German News

Elena Horn Holocaust documentary screening

German film director Elena Horn has been invited for a screening of her documentary 'The Lesson' about teaching the Holocaust.

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies welcomes both 6th form students and undergraduates.

PhD student Nick Courtman is expert witness in Bundestag hearing

PhD student Nick Courtman appears as expert witness for parliamentary hearing in the Bundestag.

Call for papers: Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

Undergraduates of German (or an equivalent degree containing an element of German) in the UK and Ireland are invited to attend either as speakers or delegates.

D.H. Green Lecture 2019

The annual D.H. Green Lecture will be given by Professor Ulrike Demske on Thursday 21st November.

Prof. Andrew Webber elected as Fellow of the British Academy

Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Webber, German and Dutch Section, who has today been made a Fellow of the British Academy.

Nick Courtman referenced in national media for political work

Nick Courtman has been involved in some political work, relating to the German citizenship rights of descendants of Jewish refugees who escaped the Nazi regime, that has attracted some attention in the national media.

German Film Event - Friday 10 May, 4.30pm, Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College

'Media Archaeology, Found Footage, and Family Memory: "The Sun Island"' (lecture, screening, and Q&A) - Professor Thomas Elsaesser (University of Amsterdam/Columbia University)

Human puppets - The Great Wurstel; image credit: David L Hone LRPS

Launch of Digital Schnitzler Edition marked by first public performance in UL

The launch of the major new digital edition of works by Arthur Schnitzler was marked by the first ever public performance at Cambridge University Library on 25 April.