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Dec. 4, 2020
The latest volume of Trans-Lit2, the only journal in North America dedicated to contemporary American literature in German, is out! The journal is featuring new prose texts, poems, and book reviews, and Dr. Albrecht Classen is represented with one…
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Dec. 1, 2020
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Deutsch macht Spaß video contest! Sophie Applin (pictured), a student in German 101, won first place with her video "I'll tell you about Deutsch." Find all the winners and prizes below:
Sophie…
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Nov. 19, 2020
Professor Chantelle Warner has been awarded a Research Priorities Grant from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the project “Poetics and Play in Language Teaching and Learning: A Multiliteracies Approach.” The…
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Nov. 18, 2020
See the two opportunities below:
Weinel Memorial Scholarship
The Department of German Studies is inviting applications for several Weinel Memorial Scholarships for juniors, seniors and graduate students, majoring in German Studies. The scholarship…
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Oct. 30, 2020
If you have ever wondered why other languages interact or interfere with your German, check out this presentation on vocabulary acquisition, cross-linguistic influence, and errors that Dr. Peter Ecke recently gave to students and researchers in…
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Oct. 29, 2020
Calling all German students & alumni! Do you love German and learning/using it? Help us out by uploading one or more of the following by the end of the day on October 31 December 9 (deadline extended!) to this Google drive folder.
a 5-10 second…
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Oct. 16, 2020
Together with Dr. Erwin Tschirner (University of Leipzig), Dr. Peter Ecke has received a Research Priorities Grant from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the project “Graduate Students’ Language Proficiency…
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Oct. 13, 2020
"Graduate school is by no means easy, but approaching and navigating graduate programs as a first-generation college student presents particular challenges. Achieving an undergraduate degree is momentous on its own, even before tackling a graduate…
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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…