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Read more at: Prof Jo Whaley on Radio 4 & writes British Museum blog

Prof Jo Whaley on Radio 4 & writes British Museum blog

Jo Whaley was in four programmes of the Radio 4 series by Neil McGregor on Germany. He also wrote a blog for the British Museum's exhibition on Germany.


Read more at: Funding success for ‘Reading Violent Politics’
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Funding success for ‘Reading Violent Politics’

Professor Sarah Colvin and Dr Katharina Karcher have been successful in their application for a major DAAD grant for an international research project on political extremism in Germany since 1968, called "Reading Violent Politics".


Read more at: WIGS PG Essay Prize for Ina Linge

WIGS PG Essay Prize for Ina Linge

PhD student Ina Linge won the Women in German Studies prize 2014 for the best postgraduate essay.


Read more at: Reading by Thomas Meinecke

Reading by Thomas Meinecke

German writer, DJ and founder of legendary pop band FSK, THOMAS MEINECKE visited the Department on 13th of November. He gave one of the Sozialgeschichte Lectures and read from his book 'Lookalikes'.


Read more at: Inaugural Schröder Lecture: 'Inaudible Stories. German Prisoner Narratives after 1945'

Inaugural Schröder Lecture: 'Inaudible Stories. German Prisoner Narratives after 1945'

The inaugural lecture of Schröder Professor Sarah Colvin was held on 24 October 2014.


Read more at: Grant from the Danish Council for "Uncertain Archives"

Grant from the Danish Council for "Uncertain Archives"

Dr Annie Ring and two colleagues at the University of Copenhagen were awarded a grant for their project.


Read more at: Translation Success for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Final Year Germanist

Translation Success for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Final Year Germanist

The Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize has been awarded to Ellie Collins , fourth year student from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ for her translation of a Julia Franck story. Congratulations.


Read more at: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ German Network - COGS

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ German Network - COGS

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Department of German and Dutch has launched a major new facility to support the teaching and learning of German in UK schools: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Online German for Schools


Read more at: Publication in German of History of the Holy Roman Empire

Publication in German of History of the Holy Roman Empire

September saw the publication in German of Joachim Whaley's acclaimed two-volume history of the Holy Roman Empire 1493-1806.


Read more at: Sport and the Cold War

Sport and the Cold War

Professor Christopher Young and his colleague from the University of California, San Diego, Professor Robert Edelman, finalised the overall funding package for their Cold War and Sports project in September with the award of $64K from the US National Endowment of the Humanities.


Latest News

Funded German and Film Taster Day, 19 September 2024

29 July 2024

All school groups and pupils are invited to attend a taster day on 19 September 2024, co-hosted by the Goethe Institute and the German Section at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼. Register for the Taster Day Please register by 20 August. The Taster Day is aimed at pupils...

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body

22 July 2024

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body, a major new exhibition co-curated by Prof Chris Young (German) and Prof Caroline Vout (Classics), has opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and will run until 3 November 2024.

New books on Goethe and Romanticism

13 July 2024

Read on for details of two new books on Goethe and the period around 1800, which are intended for researchers and for the general reader alike. Both are edited by Charlotte Lee.

Information for prospective applicants thinking of studying German at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Online German for Schools (COGS) is a core element of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ German Network

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