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"Anything you can say can also be said casually" (Elfriede Gerstl, "Spielräume"). In February 2018, departmental Writer-in-Residence Nika Pfeifer and PhD Candidate Lydia Heiss adapted the online class CAFÉ GERSTL, usually offered by Augusta Laar and…

The Humanities Matter Scholarship is awarded to one winner and one honorable mention each academic year. University of Arizona undergraduate students enrolled in majors or minors offered by the College of Humanities are eligible to apply. Awardees…

Apply by February 26th, 2018 for the Michael Bonine Memorial Travel & Research Award! The award will support: (1) summer travel by undergraduate students and (2) pursuit of academic activities by graduate students enrolled in, or affiliated with…

Apply for the month-long International Summer School of German Language and Culture at Heidelberg University, taking place in August 2018. This course allows you to improve your language skills at Germany’s oldest university while experiencing…

We are proud to announce that David Gramling was awarded the 2018 AAAL Book Award for The Invention of Monolingualism. The American Association for Applied Linguistics Book Award recognizes outstanding work in the field of applied linguistics. In…

Judith Nika Pfeifer is a novelist, poet, and transmedia artist. She will join the Department of German Studies in Spring 2018. Read more about her here, and look for events with her in our event calendar.

The Editors of Critical Multilingualism Studies (cms.arizona.edu) are happy to announce the debut of our most recent issue 5.3, on “Multilingual Approaches to Literary Classics,” which applies some of the most cutting-edge thinking in philology,…

Prof. Classen's most recent publication is the product of a 2016 conference here at the University of Arizona and explores the topic of Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time with a variety of contributions. 

If you missed Prof. Kovach's lecture on November 20th, you can now find out on our Youtube channel how Jewish Turn-of-the-Century Vienna was. 

Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor of German Studies, has been honored with the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions.  The award is bestowed in recognition of Classen's outstanding service to…