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Oct. 2, 2019
The most recent volume (no. 31) of the reputable peer-reviewed journal contains 11 articles and ca. 150 book reviews that span a wide range of publications in Medieval Studies. You can find the journal and more details here.
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Sept. 26, 2019
Current and recent graduate students from the UA German Studies program - Sina Colditz, Patrick Ploschnitzki, and Chelsea Timlin - have recently been invited to showcase their open educational resources for teaching language and culture as part of a…
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Sept. 26, 2019
Dr. Gramling will join the Board of Directors of the American Literary Translators Association as the liaison to the University of Arizona for a three-year term. Professor Gramling was instrumental in facilitating the recent affiliation of ALTA with…
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Sept. 19, 2019
The 10th annual Tucson Humanities Festival features 10 events offering thought-provoking lectures, panels, readings and films by faculty and special guests, including poet and author Sandra Cisneros.   As new ideas develop and new technologies…
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Sept. 15, 2019
Summer 2019 brought news of many extraordinary successes for our recent MA and PhD graduates, showing how their work has been bearing fruit and garnering recognition around the world. Dr. Lydia Heiss (PhD, D. Phil. in Transcultural German Studies,…
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Sept. 14, 2019
Dr. Joela Jacobs' research on environmental education projects of refugees in Germany, which has been published in two peer-reviewed venues, is currently featured on the "Migrant Knowledge" blog of the German Historical Institute at Berkeley.…
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Sept. 12, 2019
In the past year, Dr. Classen has published a number of books in Medieval Studies, on topics ranging from paradigm shifts to prostitution, and from leisure time to travel. In addition to his German book on "Japanese-German Conversations about…
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Sept. 7, 2019
The American Association of Teachers of German put together an exhibit about "First Encounters" between German immigrants and the people they met on the American continent. "The First Encounters: Menschen begegnen sich exhibit does not provide…
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Sept. 7, 2019
German Studies faculty member, Chantelle Warner, has been invited to present at the symposium "Rethinking Modern Languages," which will be held at the University of Copenhagen on September 11. The aim of the event is to take stock of what it means…
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Sept. 2, 2019
Dr. David Gramling's and Dr. Robert Gramling's research and new book on silences in end-of-life conversation is featured in Mosaic and The Atlantic. The brothers bring together medical expertise and linguistic analysis in their desire to improve…