Werner Kleinhardt, Emeritus Professor of German and Comparative Literature, passed away on July 21, 2022, after a long illness. Born in 1930 in Parchim, Germany, Werner was seized by the Russians at the end of the war and spent the rest of his teen years in the Gulag, primarily in Buchenwald, which had become NKVD Special Camp Nr. 2. His autobiographical novel, Jedem das Seine (Suhrkamp, 1982), describes his experiences.
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German Studies department chair, Klaus Mladek, interviews Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor Ulrike Draesner. The conversation offers a glimpse into the author's thoughts on the world of writing.
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German Studies Professor Gerd Gemunden recommends a title from his bookshelf: Abdulrazak Gurnah's Afterlives, 2020, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that makes African voices heard.
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Green City is a joint foreign study program between the Department of German Studies and the Thayer School of Engineering.
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Jonah Hirsch '22 will pursue graduate study in Germany with a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service.
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