Third German Studies Colloquium: Prof. Christophe Koné (Williams College) to present Talk on Karl Lagerfeld and Franz Xavier Winterhalter, December 2nd, 2025
Prof. Anna Horakova Presents on Marginalized Voices in East Germany at the 2025 Women in German Conference (WiG) at UMass Amherst
At this year’s Women in German (WiG) Conference, held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Prof. Horakova took part in a roundtable moderated by guest speaker, Katharina Warda, a sociologist, filmmaker, writer, and literary scholar. Warda’s work explores race, class, and memory in postwar and post-reunification Germany. The roundtable featured lively exchanges on decolonial and intersectional […]
Prof. Anke Finger joins panel on AI Literacy at Humanities Institute International Symposium
What do we really mean when we talk about AI? At UConn’s Humanities Institute scholars from the U.S. and the International University of Rabat, Morocco, came together to explore that question — not through code, but through culture, language, and meaning. Among the organizers was Prof. Anke Finger (German Studies, UConn), whose work bridges technology, […]
HRRC-Sponsored: The Nuremberg Trials After 80 Years: Where Does International Criminal Law Stand Today?
Tuesday, November 4 | 12:30 PM – 1:45 PMHeritage Room, Homer Babbidge Library, 4th FloorIn-person (lunch provided) & Online Eighty years after the Nuremberg Trials, Professor Christoph Safferling traces their enduring influence on international criminal law, the evolution of legal accountability for state crimes, and states’ shifting relationship to this defining moment in legal history. About this Event […]
Start your German Studies adventure and sign up for GERM1001 this Spring 2026
Ready to become an intercultural citizen and apply your German knowledge to a wide variety of activities and goals? Join GERM 1001 this Spring and acquire crucial skill sets with ICit Projects and using AI ethically, creatively and responsibly in your courses and beyond. Sign up now: click on the first button here! Choose your […]
German Club now meets regularly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm
Join the German Club every Tuesday from 5-6pm in Susan Herbst Hall 301 for games, baking and a whole lot of other activities! On 10/14 enjoy popcorn with “Apfelkuchengeschmack” and “Taco Katze Ziege Käse Pizza” – no idea what that means? Come check it out 🚴🏽♂️
Second Kaffeestunde to haunt you October 28 – best costume wins a prize 🏆
Join us for for the first Fall 2025 Meeting of our German Club
Come and plan events and activities for the German-speaking community, have fun and enjoy getting to know each other!
Prof. Anke Finger delivers keynote lecture at Conference on German Expressionism in London (UK)
German Expressionism, a multi-art movement lasting from 1905 (Die Brücke) to well into the late 1920s, has experienced numerous centennial celebrations over the last two decades. This September, the first conference identifying connections between “Expressionism and Colonialism” and focusing primarily on literary Expressionism took place at the University of London (Goldsmiths), organized by Profs. Frank […]
First German Studies Colloquium presented by PhD Candidates Christina Meier and Elisabeth Scharnhorst on 9/30/25
Please join us for our first Fall 2025 German Studies Colloquium presentation on September 30th from 3:30-4:30pm in SHH 236 – all are welcome! If you wish to join online please follow this Zoom link. The German Studies Colloquium takes places 3 times per semester and showcases research conducted by graduate students, a German Studies […]
Dr. Florian White joins German Studies as new Assistant Professor in Residence
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Florian White to our team in German Studies as he starts his first semester as the new Assistant Professor in Residence. Here’s a little bit of information from Dr. White himself: “I grew up in the Black Forest in Germany and have lived and studied in the U.S., India, […]
Please join us for our first Kaffeestunde of the Fall Semester on Tuesday, September 9th, 3-5pm
Prof. Sebastian Wogenstein publishes new book on Songs from the Vilna Ghetto
Prof. Wogenstein published a new book on songs from the Vilna ghetto in a bi-lingual edition (German and Yiddish) and presented the book together at an event that included the performance of songs (please see below). The book is described as follows on the publisher’s page: “In this new edition of Shmerke Kaczerginski’s collection of […]
“Human Rights in the Balance: Safeguarding Social and Environmental Sustainability” – HRRC Conference in Freiburg, Germany
This June 2025, several German Studies faculty and colleagues from other departments and partner universities will present talks at “Human Rights in the Balance: Safeguarding Social and Environmental Sustainability”, a new Human Rights and Research Consortium conference taking place in Freiburg, Germany: “On the occasion of its 4th conference, the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium […]
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