Department of German Studies

Film Screening and Discussion with Director Jakob Preuss on Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Join Director Janina Quint, Executive Producer Tal Recanati, Dickey Center Director Daniel Benjamin, and Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth Susannah Heschel

The German Club held a bake sale in NOVACK CAFE on Sunday. The proceeds will be donated to the Upper Valley HAVEN, an organisation providing temporary shelter and educational programming for homeless families and adults as well as food to anyone in need. 

Doris Dörrie is a well-known German movie maker who has been working in the film industry for more than 30 years. She received numerous accolades including the German Film Award, Bambi Award, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. 

Dramatic Readings of Folktales event returns in Spring Term to complement German Studies department's new German 14 folktale course offered at 2.

The Department of German Studies co-sponsored an interdisciplinary workshop that shed light on material media and cultural practices of collecting in the long nineteenth century, from plant collections to inventories of nautical gadgets. 

Dennis Wegner organized a Max Kade German LLC event on the movie Human Flow by Chinese filmmaker Ai Weiwei, discussing the European refugee crisis.

Two German Studies Events took place this week: the first winter German Club Meeting and the German Studies Reception brought people together.

Professor Petra McGillen was interviewed by the LangTech Podcast: "Speaking another language enables you to relate to the world anew, through a different version of yourself—and that can be a really exciting, transformative experience."

Nick Ostrau presented German Chatterbox 1.0  to  highschool and college educators at the ACTFL 2017 Convention & World Languages Expo in Nashville, TN. The program enables beginning language learners to practice syntax, vocabulary and cultural awareness.