# German Studies: New Perspectives ## expand\_more ![abstract painting](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/german_studies.jpg?itok=7YQWX1uf) Through a comparative study of German conceptions of the Kulturwissenschaften and American versions of “German studies,” the seminar aims to initiate a new phase in the debate on the function and scope of interdisciplinary approaches to the field. Speakers will be invited to reflect on the implicit and explicit methods they use to make fresh discoveries or to shed new light on more familiar questions. ## Past Events [### The Birth of "Einfühlung" from the Spirit of Materialism: Necromantic Empathy in Nineteenth-Century German Aesthetics ](/event/birth-einfuhlung-spirit-materialism-necromantic-empathy-nineteenth-century-german-aesthetics?occ_id=0)Apr 23, 2026 | 4:00PM EDT [### Ungeheuer ist viel: Heidegger on Technology, Convenience, and Monstrous Transformation ](/event/ungeheuer-ist-viel-heidegger-technology-convenience-and-monstrous-transformation?occ_id=0)Mar 26, 2026 | 4:00PM EDT [### Far-reaching Similarities: Freud, Jensen, Gradiva ](/event/far-reaching-similarities-freud-jensen-gradiva?occ_id=0)December 4, 2025 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM EST [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170374) ## Chairs [### Peter Burgard ](/people/peter-burgard) ![Peter Burgard headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/unknown_05.jpeg?itok=TwChL7G1) [### John Hamilton ](/people/john-hamilton) ![John Hamilton](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/jhamilton_1.jpg?itok=w8DjB4wR) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars) - [ German Studies: New Perspectives ](/seminars/german-studies-new-perspectives)