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Where are they now? – Profiling Robin Curtis

Posted on January 8, 2018

Welcome to this edition of ‘Where are they now’? In this article, we profile Robin Curtis – UofT 1988. I hope you find this article interesting and maybe even inspirational. Read More »

Where are they now? – Profiling Elliott Haller

Posted on December 11, 2017

Welcome to this edition of ‘Where are they now’? In this article, we profile Elliott Haller – UofT 2009. I hope you find this article interesting and maybe even inspirational. Read More »

Call for Papers: “Pulver möcht’ ich schreiben”: Engagement in the German Tradition

Posted on October 13, 2017

Graduate Conference hosted by the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures at the University of Toronto. Date: 26-28 April 2018 Location: Munk School of Global Affairs, 2 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto Keynote Speaker: Prof. Peter Schweppe, Sewanee University Submission Deadline: 19 January 2018 Read More »

Thank you to Alumni Ambassador and Executive in Residence Joan Andersen

Posted on June 28, 2019

The Department would like to give special thanks to Joan Andersen for her outstanding volunteer service to the Department as Alumni Ambassador and Executive in Residence (2013-2019)... Read More »

Deadline Extended: German Graduate Conference “Deviance – Am Rande seiner selbst”

Posted on June 18, 2019

Annual Graduate Conference September 28-29, 2019, University of Toronto Submission Deadline: 15 July 2019 Read More »

Nicole Perry (PhD ’11) gives talk at “Entangled Gaze” conference in Toronto

Posted on October 13, 2017

Nicole Perry, PhD, is a lecturer in German at the University of Auckland, and is a Lise Meitner Fellow (2013-17), funded by the Austrian Scientific Fund... Read More »

Rita Laszlo Publishes at Telos Journal

Posted on October 2, 2017

Congratulations to first year PhD student, Rita Laszlo, who just published at Telos, a journal for politics, philosophy, critical theory, and culture... Read More »

Infos for your stay in Freiburg

Posted on May 6, 2019

Some useful tips for your stay in Freiburg: Public transport ticket Regiokarte: https://www.rvf.de/fahrkarten-tarife/monatskarten-abos/regiokarte-erwachsene/ Movie theatres: Harmonie, Friedrichsbau, Kandelhof (one page for all three movie theatres, choose them on the left), Kommunales Kino im alten Wiehrebahnhof, CinemaxX Events: http://fudder.de/kalender Flea marktes: http://fudder.de/alle-flohmaerkte-in-freiburg–140335440.html Bike rental at the main train station: http://www.freiburgbikes.de/ Very affordable bike rental that includes replacing broken bikes at a location of your choice: https://swapfiets.de/offer/freiburg Markets: https://www.freiburg.de/pb/232237.html (the most central ones are the one at the Münster, in Wiehre, and in Stühlinger neighbourhoods) Pools: https://www.badeninfreiburg.de/willkommen-der-baederwelt-der-freiburger-schwimmbaeder, https://www.keidelbad.de/start/ Hiking around Freiburg: https://www.komoot.de/guide/337/wandern-rund-um-freiburg-im-breisgau Day trips around Freiburg: https://visit.freiburg.de/freiburg-fuehlen/ausfluege-aktivitaeten, Colmar, Basel, Strassbourg Traffic rules in Germany: https://www.adac.de/der-adac/rechtsberatung/verkehrsvorschriften/ Read More »