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 »
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Prof. John Zilcosky fellow at the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin
Prof. John Zilcosky is spending the summer semester 2014 as a visiting fellow at the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin. Read More »
Prof. Emeritus Heinz Wetzel published his novel Wo die Bäume im Wasser stehn
Prof. Emeritus Heinz Wetzel published his novel Wo die Bäume im Wasser stehn (Athene Media Verlag, 2013). For more information, please visit the website of the publishing house Athene Media. Read More »
Just published: Spatial Practices, inspired by Department’s Toronto German Studies Symposium
In recent decades the conceptualization of space and place as social constructs has received significant attention and has been re-evaluated with an emphasis on cultural, social and political practice. This shift moves away from regarding space as fixed, unchanging container towards a realization that space is always inextricably linked with social practice and cultural signification... Read More »
Undergraduate student Walker Horsfall wins University of Toronto Excellence Award
Undergraduate student Walker Horsfall was awarded a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA) for his research project “Invoking Sacred Spaces: Heinrich von Meissen and Medieval German Religious Poetry.” Read More »
Alumnus John Koster director of BR travel series “Mit leichtem Gepäck”
Alumnus John Koster director of BR travel series "Mit leichtem Gepäck" Read More »