In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Kafka's death.

Learn more about the life & works of this
German-language novelist and writer through 
the upcoming events listed below:

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born into a German- and Yiddish-speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague 

AU24 semester - Kafka Exhibition, featuring illustrations by Nicholas Mahler

• This wonderful exhibition of 40 posters takes viewers into Kafka’s life, work, mind, and humor through Mahler’s comic artistry. 
• in the Hagerty Hall Global Gallery {1^st-floor Foyer}
• on display throughout the autumn 2024 semester!
• made possible by a Germany-on-Campus grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany – Washington, D.C. 

more information on other Kafka related activities below:

Oct 10  Kafka German Day ~ a day of events & competitions for high school visitors! (by invitation only)

Oct 15  Lucia Mann presents ~ From the Writing Room to the Living Room: A Case-Study in Making a Movie in Contemporary Germany
4:00 – 6:00pm in 150 Pomerene Hall 

Oct 22  Oliver Simons (Columbia) presents - Precarious Syntax: Kafka’s Sentence Writing  
4:00-6:00pm in Mendenhall 100

Oct 31   A Kafka Halloween Event in  the Hagerty Hall Courtyard, 7:00pm
Featuring the tales of Kafka, including: The Vulture; The Knock on the Garden Gate; Fratricide; A Little Fable; The Next Village; The Pest ... and more!  Light Refreshments will be provided.

Nov  4   The Trial (1962 – restored in 4K) at the Wexner Film Theater, 4:00-6:00pm  Free tickets!

Nov 13  KAFKA FESTIVAL ~ a day of events & competitions for our undergraduates!

                 4:00-5:30pm at the Ohio Union, 3rd Floor, Rosa M. Ailabouni Room

Thank you to our co-sponsors: The Melton Center for Jewish Studies / Theatre, Film & Media Arts /  Slavic & East European Languages & Cultures / Near Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures / The Center for Eastern European & Eurasian Studies / the Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Hagerty / and the Wexner Film Theater

Support provided by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany - Washington, D.C.

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