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Jan. 20, 2016
Prof. Albrecht Classen's new book (co-edited with Eva Parra-Membrives) asks: "What does a bestseller mean for literary history? What effect does success on the book market have on the literary evaluation of a text? How do quality and quantity relate…
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Jan. 11, 2016
Prof. Albrecht Classen is not only a teacher and scholar, but also a poet. Recently he published his ninth volume of his own poetry, Sonora: harter Klang (2015), in which he reflects on his long-time experiences here in the Sonoran desert. He…
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Dec. 21, 2015
Gain hands-on experience teaching German at the International School of Tucson and earn German credits by taking an internship course in the spring semester. Open to students with language skills beyond the basic language sequence (e.g. after taking…
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Nov. 20, 2015
German Studies and Second Language Acquisition and Teaching researchers Diane Richardson, Kristin Lange, and Prof. Chantelle Warner presented their findings on the role of digital gaming in second language learning and literacy, at the 2015 American…
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Nov. 18, 2015
Congratulations to German Studies student Patt Intarakamhang, who has won the Fall 2015 German Studies Department photo contest, with a photo of the Schloss Nymphenberg in Munich. He remembers: "Nearing the end of my two month stay in Munich, I…
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Nov. 12, 2015
The graduate students of the Department of German Studies will be hosting the third annual Oceans and Deserts conference in April 2016. Proposal will be accepted by December 21. Find the full Call for Papers below.
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Nov. 10, 2015
The first Fisch Out of Water of 2015 was held on Wednesday, Oct 28 in the Biergarten of Café Passé. Fisch is an event held to encourage students to read, sing, or share poetry in their non-native language. Even with over 50 attendees, the event…
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Nov. 6, 2015
Talk 5-6pm, ILC 125, followed by dinner (RSVP to dwightatki@email.arizona.edu)
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Nov. 4, 2015
Prof. Barbara Hales (Associate Professor of History and Humanities, University of Houston at Clear Lake) completed her Masters in German at the University of Arizona in 1990. She then continued on to a PhD course of study in Comparative Cultural and…
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Oct. 8, 2015
UA Humanities Professor Is a Living Definition of Prolific
by Emily Litvack
(See the UANews story here)
Albrecht Classen is listing off subjects from the spines of books he wrote.
"Mental health, crime and punishment, chess, rural space, war and…