Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism... Read More »
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The DAAD Information Centre in Toronto is seeking to hire an administrative assistant on a part-time basis... Read More »
Tobias-René Wilczek is a third-year undergraduate student of German Studies and Philosophy. The Germany/Europe Fund from the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto will help him to conduct research on "Transnational" and "Exilliteratur" in Berlin and Bucharest, focusing predominantly on the works of German-Romanian Nobel Prize laureate Herta Müller and the works of Bertolt Brecht. A comparative component will also be part of this project. Read More »
This is an open invitation to graduate students and faculty in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures to join a session of... Read More »
Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass passed away on April 13. Read More »
The German Studies Students' Union just published its Undergraduate Journal of German Studies Zeitgeist online... Read More »
Professor John Zilcosky has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor. Read More »
Learning German can be more than studying grammar and memorising vocabulary. It can also mean discovering the culture of German-speaking countries, spending the summer in the tri-border region of Germany's biggest lake in the heart of Europe, making international friends and gaining ECTS credits for it! Read More »
John Noyes won a twelve-month National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship for his project "The Legacy of Johann Gottfried Herder's Theories of Cultural Difference and Universal Reason" (2015-2016). Read More »
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