Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto
Congratulations to Christine Lehleiter who has been awarded a Humboldt Fellowship for her project ‘Stimulus, Response, Behavior: Habit at the Intersection of Nature and Culture (1750-1850)’ Read More »
Christine Lehleiter awarded Humboldt Fellowship
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Willi Goetschel publishes new book on Canonization and Alterity coedited with Gilad Sharvit
This volume explores the way various aspects of heresy – as difference, variation, and deviation – have come to function in Jewish history and tradition. The main argument of this volume is that heresy not only distinguishes, demarcates, and separates groups, but creates a social, political and religious dynamics that has proved to sustain rather than disrupt tradition... Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM: Meet our First futureGenerators!
After a year of developing relationships, visiting organizations on site, securing funding, and developing supporting structures and materials, our first cohort of students are on their way to Germany’s green capital to take up their placements with futurGenerator Toronto - Freiburg... Read More »
John Noyes wins SSHRC Insight Grant
The Department congratulates Professor John Noyes for winning a SSHRC Insight Grant for his project "Goethe's World" Read More »
John Zilcosky and Marlo Burks publish new book on The Allure of Sports in Western Culture
Congratulations to John Zilcosky and Marlo Burks on the publication of their new book The Allure of Sports in Western Culture... Read More »
John Noyes publishes new book on Herder’s Essay on Being
This book presents the first English translation of Herder's foundational essay along with critical responses to it by today's leading Herder scholars... Read More »
Reimagining the City: futurGenerator Joins Geography and Planning Initiative for International Park(ing) Day
When the futurGenerator team heard about the Department of Geography and Planning’s project to create an installation for International Park(ing) Day, we knew we had to get involved! Read More »
German Department Faculty Win ISEF Grant
Prof. Erol Boran and Prof. Hang-Sun Kim, two of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures’ most dedicated and accomplished teachers, have be awarded a two-year International Student Experience Fund (ISEF) grant... Read More »
New Learning Pathway: Certificate in German Studies (U of T Global Scholars)
Students interested in developing global fluency can take advantage of a new learning opportunity in the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures... Read More »
futurGenerator: Forging Ahead With A New Program in Berlin
With the first cohort of students en route to Freiburg, one of Europe’s greenest cities, the iPRAKTIKUM team is already gearing up for the launch in summer 2020 of a second global internship pivot located in the German capital: futurGenerator Toronto-Berlin... Read More »