{"id":2652,"date":"2017-01-09T15:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/grll\/?page_id=2652"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:48:34","slug":"max-kade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/modern-languages-literatures\/german\/max-kade\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Kade Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Max Kade Center for Modern German Thought explores the political, cultural, historical, and philosophical dimensions of the German discourse on knowledge. The center serves as an interdisciplinary forum that brings together scholars from the arts and sciences as well as engineering, music, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key concern of the center is how the various fields at the university have come to define their object of inquiry. This question lies at the heart of several disciplines that originated in the German-speaking world. These include: anthropology (Gehlen, Boas); classical and comparative philology (Auerbach, Wilamowitz, Wolf, Mommsen); psychology (Freud, B\u00fchler, Ernst Mach); physiology (Helmholtz, Wundt); sociology (Simmel); history (von Ranke); and art history (Panofsky, Warburg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In keeping with its interdisciplinary orientation, the Center invites a distinguished visiting professor every year whose work straddles multiple fields. The Max Kade Visiting Professor teaches a graduate seminar in the spring. Guests have included Christoph Menke<\/a>, Juliane Vogel, Achim Geisenhansl\u00fcke<\/a>, Anja Lemke<\/a>, Martin J\u00f6rg Sch\u00e4fer<\/a>, Ethel Matala de Mazza<\/a>, Annina Klappert<\/a>, Christian Moser<\/a>, Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky<\/a>, and Felix Christen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center also regularly invites speakers and organizes conferences on topics as varied as the concept of Bildung<\/em>, H\u00f6lderlin\u2019s poetics of nature, Hegel and history, feminism and Democratic Socialism, and the feuilleton and daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to its academic mission, the center offers travel grants annually for undergraduates and graduate students to study German, pursue an internship, or conduct dissertation research in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Kade Center Undergraduate Summer Travel Grant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Deadline: April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Program, with the support of the Max Kade Center for Modern German Thought, is pleased to announce 10 Travel Grants in the amount of $1,200 to support summer study abroad (German language courses, seminars in other disciplines, internships) in Germany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility<\/strong>: Applicants must be full-time undergraduates<\/strong> at Johns Hopkins University. Prior knowledge of German is not required to apply for the grant and students from across the university are encouraged to apply. Preference is given to students who are German majors, German minors or students enrolled in courses in the German program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Process<\/strong>: Applications are due by\u00a0April 1\u00a0<\/strong>and must include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n