Congratulations to James Retallack who has been awarded the Central European History Society’s Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for his 2017 book, Red Saxony: Election Battles and the Spectre of Democracy in Germany, 1860-1918. Read More »
News
ecoHub Freiburg/iPRAKTIKUM Intern Savannah Bein Receives School of Cities Fellowship
German Minor Savannah Bein has secured a fellowship from the School of Cities to lead an ‘Urban Sustainability Working Group’ within the newly formed School of Cities Student Academy... Read More »
Willi Goetschel publishes new book on Heine and Critical Theory
Heinrich Heine's role in the formation of Critical Theory has been systematically overlooked in the course of the successful appropriation of his thought by Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and the legacy they left, in particular for Adorno, Benjamin and the Frankfurt School. This book examines the critical connections that led Adorno to call for a “reappraisal” of Heine in a 1948 essay that, published posthumously, remains under-examined... Read More »
Down to Earth – Sustainable Sourcing Initiative in the German Department
As a part of our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint and promoting sustainable practices, the Department has joined Karma, a member-owned, democratically run co-operative that has been in operation since 1972... Read More »
Side by Side Writing: Fridays 10:30am – 1:30pm
Side-by-side writing works as follows: It is not a writing feedback group. It’s just a way to make writing progress while hanging out with friends and colleagues (this is also known as: zwei Fliegen auf einen Streich). Read More »
Markus Stock is the new President of ‘German Studies Canada / Études Allemandes Canada’
Congratulations and best wishes to the new Executive for a successful term in office! Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM Testimonials
Stuart Jones on his internship with MotionLab Berlin and the German International School Toronto. Hana Wernick on her internship with Innovation Academy, Freiburg, Germany Read More »
Check Out Our Undergrad Course Offerings Fall 2021
For a complete list of undergraduate courses, please visit our Undergraduate Courses page. Read More »
John Zilcosky publishes new book!
The Language of Trauma: War and Technology in Hoffmann, Freud, and Kafka Read More »
Erol Boran & Rachel Seelig publish new children’s book
Lovely Books is a new, local children’s book imprint created by the German Department’s own Erol Boran and his partner Rachel Seelig. Read More »