At a time when international travel is coming to a standstill and people are quarantined in their homes, a newly created consortium is bringing together researchers from leading centers of human rights research in Connecticut and the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Since December 2019, Professors Sebastian Wogenstein and Katharina von Hammerstein (both German Studies, UConn) […]
The recent Chronicle of Higher Education placement of UConn’s German Studies program as the top #4 in the nation has prompted UConn Today to investigate more deeply what makes our program shine: What is the program’s secret to success? Dedicated faculty, graduate assistants and students testify to an innovative mix of internationally recognized scholarship, intercultural […]
Our own Katharina von Hammerstein achieved rare distinction this April: the university bestowed upon her the title “Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor.” UConn Today summarizes her many accomplishments over the course of years of productivity at UConn: The award is the highest honor that the University bestows on faculty who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, […]
This April, our own Manuela Wagner was promoted to Full Professor – congratulations, Manuela!!! Manuela Wagner is a specialist in the integration of Intercultural Competence and Intercultural Citizenship in world language education and across the curriculum from elementary school through post-secondary education. She is particularly interested in the interplay of theory and practice and has […]
On April 28th, the German Studies faculty surprised the senior class in their Capstone seminar with a visit online in full regalia – complete with a featured speaker from the German Consulate in Boston, Elizabeth von Wagner, the Cultural and Press Affairs Officer. While most colleges and universities have cancelled graduation ceremonies and commencement due […]
This April, the renowned writer Olga Grjasnowa and actor, playwright and director Ayham Majid Agha visited virtually a graduate seminar in German literature taught by Professor Sebastian Wogenstein. Grjasnowa’s critically acclaimed novels All Russians Love Birch Trees and City of Jasmin were a huge success in Germany and the US, as well as in many other countries. It was […]
In an article on “Which Colleges Grant the Most Bachelor’s Degrees in Foreign Languages?,” published in the Chronicle of Higher Education in January 2019, the UConn German Studies program was placed #4 nationally, based on the number of majors graduated. Most of the colleges that conferred bachelor’s degrees on the highest numbers of majors in […]
On April 7th, 2020, Britta Meredith successfully defended her dissertation on the philosopher and writer Vilém Flusser: Vilém Flusser was a migrant and nomad, exiled, uprooted, without firm ground. He was an industrious essayist and 20th-century pioneer in media and communication theory and, among other scholars, paved the way for what we now call Digital […]
Together with Michael Byram and Fabiana Cardetti, Prof. Wagner co-authored the highly visible, authoritative “Intercultural Citizenship Across the Curriculum,” focusing on the role of language education. This ACTFL publication has been widely received and much applauded, and follows Prof. Wagner’s previous publication on intercultural citizenship from principles to practice. Here’s a short description of the […]
Alexa is about to graduate with a double major in pathobiology and German Studies. Here she describes some of the influences UConn has had on her studies: Name two other experiences that have enriched your studies. One of my goals for undergrad was to improve my German language skills, so from March through August 2019, […]
Students of Germ 3255W were assigned to write a Haiku, a short form of traditional Japanese poems. Inspiration came from a short story from the collection „Kaffee & Zigaretten“ (2018) by Ferdinand von Schirach, in which the narrator gets to know his neighbor, a Japanese student of music, who introduces him to Japanese poetry. Sie […]
On November 14, almost 100 students taking German at Mansfield, Cheshire and Westport High Schools joined us on the UConn, Storrs, campus to hear an impressive talk by Alex Dumschott (Eurotech alumnus) about how he applied his German language and culture knowledge in his career; get a taste of German classes here at UConn from […]
This special issue of Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, published by the American Association of Teachers of German, features articles on Teaching German Studies in a Global Context with contributions by i.a. Anke Finger (UConn) and Niko Tracksdorf (UConn alumnus and Assistant Professor of German at University of Rhode Island). The issue is co-edited by Nicole Coleman […]
At our third and final German colloquium in Fall semester 2019 Joscha Jelitzki (UConn) will give a lecture about “Genealogie der Sittlichkeit in Thomas Manns ‘Das Gesetz’ (1943)”. The presentation will be held in German, refreshments will be served. Thursday, October 31st, 1:00-2:00pm, Oak Hall 236. Contact: Florian.Kastner@uconn.edu or Juntao.Li@uconn.edu
Thorsten Wilhelm from Yale University will be the next speaker in our second German colloquium in Fall 2019 and presents on the topic “Project-based Learning for Cultural Understanding”. Friday, October 18th, 2019, 1:00-2:00pm (Oak Hall 236). Refreshments will be served. Contact: Florian.Kastner@uconn.edu or Juntao.Li@uconn.edu
