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Undergraduate student Tobias-René Wilczek receives funding from Germany/Europe Fund

Posted on March 30, 2015

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 »

Standing with Ukraine

Posted on March 9, 2022

Stand with Ukraine

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures stands in solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in their fight against the Russian invasion. We condemn the unprovoked acts of aggression of the Russian Federation and Belarus in the strongest possible terms. We are deeply concerned about the growing humanitarian crisis and the violence and hardships to which the population of Ukraine is being subjected. We join the world in standing behind Ukraine and hope for a swift end of the war and restoration of peace in Europe. Read More »

IBH Summer School Opportunities

Posted on March 25, 2015

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 »

Current Research: Teresa Sudenis

Posted on February 2, 2015

Teresa Sudenis is a PhD Student in our Department. She studied German Philology in Wrocław (Poland) and wrote her Master’s thesis on Günter Grass’ Der Butt. Her family is of German origin and lives in Silesia, a province now located in the part of South Poland which belonged to East German territories until the end of the Second World War. Read More »