” on March 13. Events are free and open to the public. For further information, call 212.998.8663 or visit www.nyu.edu/deutscheshaus.
A schedule of events follows:
- Tuesday, Mar. 4, 7 p.m. Lecture: “Vom Vorteil des Nachteils, da? Medien geistlos sind. Wissen und Nichtwissen in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’” by Bernhard Dotzler, University of Regensburg. In German.
- Saturday, Mar. 8, 6 p.m. Exhibition opening: Berlin artist Nicola Mueller displays her work in an exhibit entitled “Masquerade.” On view through April 5.
- Tuesday, Mar. 11, 7 p.m. Lecture: “Reading Assassins. Critique of Paranoiac Reason” by Manfred Schneider, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- Thursday, Mar. 13, 6 p.m. Max Weber Lecture Series on “Power and Architecture: The Construction of Capitals” continues with a lecture on “Images of Power: The European Union and Its Architecture” by Jürgen Neyer, Viadrina University, Frankfurt (Oder).
- Friday, Mar. 14, 6:30 p.m. Film series, “In Tune with German,” continues with the screening of the film Beyond Silence (1998, Caroline Link, 107 min.). This Academy Award nominated film tells the story of a young woman’s battle for independence and her deaf parents’ struggle to understand her gift for music. In German with English subtitles.
- Tuesday, Mar. 25, 7 p.m. Lecture: “Overcoming the Tradition: Schmitt, Arendt, Foucault” by Frederick M. Dolan, Berkeley.