Is the Ivory Tower an Iron Cage? Why We Need to Reform Humanities Education

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Russell Berman (Stanford University)
Date: 
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 17:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Cathedral of Learning, Room 602
Contact Person: 
Alana Dunn
Contact Phone: 
412-624-5909
Contact Email: 
alanad@pitt.edu

Russell Berman is Director of German Studies at Stanford, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Editor of TELOS,
and recent President of the Modern Language Association. He is an expert on German literature and culture and
on cultural relations between Europe and the United States, and is a pioneer in German Cultural Studies.
In more than 80 articles and five books, he has written widely on modern German and European literature and politics,
as well as on issues in contemporary cultural theory.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
Humanities Center
Cultural Studies Program
Department of German
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
World Regions: 
Europe
Western Europe