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  The German Federal Parliament (“Bundestag”) has announced a call for applications for the International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) program in Berlin in 2025. The application deadline is August 31, 2024. In collaboration with Berlin’s three major universities, the German Bundestag offers the prestigious IPS program to politically engaged college graduates from around 50 countries, including  Canada, who wish to play an important role in shaping the future of democratic cooperation – in their respective countries, and internationally. Under the patronage of the President of the German Bundestag, the IPS program allows participants to gain first-hand knowledge of Germany’s parliamentary system and political decision-making process during a 3-month work placement with a Member of the German Parliament. Participants also take part in a rich educational program with the German political foundations and have the chance to enroll in university classes, spending a total of five months in the German capital (March 1 through July 31, 2025). IPS is open to college graduates (bachelor’s degree or higher) who are Canadian citizens (or citizens of other participating countries), under 30 years old on March 1, 2025, and have a very good knowledge (B2+) of the German language. Candidates should also be familiar with ... Read More »

Click here to read about Prof. Shternshis’s work in U of T News. Read More »

University of Toronto Library just renewed the German Online Datenbank... Read More »

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Miriam Borden, who was named the winner of the 2020 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for her collection of Yiddish educational materials for children. Read More »

Organized and funded by The Canadian Association for University Teachers of German (CAUTG) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)... Read More »

The Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) has come out with a Statement in Support of Victims of Racism and Racist Attacks... Read More »

First published in 1976, John Koster's superb English translation of Hermann Levin Goldschmidt's Contradiction Set Free, (Freiheit für den Widerspruch) has just been released by Bloomsbury with an introduction by Willi Goetschel... Read More »

Professor Anna Shternshis has been named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read More »

Professor Shternshis has been awarded a six-month research fellowship with the Jackman Humanities Institute to pursue a project entitled “Last Yiddish Heroes... Read More »

Congratulations to Willi Goetschel who received the Moses Mendelssohn Prize of the City of Dessau... Read More »