Thursday, February 16, 2012

Talk Tonight, 2/16 - The Spectral Politics of DEFA: Hamlet in the East

The Department of German invites you to a talk by

Professor Larson Powell (University of Missouri, Kansas City)

The Spectral Politics of DEFA: Hamlet in the East

Thursday, February 16th at 5:00pm
Great Room, 1st Floor of 19 University Place

This talk will be given in English

Prof. Powell specializes in 20th century literature and film (especially DEFA and film music). His first book, The Technological Unconscious in German Modernist Literature centers on the representation of nature in German prose and -- especially -- poetry by Rilke, Benn, Brecht, and Döblin from the years 1900 to 1945. He is currently, an Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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