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Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies. On Saturday 1 March, we were delighted to welcome undergraduate speakers, school pupils and teachers to Cambridge from across the UK.

Dr Charlotte Lee appears on Radio 4

Dr Charlotte Lee, Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of the German Section, recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 for a piece on Goethe for 'Great Lives'.

Young Goethe Ambassadors help launch 'Wuschel auf der Erde: A New Adventure in Learning German'

On Friday 8 November, Max Holden (Cambridge) and Zoe Christie (Exeter) joined an event organised by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Goethe Institut in London for the launch of ' Wuschel auf der Erde: A New Adventure in Learning German '. Both students are...

An evening with "Faust": poetry, live music, discussion

On Friday 1 November, the German Section, with kind support from Gonville and Caius College, will be hosting an evening of music inspired by Goethe's Faust.

Cambridge MMLL presents at Goethe Institut Career Roadshow

Professor Silke Mentchen and Dr Mary Boyle represented the Faculty’s German section at the Goethe Institut Career Roadshow in central London on Friday 27 September. Prof Mentchen and Dr Boyle delivered three sessions to packed audiences, covering the study of German at Cambridge, AI, and the future of languages. More...

New book on Christian Petzold

Congratulations to Andrew Webber and Stephan Hilpert (Marcromedia University Berlin) on the publication of Screening Work: The Films of Christian Petzold with Legenda!

Funded German and Film Taster Day, 19 September 2024

All school groups and pupils are invited to attend a taster day on 19 September 2024, co-hosted by the Goethe Institute and the German Section at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge. Register for the Taster Day Please register by 20 August. The Taster Day is aimed at pupils...

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body, a major new exhibition co-curated by Prof Chris Young (German) and Prof Caroline Vout (Classics), has opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and will run until 3 November 2024.

New books on Goethe and Romanticism

Read on for details of two new books on Goethe and the period around 1800, which are intended for researchers and for the general reader alike. Both are edited by Charlotte Lee.

Diversity in German Studies - CPD workshop for teachers of German

On 1 July 2024, we were delighted to welcome secondary teachers of German to Selwyn College for 'Diversity in German Studies', an in-person workshop. This was the final event in a year-long series of online seminars. Diversity features in A-level German teaching both as a highlighted aspect of contemporary society and as a...

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Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

3 March 2025

Dr Charlotte Lee appears on Radio 4

26 February 2025

Dr Charlotte Lee, Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of the German Section, recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 for a piece on Goethe for 'Great Lives'.

Young Goethe Ambassadors help launch 'Wuschel auf der Erde: A New Adventure in Learning German'

28 November 2024

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