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Nov. 10, 2022
You can apply for three scholarships to support study abroad and/or language immersion programs, or apply to spend a whole year in Germany. Below is a brief overview of the available scholarships. For more details about eligibility, application…
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Nov. 9, 2022
When Ajla Mujezinović participated in our summer study abroad program in Leipzig, Germany, a few years ago, she met Susanne Elze, and they became fast friends. After Ajla's return to the US, the two of them developed a lasting friendship across the…
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Nov. 9, 2022
The 2023 MLA Annual Convention will take place from January 5-8 in San Francisco, and a lot of German Studies faculty members will participate.  As part of the panel "Plants in Nineteenth-Century German Culture," Dr. Joela Jacobs, founder of the…
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Nov. 8, 2022
Graduate students and participants of the workshop Multilingualism in a Globalized World visited the International School of Tucson on November 8, 2022. They observed classes of the school’s German language program, discussed benefits and…
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Peju Alfred
Nov. 2, 2022
Please join us in congratulating Peju Alfred 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! Well done, Peju!
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Oct. 20, 2022
The UA German Studies Department will host the international graduate student workshop/symposium “Multilingualism in a globalized world” November 7-11, 2022. The Workshop is organized and led by Prof. Nicole Marx (Cologne) und Prof. Peter Ecke (…
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Oct. 17, 2022
Im akademischen Jahr 2022/23 begrüßt das Institut für Germanistik die Doktorandin Irene Bibi von der University of Arizona aus Tucson als Gastwissenschaftlerin. Bibi war vor dem Beginn ihres PhD-Studiums bereits viele Jahre in Kenia und anderen…
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Sept. 29, 2022
As the first in-person event of the Germanistische Institutspartnerschaft (GIP): Diversifiying German Studies, funded by the DAAD, Dr. Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni organized a workshop on "Kulturelle Identität(en): Perspektiven einer postkolonialen…