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PhD student Nick Courtman is expert witness in Bundestag hearing

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

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 2019.

Erica Wickerson awarded British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award

Congratulations to Erica Wickerson, who has been awarded a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award!

Simon Pickl wins Hugo-Moser Preis of the IDS

Congratulations to Simon Pickl, who will be awarded this year's Hugo-Moser prize by the Institut für Deutsche Sprache.

Reading by Karl-Heinz Ott - 7 March, 5.15pm - The Parlour, Magdalene College, Cambridge

7 March 2019, 5.15-6.30pm - The Parlour, Magdalene College, Cambridge. German author and playwright Karl-Heinz Ott will read from his novel 'Und jeden Morgen das Meer'.

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies 2019

The programme for the 2019 Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies is now available.

German Teachers' CPD Day

On Monday 2 July a special event for Teachers of German will be held, covering a range of topics.

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Modern Languages taster day at Cambridge on Saturday 11th May 2024

2 May 2024

Modern Languages taster day at Cambridge on Saturday 11th May 2024 (11:00-16:30). This event is geared primarily towards UK-domiciled State School students of colour who are currently in Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) and S5 (Scotland). The programme contains a series of talks to provide an insight...

What’s novel about a novel? Storytelling and travelling knowledge – Shida Bazyar in conversation with Miriam Schwarz & Tara Talwar Windsor

22 March 2024

Join prize-winning novelist Shida Bazyar in conversation with Miriam Schwarz and Tara Talwar Windsor to discuss how novels take their characters and their readers on journeys across cultural contexts, and how this can make both characters and readers re-assess the things they think they know.

German Graduate Research Series - Conduct, Culture, and Critique: Anthropologies of Ethico-Aesthetic Traditions

29 February 2024

The next event in this term’s German Graduate Research Seminar series, a collaboration with the Social Anthropology Society (CUSAS), will take place on Thursday 7 March at 16:00 in the Edmund Leach Seminar Room in the Department of Social Anthropology.

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Applying to Cambridge

Information for prospective applicants thinking of studying German at Cambridge.

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Cambridge Online German for Schools

Cambridge Online German for Schools (COGS) is a core element of the Cambridge German Network