Ulrich Plass, assistant professor of German studies, mingles with Krishna Winston, the Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature, professor of environmental studies, dean of the arts and humanities. Plass is the author of “Language and History in Theodor Adorno’s Notes to Literature” and “Franz Kafka.” Winston is the author/translator of “Crossing the Sierra de Gredos: A Novel” by Peter Handke; “Don Juan: His Own Version,” by Peter Handke; “Memoirs: Hans Jonas;” “Conquest of the Useless” by Werner Herzog; and “The Box: Tales from the Darkroom” by Günter Grass.

Ulrich Plass, assistant professor of German studies, mingles with Krishna Winston, the Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature, professor of environmental studies, dean of the arts and humanities. Plass is the author of “Language and History in Theodor Adorno's Notes to Literature” and “Franz Kafka.” Winston is the author/translator of “Crossing the Sierra de Gredos: A Novel” by Peter Handke; “Don Juan: His Own Version,” by Peter Handke; “Memoirs: Hans Jonas;” “Conquest of the Useless” by Werner Herzog; and “The Box: Tales from the Darkroom” by Günter Grass.