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Oct. 12, 2016
The Department of German Studies hosted a successful series of events from October 3-6, 2016 that highlighted the theme of Germany meets the United States.
Sponsored by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs/German Embassy in Washington DC, German…
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Oct. 11, 2016
Germany Meets the US – “Representations of German in Tucson” Project
As part of a week of events sponsored by the Germany Embassy around the topic “Germany Meets the US” German language students at the University of Arizona participated in a project…
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Sept. 26, 2016
Lana Baeumlisberger completed an internship with the International Rescue Committee through German studies in the spring of 2016.
"My experience with the German Department at the University of Arizona has been one that I will always remember. I can…
Sept. 16, 2016
September 30 - October 8, 2016
As new technology-mediated forms of interaction, learning, and meaning making have increasingly become integrated into all domains of life, from everyday to academic, foreign/second language (L2) educators and…
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Sept. 16, 2016
Would you like to study in Germany for a year? Apply for the Federation of German-American Clubs scholarship for 2017/18. You can find more information attached and on our scholarship pages (including the application form).
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Aug. 31, 2016
Dear student of German,
I would like to invite you to apply for the 2017 Summer Study in Leipzig - Germany Program, an intensive program in German language and culture. The program will take place June 2-July 1,2017 (roughly the time of summer…
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Aug. 27, 2016
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) meets in Oakland on October 6-9, 2016 for the 39th time, after meeting in Tucson last year. UA students of literary translation Judith Menzl (MA Program in German Studies), Patrick Ploschnitzki (…
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Aug. 24, 2016
Prof. Classen has recently released a new book Reading Medieval European Women Writers: Strong Literary Witnesses from the Past. Despite a modern tendency to describe medieval women as suppressed and marginalized, a critical reading of relevant…
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Aug. 24, 2016
This summer (June 29, 2016), Prof. Steve Martinson presented an invited lecture in the Leipziger Literaturwissenschaftliches Colloquium on "'Schlingen und Netze für unvorsichtige Vögel': Der junge Friedrich Nietzsche." It was attended by…
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Aug. 21, 2016
Teachers and researchers from UA's German Studies Department will be out in force at the 40th annual German Studies Association convention in San Diego (Sept 30-Oct 2). Below is a schedule of those talks presented by UA graduate students and faculty…