Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto
Almut Suerbaum (Oxford) presents: Alternative Aesthetics and Collective Authorship: Medieval German Religious Songs Read More »
Guest Lecture: Alternative Aesthetics and Collective Authorship: Medieval German Religious Songs
Author Archives: Department of German
Kometz-alef: oh! Back to School at the Yiddish Kheyder – an exhibition by Miriam Borden
A large number of Yiddish speaking, Eastern European Jews immigrated to Canada between the years the late 1800s and early 1900s in response to an aggressive immigration policy instituted by the Canadian government as well as a series of pogroms in Eastern Europe... Read More »
Congratulations to Professor John Noyes, on his special appointment in South Africa
John Noyes has been appointed Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Read More »
Professor Emeritus Horst Wittmann: May 17, 1935 – July 13, 2018
Professor Wittmann was born in Germany and educated at the University of Göttingen in German and American literature and in the history of art. Read More »
Departmental Calendar 2024-25
Departmental Meetings 1st Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 18 September 2025, 4-6pm2nd Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 13 November 2025, 4-6pm3rd Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 22 January 2026, 4-6pm4th Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 5 March 2026, 4-6pm Faculty Meetings 1st Faculty Meeting: Thursday, 16 October 2025, 4-6pm2nd Faculty Meeting: Thursday, 12 February 2026, 4-6pm Kaffeestunde Every first Thursday of the month, 1-2pm, and third Friday of the month, 2-3pm, Odette Hall 301 Events & important dates Side-by-Side Writing: Tuesdays, Thursdays 9am-12p International Herder Society Conference: Herder’s Geography. September 4–7, 2025 Toronto German Studies Symposium: Regarding Interspecies Entanglements: Conflict, Communication, Kinship. October 2-4, 2025 Fall Reading Week: October 27-31, 2025 Academic presentation by Jacob Hermant: “Reading Diasporism in Yiddish Literary History”, October 23, 2025, 4pm Holiday Gathering: December 4, 2025 Spring Reading Week: February 16-20, 2026 Read More »
Protected: Departmental Renewal
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Infos for your stay in Leipzig
Some useful tips for your stay in Leipzig: Public Transport Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe Events Stadt Leipzig Bike Rentals https://cycle-leipzig.de https://grupetto.de/Radverleih/ https://www.kuehnis-fahrradeck.de/fahrradverleih-leipzig/ Flea Markets https://www.leipzig-leben.de/flohmarkt-leipzig-termine-2024/ Weekly Markets https://www.leipzig.de/freizeit-kultur-und-tourismus/einkaufen-und-ausgehen/maerkte/wochenmaerkte Lakes near Leipzig https://ahoi-leipzig.de/artikel/die-schoensten-badeseen-in-leipzig-und-umgebung-856/ Kinos Passage Kinos Regina Palast Schauburg Other Activities Paddeln in Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei Völkerschlachtsdenkmal Auwald Parks Connewitz MDR Tower Panometer Museums and Galleries Opera Trips outside Leipzig More info https://www.leipzig.travel https://www.leipzig.de Read More »
Guest lecture, Sept 26: Ori Rotlevy: “Rethinking Freedom in Tradition: Benjamin between Kant and Kafka”
ORI ROTLEVY is a postdoctoral fellow at the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and teaches philosophy at Tel Aviv University... Read More »
Helping Students Go Global
iPRAKTIKUM and the Toronto Goethe Institute Collaborate on ‘Global Career Booster German(y)’ Read More »
“Yiddish Glory” nominated for a Grammy!
A team of scholars and musicians defeated historical odds and resurrected a collection of long lost songs... Read More »