Our Department has a new continuous faculty member, effective 1 July 2015: Dr. Hang-Sun Kim. Hang-Sun Kim received an MA degree in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Toronto (2003) and holds a PhD degree in Germanic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (2012). Read More »
Max, von dem hier die Rede ist, ist immer mit seiner Heimat verbunden gewesen, aber er ist auf andere Menschen, auf fremde Sitten und Sprachen neugierig geworden und hat sich in der Welt umgesehen... Read More »
German Department Alumni Ambassador and Executive in Residence Joan Andersen just won an Arbor Award... Read More »
Malka Green, a long-time friend, supporter and alumna of the University of Toronto, passed away on June 21, 2015. Read More »
Congratulations to Marlo Burks, who was appointed the first ever Amilcare Ianucci Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities... Read More »
Professor Christine Lehleiter has been granted tenure at the rank of Associate Professor in our Department, effective July 1, 2015. Read More »
Around 1900, when the last blank spaces on their maps were filled, Europeans traveled to far-flung places hoping to find traces of the spectacularly foreign... Read More »
Nicola Vöhringer will leave Toronto this summer to become the new DAAD lecturer and Director of the DAAD Information Centre... Read More »
Tobias-René Wilczek, a third-year undergraduate student of German Studies and Philosophy, just won a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Read More »
Anna Shternshis was successful in two (!) of the most recent SSHRC competitions. Read More »
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