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The Germanic Studies Colloquium Presents Uwe Fleckner (Universität Hamburg)

The Germanic Studies Colloquium Presents Uwe Fleckner (Universität Hamburg)
Date
Thu April 14th 2011, 5:15pm
Location
Pigott Hall, Bldg. 260, Room
252

Speakers): Uwe Fleckner, Universität Hamburg

Uwe Fleckner, Professor of Art History at the University of Hamburg (Germany), is the current Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor in the Department of German Studies.  This is the first of four Visiting Professorships that èצӰ offers in collaboration with the Gerda Henkel Foundation through 2013-14, concentrating on various questions of contemporary German culture and history. While at èצӰ, Professor Fleckner will continue his research on Aby Warburg’s “Picture Series” as well as on pictorial didactics in art history. He is offering two courses for èצӰ students this quarter: one on “German Expressionism and its Critics,” and the other on “Art in Public Spaces: Berlin 1980-2000".