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Did you miss our campus week events about "Anti-Black Racism in Study Abroad in Germany" and "Anti-Black Racism in US Academic Contexts" in October 2021? You can now watch them on our YouTube channel. Organized by Drs. Oduro-Opuni and McGregor, they…

Two of our current PhD students, Thomas Fuhr and Wojtek Gornicki, have contributed to a set of Translations of Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum/Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare. The essays from the 2019 book have appeared in Transit Journal, housed at…

Dr. Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor, just published yet another book, this one on Wisdom from the European Middle Ages (2022). It’s an anthology (all of his own English translations), study, and commentary. Wisdom is here…

Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age A Cultural-Historical Investigation of the Dark Side in the Pre-Modern World EDITED BY ALBRECHT CLASSEN - CONTRIBUTIONS BY WARREN TORMEY; CHIARA BENATI; DOAA OMRAN; CHRISTIANE…

See the three scholarship opportunities below: 1) Deutscher Studenten Club Study Abroad Scholarship The Deutscher Studenten Club and the Department of German Studies are inviting applications for the DSC Study Abroad Scholarship to help University…

Dr. Chantelle Warner is co-hosting a seminar on "Problems of Linguistic Indifference in German Studies" at the event together with Professor David Gramling (University of Bristish Columbia), which includes German Studies professor Dr. Janice…

What can we learn from the early responses to COVID-19 in study abroad contexts? And what does it look like when faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students do research together? To find out, read this article on "COVID-19, Study Abroad, and…

Dear German majors, minors, and enthusiasts, Guten Tag! I’m writing today to introduce myself – I’m Dr. McGregor, the new Director of Undergraduate Studies and faculty advisor for German. As you might have seen in a previous email, I’m taking over…

Dr. Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of German Studies, is one of five new members to join the Arizona Humanities Board of Directors.  Classen joins Regi Adams, Chris Boyer, Natalia Ronceria Ceballos, and Joe…

Art is one of the most powerful mediums for expressing deep feelings, painful emotions and traumas. Käthe Kollwitz was one of the most ingenious German Expressionist artists of the early 20th century. Through her prints, including some that are in…