Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto

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ASTRID LEMBKE is a Professor at Freie Universität Berlin, specializing in Old German and Yiddish literature.... Read More »

University of Toronto, May 11-12, 2017 Read More »

CHRISTIAN LIEDTKE is the head archivist of the manuscript collection at the Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Düsseldorf, Germany, and current Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA)... Read More »

What role does theatre play in interacting with and shaping public discourse? ... Read More »

Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Friday, March 15 at 2 p.m. Read More »

German theatre has a long tradition at the German Department. Some of you may still remember our last production of Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck from two years ago. This time we present to you August Wilhelm Iffland’s Der Komet... Read More »

PIA SELMAYR is an Assistant Professor of medieval and early modern German literature at the University of Zurich... Read More »