The German graduate student conference “Republic of Letters: The Scholar and Scholarly Communities from Petrarch to the Present” will be taking place next week on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5. Please see attached flyer and program for more detailed information.

This conference, co-sponsored by the departments of Philosophy and Comparative Thought and Literature as well as the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, examines notions of the scholar and scholarship from the Renaissance to the present day. Our keynote speaker is Professor Willi Goetschel from the University of Toronto. We would be delighted if you would attend and hope to see you there.

Friday, April 4
Gilman 50, 8:30 AM -1 PM
Gilman 132, 1- 5 PM

Saturday, April 5
Gilman 132, 9:15 AM – 5 PM