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 […]
On April 3rd, 2025, Erica Machulak, PhD, will hold a workshop on “Beyond the Book: Hustles for Humanists.” Dr. Machulak is the Founder of Hikma “to help researchers and entrepreneurs find new ways to engage with partners, collaborators and stakeholders.” The workshop features elements from the new book for hands-on integration with current projects and […]
Congratulations to Prof. Horakova who has recently published three articles, all related to her interests in postwar German literature and visual culture. The first one, which came out in September 2024, appears as a chapter in the volume Postsocialist Memory in Contemporary German Culture, edited by Michel Mallet, Maria Mayr, and Kristin Rebien and published […]
On October 3rd, 2023, Prof. Christina Gerhardt from the University of Hawai’i will join us to talk about her new book Sea Change: Sea Change weaves together cartography and geography, art, short texts and poetry to share the histories and cultures of islands, centering the voices of islanders, predominantly but not exclusively of Black Caribbean and […]
“We live in a time where the loudest, and often most caustic, voices appear to garner the lion’s share of national and international attention. When divisiveness gets rewarded and polarization is often the result, it is critical to demonstrate that there are other paths that we can take toward a more productive national and international […]
On March 24, Friedemann Weidauer conducted a half day workshop on STEM-centered first and second year language teaching for the Michigan AATG. The event was hosted by Wayne State University in Detroit and organized by Mark Ferguson, director of the Junior Year in Munich Program.
Prof. Wagner has received the American Association of University Professors’ Award for Teaching Innovation in 2018! The award ceremony will take place April 23rd, 2018! Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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