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Do you have previous knowledge of German? If you do, you are required to take a Placement Test that will allow us to determine the best place for you to start studying German at the UofT. Depending on your level of proficiency – perhaps you have lived or studied in Germany, have spoken some German at home, or taken high school German – you may be able to place out of introductory courses and begin taking intermediate and advanced language, literature, and culture offerings right away. This will not only allow you to get the most out of your university studies but also help our instructors to focus on students who are learning German from scratch. Please note: You are required to take the test if you have had any previous exposure to German. Self-placement is not permitted and will result in removal from the course. To schedule a placement test please contact our Undergraduate Assistant, Gayle Grisdale. You will then be sent a Quercus invitation to take the test, together with detailed instructions. The test itself will take about 30 minutes to complete. You will be informed about the result within a couple of days through the Grades feature ... Read More »

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(in alphabetical order) “Ask for PDFs from People with Institutional Access” Facebook group: Being added to this group allows you to see everything that has been posted. Please read the instructions for conduct in the group before posting/searching to those new in the group. CTSI Online/Remote Teaching Webinar Series Cultivating Joy and Connection in Online Classrooms Don’t teach. Facilitate. James Skidmore. Fostering Student Engagement Online: Examples and Tips Goethe-Institut: “Virtuelle Sprechstunde zum digitalen Unterrichten“”Liebe Kolleg•innen, Mittlerweile befinden wir uns schon einige Monate im Alltag unseres virtuellen Unterrichts. Viele von uns haben sich auf das neue Unterrichtsmedium eingestellt und finden täglich neue Wege und Mittel (oder auch Apps), um unseren Unterricht nicht nur abwechslungsreich, sondern auch so lernerzentriert wie möglich zu gestalten. Dennoch gibt es immer wieder Fragen zum digitalen Unterricht, bei deren Beantwortung wir vom Goethe-Institut  Sie gerne unterstützen wollen. Von technischen Fragen wie “Wie mache ich einen Screenshot?” bis hin zu der Frage “Wie binde ich meine Lerner stärker in den Unterricht ein?” beantworten wir gerne ihre Fragen in unser virtuellen Sprechstunde für Lehrkräfte.Dear Colleagues, It has been a few month since we  had to take all our classrooms online. Most of us have adapted to the new format, ... Read More »

Academic Integrity resource for undergraduate students: https://www.academicintegrity.utoronto.ca/ Academic Integrity resource for instructors: https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/internal-resources/academic-integrity-resources Read More »

SGS Wellness Portal: https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/resources-supports/wellness-portal/ Undergraduate Mental Health: https://mentalhealth.utoronto.ca/ Faculty Mental Health: https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/about/strategic-overview/mental-health-wellness Staff Wellness Portal: https://hrandequity.utoronto.ca/culture/wellness/ Read More »

Index: General Online Resources Digital Literature: Archives & Databases Linguistic Scholarship Yiddish Summer Programs   GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES Web Gateways and Key Websites: Mendele (links to a variety of Yiddish online resources via Mendele forum) Refoyl’s yidish veb-bletl (web guide with a variety of resources) Yiddish Book Center (digitized books, audio recordings, oral histories, etc.) Yiddish Links (wide range of links to Yiddish sites/groups) Yiddishweb (via the Maison de la culture Yiddish – Bibliothèque Medem, Paris) YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (Website of the premier Yiddish-oriented research center) Online Indexes: Central and Eastern European Online Library (subscription database with citations to Eastern European scholarship on Yiddish) Index to Yiddish Periodicals (bibliographical database of materials published in the Yiddish press) RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (comprehensive index of scholarly articles in Jewish Studies, including Yiddish) Catalogue Book Searches: UofT E-Books About Yiddish Literature UofT E-Books About the Yiddish Language All UofT Books About Yiddish Literature All UofT Books About the Yiddish Language Oxford Bibliographies: Holocaust Cinema Holocaust Literature Jewish studies. Christian Yiddishism in the early modern period Jewish studies. Israeli literature Jewish studies. Yiddish literature before 1800 Jewish studies. Yiddish literature since 1800 Jewish studies. Yiddish in Palestine/Israel Jewish ... Read More »

Index: Digital Literature Archives, Databases & Collections Major Reference Resources German Literary & Culture Magazines on the Web Germanophone Literature Archives Select German Museums Film Archives & Museums Select Film Festivals Film & Media Digital Databases & Resources Research Foundations & Opportunities   DIGITAL LITERATURE ARCHIVES, DATABASES & COLLECTIONS General: Subjects A-Z: German Studies Kallias (online catalogue of the Literaturarchiv Marbach) Projekt Gutenberg (vast online collection of German-language works) Erlanger Liste – Germanistik im Internet (German Studies on the Internet) Deutscher Bibliotheksverband (dbv) (German Library Association) Deutsche Gedichtebibliothek (German Poetry Library) Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) (search index for German-language news papers and magazines) Fachinformationsdienst Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (information service for Literary Studies & Comparative Literature) Literaturwissenschaftliche Grundbegriffe (Basic Concepts in Literary Studies) H-German (H-Net dedicated to German history) H-Germanistik (H-Net dedicated to German literary & cultural studies) Deutsches Textarchiv (trans-generic collection of German-language texts from the 16th to the 20th century) Austrian Literature Online HelveticArchives (archive database of the Swiss National Library) History of Germany: Primary Documents Zentrales Verzeichnis digitalisierter Drucke (index of digitized prints dating back to the 15th century) Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa (handbook of historical book inventories ... Read More »

The Department is committed to reducing plastic waste and sustainable sourcing. Your choice of caterer must reflect this commitment. We want to avoid as much as possible single-use plastics (bottles, cutlery, food trays, cups, milk/cream pods etc.), aluminum cans, non-recyclables, non-compostables and packaging. If you are having difficulty identifying a vendor that can meet our environmental standards, the Department can provide you with a list. Please send us the following information when requesting catering for your event: Read More »

Departmental Meetings 1st Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 19 September 2024, 4-6pm 2nd Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 14 November 2024, 4-6pm 3rd Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 23 January 2025, 4-6pm 4th Departmental Meeting: Thursday, 6 March 2025, 4-6pm Faculty Meetings 1st Faculty Meeting: Thursday, 17 October 2024, 4-6pm 2nd Faculty Meeting: Thursday, 13 February 2025, 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, 10am-12pm / Fridays 9-11am Guest lecture by David Kim (UCLA): “‘There Are No Natives Here’: Hannah Arendt and the Erasure of Native American Co-Citizenship” Fall Reading Week: 28 October – 1 November 2024 Holiday Gathering: 5 December 2024 10th Annual DAAD German Language Teaching and Learning Workshop: 9-10 December 2024 Oral thesis presentation Astrid Klee: 30 January 2025, 4-6pm Spring Reading Week: 17-21 February 2025 Graduate Student Research Colloquium: tba Read More »