Kafka Weeks @URI
November 12-22, 2024
November 12-22, 2024
Two weeks of events on the theme of the Kafkaesque to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the German-language writer Franz Kafka. Sponsored by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington DC @GermanyinUSA, the Max Kade Foundation, New York, and the URI Arts and Sciences Event Fund @uri_artsandsciences
For more info, contact: Claire Ross (claire.ross@uri.edu) | Evi Petropoulou (evi.petropoulou@uri.edu) | Sigrid Berka (sigrid_berka@uri.edu)
German Section, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, URI (@urilanguagedept)
Max Kade Public Lecture (Register)
"Out of Joint": Poetics of Uncertainty - Exploring the Kafkaesque
Evi Petropoulou
Respondent: Zachary Sng
Hardge Forum, MCC
Nov. 20 (4pm)
Read more about the literary genius whose unique writing style gave rise to a new adjective: “Kafkaesque.”
Our three winners took part in our
Kafka-themed competitions to win books, t-shirts and more!