Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto
It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Abraham J. “Al” Green, who passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016, at Etobicoke General Hospital... Read More »
In Memoriam: Abraham J. “Al” Green
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Deadline for DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship
Students interested in applying to the DAAD's Undergraduate Scholarship should take note that the online portal for applications is now open with the deadline for applications coming up on January 31, 2016. Read More »
Yiddish Glory with Anna Shternshis
Congratulations to Anna Shternshis for organizing a fabulous event and broadcast on 96.3 Classical FM. Read More »
CUPE 3902 Unit 1 on strike – Latest updates
Monday, March 9, 2015 Message from the Undergraduate Coordinator Dear Students in the Undergraduate Programs in German, You are probably aware that we still do not know how long the Unit 1 strike will continue. Since graduate students play such a central role in the teaching activities of the German Department, we are particularly hard hit by the strike. It is above all the language courses (GER 100, 200 and 300) that are affected. In all of these courses, classes continue to be suspended. The University has decided to keep its programs running during the strike which means that you are expected to continue learning, even though you don’t have classroom instruction. For this reason, we are asking students in courses where classes have been suspended to work through the course material at home. In order to make this possible you will be receiving a schedule of exercises for the coming four weeks. Please complete these exercises and self-correct as instructed. You will have to read the relevant chapters in the course book carefully in order to complete the exercises. We have informed the graduate students in our department of this course of action. There will be no tutorials in ... Read More »
Apply now for the 2016-17 graduate program
Apply now for the 2015-16 graduate program Read More »
Making Connections at b2B Workshops
The Department Germanic Languages and Literatures invites you to participate in the Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) program. Throughout the year, you will be invited to attend various b2B events such as networking events with alumni from the Department of Germanic Language and Literature, sit-down meals hosted by German alumni, Career Centre workshops and the U of T Next Steps Conference... Read More »
Lecture, May 26: Carol Jacobs: W. G. Sebald’s Art of Citation
May 26th, 2015, 4 – 6 pm Northrop Frye Hall, Room 113 Victoria College Read More »
Lecture, April 30: Prof. Eckart Conze : “The German Foreign Office and its Nazi Past: A Book, a Debate, and the Problems of Commissioned History”
April 30, 2015, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Read More »
8th Annual Toronto German Studies Symposium 2015: Global Yiddish Culture, 1938 – 1948
April 20-21, 2015 Read More »
(En)Gendering Precarity: Maria Speth Film Retrospective. April 8 – 23
Employing the realist aesthetics associated with the 'Berlin School,’ this German director explores wome and girls at the social margins. Post-screening discussions facilitated by Professor Angelica Fenner, with Maria Speth in attendance for the closing film DAUGHTERS (Töchter). Free and open to the public. Read More »