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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 »

The booking sheets for the department library, OH307, OH312, and the lounge are now live online in Outlook. Everyone in the department should have access to view the Outlook calendars for these rooms. To make a booking, please: Check the room’s availability in the Outlook calendar.If the room is available on the desired date and time, please email german.undergradadmin@utoronto.ca to request the booking. In your email, kindly include the following details:   Room booking purposeDesired booking date and timeIf the booking is recurring, please specify the start and end dates, as well as the repeat frequency Any additional notes (if applicable) If you are new to the department and do not have access to the room calendars, please email german.undergradadmin@utoronto.ca to request access. Read More »

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 »

Please use this Description of Duties and Allocation of Hours Form if you are a course instructor and are hiring a TA, and submit to Gayle Grisdale and the Associate Chair Undergraduate. Read More »

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Before visiting your office or pre-arranged workspace in Odette Hall, please complete this log (access restricted to members of the German Department) and use the UCheck self-assessment portal every time you plan to be on campus. Access to the log is restricted to members of the department. If you have issues accessing the log, please contact Helena Juenger at german.gradassistant@utoronto.ca. *A reminder that we are still officially closed until further notice*. Read More »

Please use the following file naming convention when sharing/sending files: “YYYY-MM-DD Name”, e.g. “2019-11-20 Website Instructions” It’s a simple way to automatically keep files in order and saves a lot of work and time for everyone – thank you for your collaboration. Read More »

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