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Group Photo in Bundestag

UVA-Boell Study Tour visits the German Bundestag

Bauhaus Museum front with class gathered around

Exploring the history of the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar

Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial

Student Meeting with the Austrian Ambassador

German students meet Swiss Ambassador Jacque Pitteloud

Bauhaus Museum

Concluding the tour of Weimar at the Neues Museum

Photo of german students with Dirk Kranen and Antje Frehse, two members of the German Embassy in DC

German students meet Antje Frehse and Dirk H. Kranen from the German Embassy

News & Events

April 30, 2026
GlobalEurope Special Edition: "Eurovision: A Vision for Europe?"
November 11, 2025
Peter Debaere and Manuela Achilles publish article on “Trade Policy as an Assertion of Power” (Oct. 2025)
March 20, 2025
Anna Lehmann-Brauns, a leading figure in Germany's avantgarde photography scene, to spend 10 days in residency at the University of Virginia.
February 20, 2025
Center for German Studies hosts Dirk Kranen and Antje Frehse of the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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"Judaism in the Interrogation Room: Uncovering the Stasi Archives in East Germany," Lunch Talk with Jonathan Kaplan (German Historical Institute, DC)

Date: November 19, 2026

Time: 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM

Location: Gibson 341

More Info about "Judaism in the Interrogation Room: Uncovering the Stasi Archives in East Germany," Lunch Talk with Jonathan Kaplan (German Historical Institute, DC)

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Recent Publications

Hygienic Apparatus

The Hygienic Apparatus: Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder

Paul Dobryden

Northwestern University Press (2022)

Cover of the Book "Invisible Fatherland: Constitutional Patriotism in Weimar Germany". Displays a cartoon figure in the sky overseeing a black and white cartoon parade, in which a singular German flag is highlighted in color

Invisible Fatherland: Constitutional Patriotism in Weimar Germany

Manuela Achilles

Cambridge University Press (2025)

Kunakhovich book cover

Communism's Public Sphere Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany

Kyrill Kunakhovich

Cornell University Press (2023)