Languages are rich in imagery and metaphor, and German is among the best for finding just the right word to … More
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Film: Measuring the World (Die Vermessung der Welt)
Their childhoods couldn’t have been more different: Alexander von Humboldt, born into a noble family, had the best private tutors … More
WORDS WITH WRITERS – Festival Neue Literatur
Selected students from Columbia University, New York University, Vassar College, Rutgers College and Hunter College take on Festival Neue Literatur authors in … More
Translation at the Margins
Join Festival Neue Literatur for an intimate conversation about literature in translation with NYC’s celebrated literary editors, translators, and writers, … More
Twenty-Five Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Reflections on a United Germany in a Troubled Europe
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a lecture by sociologist and historian Wolf Lepenies, the new DAAD Visiting Scholar at Deutsches … More