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It is our pleasure to inform you that our own Peju Alfred has been selected as Ambassador for the Open Dialogue (AOD) Program, a College of Humanities’ Fearless Inquiries Project. In her role as AOD Peju can be called upon when freedom of expression…

We are very proud to welcome María Cecilia Barbetta as this year's Max Kade Writer-in-Residence! Since her arrival in Tucson in early February, Cecilia has already contributed in many ways to our community life at the Department of German Studies,…

Please join us in congratulating Christina Becher on the successful completion of her Comprehensive Exam. She is participating in our dual degree PhD program in Transcultural German Studies with the Universität zu Köln, and this milestone means that…

This month, it's all about scholarships and other funding opportunities!

You can apply for three scholarships to support study abroad and/or language immersion programs. Below is a brief overview of the available scholarships. For more details about eligibility, application materials, and scholarship values, see here.…

For about 12 years in the middle of the 14th century, an anonymous writer from Germany lived in Cairo, producing a detailed text about the Muslim world. Last fall semester, on a Fulbright grant to conduct research and teach at Cairo University,…

We are proud to announce that Prof. Chantelle Warner’s achievements were honored with the Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award! We are celebrating this prestigious recognition of her scholarly contributions to applied linguistics, German…

On the last day of the workshop “Multilingualism in a Globalized World”, thirteen graduate students and faculty from the University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley, and Universität zu Köln, Germany, explored Tucson, its surroundings,…