CES: Obedient, Efficient, and Always on Time? The German Temper across History

Date: 

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Center for European Studies, Cabot Room, Busch Hall

Speaker(s): Alexander Görlach, Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-chief, The European; Comment by: Racha Kirakosian, Assistant Professor of German and the Study of Religion, Harvard University

Germany is often perceived as Europe's powerhouse, with a stereotype around the world of being an efficient, obedient, on-time flock. How do its inhabitants tick? What drives them? How has this changed?

Contact(s): Roumiana Theunissen, rtheunissen@fas.harvard.edu