Past Events

The acclaimed scholar Judith Butler will run a seminar on Franz Kafka's "Description of a Struggle" as part of the German program's Rodig Lecture series.  

Advance registration is REQUIRED to attend the seminar, and space is limited. For more information, contact Jennifer Helinek: jennifer.helinek@rutgers.edu.

This program is funded by a generous endowment from Mrs. Lillian Rodig Maxwell, in memory of her brother, Dr. Oscar R. Rodig, Jr. RC ‘51, who studied Chemistry and German at Rutgers College, and in memory of her sister Erika Rodig Rosera, DC ‘62, who studied History and German at Douglass College.

The Department of German, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures is pleased to present the Spring 2026 Rodig Lecture, which will be given by world-renowned scholar Judith Butler. Their talk is entitled "Justice Through Law? Kafka's Legal Writings & Fictions of Law."

Advance registration is REQUIRED to attend the lecture. For more information, contact Jennifer Helinek: jennifer.helinek@rutgers.edu.

This program is funded by a generous endowment from Mrs. Lillian Rodig Maxwell, in memory of her brother, Dr. Oscar R. Rodig, Jr. RC ‘51, who studied Chemistry and German at Rutgers College, and in memory of her sister Erika Rodig Rosera, DC ‘62, who studied History and German at Douglass College.