Department of German Studies

Jessica Resvick (University of Chicago) will give a talk entitled: SELF RECOGNITION AND THE MIRROR OF REALISM: GOTTFRIED' KELLER'S 'THE MISUSED LOVE LETTERS' on Friday, January 11, 2019

German Studies has just launched its German Beats podcast archive. Podcasts feature conversations between German Studies faculty and students (with music) as well as guest speaker interviews and sound pieces relating to German language, literature and culture from our course offerings. 

President Phil Hanlon, Rabbi Moshe Gray, and Professor Susannah Heschel joined in a discussion of antisemitism, its history and dangers, on November 5 in the Class of 1953 Commons. Bring your questions! 

The German Club met for a Screening and Dinner Discussion with renowned artist Ulrike Ottinger in the Montgomery House (Pine Room) on October 29

Volker Kutscher, the author of the wildly popular historical German crime novel series that served as the basis for the popular Netflix TV show Babylon Berlin (2017) gave a reading, followed by discussion, on October 4

On October 9, German Studies hosted its Oktoberfest with traditional Bavarian food, drink, music and carnival games to celebrate fall.

Thinking about learning German? Want to learn to hear, read, speak, and write it better? Want to study German culture in courses conducted in English? Click on the bold-faced title above for a full list of German Studies courses offered in 2018F.

Linguistic Disobedience recalls ages and situations that made critiquing, correcting, and caring for language essential for survival.

Autobiographies and correspondence testify that those returning after the war are not welcome, superfluous, humiliated, ignored, homeless, and desolate: displaced persons.

Students met on Tuesday in 53 Commons over lunch to elect the Spring 2018 German Club Leadership.