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Dec. 5, 2018
UA Teacher Candidate, Laura Tellechea (center), successfully passed the final evaluation of her teaching internship for the MA in German Studies with Secondary Teacher Certification on December 5, 2018. Tellechea has interned at Empire High School…
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Nov. 20, 2018
Peter Ecke (University of Arizona) and Susanne Rott (University of Illinois at Chicago) co-edited a new volume on vocabulary learning and teaching published by CengageBrain: Vocabulary acquisition is an indispensable part of second language…
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Oct. 26, 2018
German Studies faculty member, Chantelle Warner, is the co-director of CERCLL - Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, one of three UA centers awarded a total of $4.8 million by the Department of Education. CERCLL is one…
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Oct. 26, 2018
In 2018, the Arizona Summer-Study-in-Leipzig Germany Program, offered by the Department of German Studies, is celebrating its 15th anniversary! The program, directed by Professor Peter Ecke, is an excellent opportunity for students to develop their…
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Oct. 26, 2018
"Kulturhistorische Studien haben schon seit geraumer Zeit offengelegt, dass die Konfrontation des Eigenen mit dem Fremden fundamentale Bedingungen oder Probleme in den verschiedensten Epochen und Gesellschaften reflektiert. Die Beiträge zum…
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Oct. 24, 2018
Our graduate students and faculty have been presenting their research at many conferences this fall, from the German Studies Association to Women in German, from the American Association for Literary Translators to the American Council for Teachers…
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Oct. 15, 2018
Together with Katharina von Hammerstein and Julie Shoults, Barbara Kosta has edited a collection of essays on Women Writing War: From German Colonialism to World War I, which addresses the question, "How have women experience and written about war?…
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Oct. 9, 2018
The German program at Empire High School has been designated a German Center of Excellence by the American Association for Teachers of German. The program is led by one of UA German's alumni, Veronica Ostertag, who will be honored at the AATG…
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Oct. 4, 2018
Applications for all of these scholarships are due on December 5. You can find further information about these and other external scholarships here. Deutscher Studenten Club Study Abroad Scholarship: Helps University of Arizona students finance…
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Sept. 19, 2018
We are proud to announce that the Daily Wildcat's list of unique GenEd classes at UA is featuring three German courses:  #3 is "From Animation to Zombies," a tier 1 course about definitions of life from all angles, featuring animals, aliens, and AI …