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“The Curse of Medea”: A Lecture by Frauke Berndt

The German Department and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a public lecture by Professor Frauke Berndt, The Curse of Medea.

Reading Franz Grillparzer’s trilogy The Golden Fleece (1821) through the lens of Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Frauke demonstrates that curses play a critical role in nineteenth-century tragedy to probe modern ideas of knowledge and human self-understanding.

Frauke Berndt is Full Professor for German Literature at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) since 2015, after having held positions in Frankfurt am Main and Tuebingen. She was Visiting Professor at The University of Chicago, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Oregon, and Vanderbilt University. Currently, she is leading an international research group that investigates ethical practices in 18th century aesthetic theory. Her recent publications have been on aesthetics, rhetoric, and psychoanalysis.

Events at Deutsches Haus are free and open to the public. If you would like to attend this event, please send an email to [email protected]. As space at Deutsches Haus is limited, please arrive ten minutes prior to the event to ensure you get a good seat. Thank you!

The Curse of Medea is a DAAD-sponsored event.











When: Mon., Oct. 30, 2017 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Deutsches Haus at NYU
42 Washington Mews
212-998-8660
Price: Free
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The German Department and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a public lecture by Professor Frauke Berndt, The Curse of Medea.

Reading Franz Grillparzer’s trilogy The Golden Fleece (1821) through the lens of Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Frauke demonstrates that curses play a critical role in nineteenth-century tragedy to probe modern ideas of knowledge and human self-understanding.

Frauke Berndt is Full Professor for German Literature at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) since 2015, after having held positions in Frankfurt am Main and Tuebingen. She was Visiting Professor at The University of Chicago, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Oregon, and Vanderbilt University. Currently, she is leading an international research group that investigates ethical practices in 18th century aesthetic theory. Her recent publications have been on aesthetics, rhetoric, and psychoanalysis.

Events at Deutsches Haus are free and open to the public. If you would like to attend this event, please send an email to [email protected]. As space at Deutsches Haus is limited, please arrive ten minutes prior to the event to ensure you get a good seat. Thank you!

The Curse of Medea is a DAAD-sponsored event.

Buy tickets/get more info now