Dr. Thomas Ahrens
Director of Convocations
Office Location: 304 A Draper Hall
Phone: 859-985-3965
At Berea College since 2013
Degrees
- Ph.D., Germanic Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, 1998
- M.A., Germanic Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, 1991
- Staatsexamen, English and French, Free University of Berlin, 1986

Special interests
- Theory and practice of translation
- Cross-cultural communication
- Modern art
- Music
Select publications
- Translation (with Edward Larkin): Petra Schönemann-Behrens, Alfred H. Fried: Peace Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (Leiden, NL: Brill, 2021). https://brill.com/view/title/60873?language=en.
- Translation (with Edward T. Larkin): Erich Hackl Argentina’s Angel (Piscataqua Press, 2014)
- Translation (with Edward T. Larkin): Leo Perutz Between Nine and Nine (Ariadne Press, 2010)
Ms. Dana Mazariegos, ’24
Student Staff
Convocation Manager
Email: convo@berea.edu
Ms. Gertrude Mbewe, ’24
Student Staff
Assistant Convocation Manager
Email: convo@berea.edu