Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto
Dr. Nicole Perry graduated from the University of Toronto with a PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures in 2012, and now holds a Lisa-Meitner-Fellowship... Read More »
Alumna Nicole Perry researching at University of Vienna
News
Call for Papers:
Global Yiddish Culture, 1938 – 1948
Call for Papers: Global Yiddish Culture in 1938 – 1948 8th Annual Symposium of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto Read More »
Academic employment opportunities (2014-15) for graduate students and sessional instructors posted
Academic employment opportunities (2014-15) for graduate students and sessional instructors posted Read More »
Prof. Goetschel publishes the 8th volume of the Collected Works by Hermann Levin Goldschmidt
Prof. Goetschel publishes the 8th volume of the Collected Works by Hermann Levin Goldschmidt Read More »
German Alumna, Mentor & Donor
Joan Andersen holds speech at Faculty of Arts & Science Scholarship Reception
German Alumna, Mentor & Donor Joan Andersen holds speech at Faculty of Arts & Science Scholarship Reception Read More »
Thank you to Alumni Ambassador and Executive in Residence Joan Andersen
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 »
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 »