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Oct. 3, 2015
CERCLL (the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy), co-directed by German Studies Professor Chantelle Warner, will host the biannual Language Teacher Symposium (LaTeS) on the University of Arizona campus, on October 3.…
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Sept. 28, 2015
The Department of German Studies is delighted to welcome our newest Faculty member, Prof. Joela Jacobs, who joined the University of Arizona this fall (from the University of Chicago) as Assistant Professor. Her scholarly research focuses on topics …
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Sept. 28, 2015
The Summer Study in Munich students put together this DIY video for us to enjoy back home here in Arizona. This year, the Munich program was led by doctoral candidate and Language Program Assistant Director, Diane Richardson.
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Sept. 23, 2015
Prof. Albrecht Classen, a renowned scholar of medieval literature and culture in the Department of German Studies, received the prestigious Excellence in Academic Advising award for 2014-2015, which is awarded to one faculty member university-wide…
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Sept. 21, 2015
Bringing to life the Middle Ages in her undergraduate course on Love and Eroticism in the Middle Ages and in a graduate course on medieval poetry, romances, and epics, DAAD Visiting Professor Monika Schausten has joined the Department of German…
Aug. 28, 2015
In August 2015, Walter de Gruyter, the leading scholarly publisher in Germany, published the new, three-volume Handbook of Medieval Culture, edited by Prof. Albrecht Classen.
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Aug. 28, 2015
Major Ryan Weaver and his team won top honors in marketing!
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Aug. 1, 2015
Prof. Claus Telge (PhD/Dr. phil. in Transcultural German Studies, 2015) became the first graduate of the Arizona-Leipzig dual degree doctoral program this past summer. He has accepted a professorship at the University of Osaka's Graduate School of…
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April 7, 2015
Zafer Şenocak, author of poetry, novels, and numerous essays, was born in Ankara and moved to West Germany in 1970 at the age of eight. He began to publish his poetry, written in German, while studying in Munich and received literary prizes in 1984…
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Nov. 19, 2013
The Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona has been designated a German Center of Excellence by the American Association of Teachers of German. Two national recipients are awarded this prestigious distinction yearly, with one…