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Feb. 23, 2012
German Advanced University Students Alliance (GAUSA) is a new networking opportunity for German students on Facebook. Once or twice a week students will receive a short message about a new Facebook posting on GAUSA. The Facebook postings will be…
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Feb. 5, 2012
The American Association of Teachers of German recently published their latest newsletter featuring up-to-date information on the annual meeting, farewell and welcomes for the AATG president, and various other news and information including an…
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Jan. 10, 2012
Please join the Department of German Studies in congratulating Albrecht Classen on the selection of his edited Handbook of Medieval Studies: Terms, Methods and Trends to CHOICE’s list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Out of over 25.000 books, Prof.…
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Dec. 31, 2011
Prof. Robert Shandley and Brent Peterson are offering a seminar sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities entitled "Berlin's Cultural Diversity Across Two Centuries" June 17-July 20, 2012 in Berlin. Since the seminar is being conducted…
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Dec. 31, 2011
The Middle Ages were not only times of military conflicts, the formation of nations, and the rise of the Catholic Church, but also an era defined by profound exploration of what is magnificent and sublime in all aspects of life, including…
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Dec. 12, 2011
In the summer of 2011, I was very fortunate to be granted the opportunity to participate in an internship at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in Karlsruhe, Germany. Knowing that as an international student, there is a limit to the types of…
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Dec. 8, 2011
If you like German words like ' Fahrvergnügen', listen to Tokyo Hotel or Rammstein, enjoy Nutella, and are thinking of visiting the Oktoberfest, perhaps you'd like to find out what else the German-speaking world is all about you should take a look…
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Oct. 27, 2011
What does it mean to live in more than one language? Is “being multilingual” a personal talent, a burden of circumstance, a political necessity, a source of pleasure and knowledge, or a curse of history? In the new interdisciplinary…
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Oct. 25, 2011
Prof. Albrecht Classen published a new book, War and Peace: Critical Issues in European Societies and Literature, 800-1800, an edited volume, together with Nadia Margolis (Berlin and New York: De Gruyter). This volume is available in print and in e-…
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May 23, 2011
Please take a moment to browse our Department Newsletter for the upcoming academic year. If you're involved with the Department on a regular basis, chances are there's a mention or a picture of you somewhere in its 24 pages! If you're new to the…