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Nov. 18, 2016
Several of our current and former UA Germanists are traveling to Boston this weekend to share their research at the Annual Convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), among them Dr. Chantelle Warner, Kristin…
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Nov. 7, 2016
Professor Ecke will be one of several invited plenary speakers at CILEX 2016 (the first international conference on foreign languages at the Tecnológico de Monterrey) on November 12, 2016. He will talk (in Spanish) about lexical errors and word…
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Nov. 3, 2016
Oceans and Deserts 2017:  Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their fourth annual interdisciplinary conference for…
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Nov. 3, 2016
German Master's student Jesse Archbold writes about the rewards of foreign language learning in UA News.
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Nov. 2, 2016
The Deutscher Studenten Club (German Students' Club) hosted a T-shirt design contest this fall. The winner, Jenny Lizarraga, describes the T-shirt design as follows: "My explanation for the design is simple: I wanted the shirt to draw people’s…
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Oct. 28, 2016
Thanks to all who participated in this Fall's Fisch out of Water, on October 27, at Cafe Passe. With upwards of 50 participants and a new format, this year's Fisch series promises to be the most exciting yet! Join us for our next Fisch on January 26…
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Oct. 12, 2016
The Department of German Studies hosted a successful series of events from October 3-6, 2016 that highlighted the theme of Germany meets the United States.  Sponsored by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs/German Embassy in Washington DC, German…
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Oct. 11, 2016
Germany Meets the US – “Representations of German in Tucson” Project As part of a week of events sponsored by the Germany Embassy around the topic “Germany Meets the US” German language students at the University of Arizona participated in a project…
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Sept. 26, 2016
Lana Baeumlisberger completed an internship with the International Rescue Committee through German studies in the spring of 2016. "My experience with the German Department at the University of Arizona has been one that I will always remember. I can…
Sept. 16, 2016
September 30 - October 8, 2016 As new technology-mediated forms of interaction, learning, and meaning making have increasingly become integrated into all domains of life, from everyday to academic, foreign/second language (L2) educators and…