The annual Kleinfeld Lecture in German History, Culture and Politics is part of an endowed series made possible by a contribution from the German Studies Association. Dr. Gerald Kleinfeld is the founder and former executive director of the German Studies Association and a professor emeritus of history at Arizona State University. Dr. Daniel Walther, Wartburg professor of history and the Gerald R. Kleinfeld Chair in German History, coordinates the lecture annually in association with the college’s German Institute.
KLEINFELD LECTURE
2019 Lecture
Alexandra von Nahmen, Deutsche Welle’s Washington bureau chief
“The Battle for the White House: A European view on the U.S. presidential election”
Thursday, Nov. 14, 4:45 p.m.
McCaskey Lyceum
Saemann Student Center
March 2019:
Dr. Mark Cassell, professor of political science at Kent State University
“Lessons from ‘Make America Great Again’ for Germany and the EU”
(In conjunction with the German-U.S. Relation Symposium)
November 2017:
Rev. Miriam Gross, pastor of the German Lutheran Church of St. Paul´s in New York City
“A Means of Hope and Grace: Living Lutheran Identity in the Public Square”
October 2016:
Herbert Quelle, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago
“History of the harmonica and its influence on the African-American blues culture”
October 2015:
Udo Michallik, secretary general of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the German States
“The Unifications of Germany and Europe – 25 Years After. Beginning of a New World Order?”