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Oct. 8, 2020
The following General Education courses will be offered online this winter session(12/21/20-1/12/21):
GER 150B1: Becoming Transcultural: Maximizing Study Abroad, with Dr. Ecke
GER 312: War, Death, and the Hero: Medieval Epics: Beowulf,…
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Oct. 6, 2020
In his new collection of essays and satires, Wildgewordenes Amerika, Albrecht Classen reflects on his life in the United States after thirty-six years since his immigration. Things no longer look that fabulous, but who would say that the old home…
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Sept. 24, 2020
On Sept 30, Department of German Studies Graduate Student Patrick Ploschnitzki contributed to a conversation about Sharon Dodua Otoo’s Bachmann Prize winning short story “Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin” with the author, the moderator Tina Campt, and…
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Sept. 7, 2020
This year, we all have discovered new ways of teaching, learning, and coming together. Dr. David Gramling's podcast "Genau das!" is bringing together people in the field of German studies to discuss what it means to do what they do "under covid."…
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Aug. 4, 2020
A new volume of the journal/yearbook Mediaevistik: Internationale Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Mittelalterforschung has appeared in print (vol. 32/2019, printed in July 2020). The journal is edited by our own Dr. Classen, and the topics range…
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June 9, 2020
In a conversation with Dr. Albrecht Classen on “Diseases, Death and Disaster during the Medieval Period,” published recently in The Golden Line Magazine, interviewer Pragati Das asked Dr. Classen to relate our current covid situation to medieval…
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June 9, 2020
Every year, the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) solicits new ambassadors to promote study abroad. We are proud to announce that Alexandra Johnson, a UA German major, has been selected for the 2020/21 ambassador program. "Young Ambassadors…
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May 13, 2020
We are proud to announce this year's graduates in German Studies:
MASTER OF ARTS CANDIDATES
Olapeju Alfred M.A. | German StudiesLaurie Clark M.A. | German StudiesGertus Van Der Vyver M.A. | German Studies
BACHELOR OF ARTS CANDIDATES
Rigel…
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May 7, 2020
German Studies PhD student Richmond Embeywa has been awarded a Graduate Fellowship from the National Center for Interpretation for the academic year 2020/2021. The fellowship will support a project that explores the potential for translation and…
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May 7, 2020
Together with Dr. Aron Aji (University of Iowa), Dr. David Gramling has received the 2020 Global Humanities Translation Prize for their proposed translation of Murathan Mungan’s short story cycle, Valor. The selection committee had the following to…