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The 2024 DH Green Lecture

The German Section was delighted to welcome back Dr Simon Pickl, from the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, to give this year’s D H Green lecture.

Ninety Year 12/13 students attend German Study Day

On Saturday January 27th, Professor Silke Mentchen joined colleagues from Kings' College London, Bristol University and Leeds University as well as a team of teachers from St Paul's School for Girls for a German Study Day. Year 12 and Year 13 students (approx. 90 students in total) from 19 different schools, including both...

February 5: A German Railway Worker Decides, 1933–2022

The German Section had the honour of hosting the distinguished German writer Esther Dischereit in Cambridge on Monday 5 February 2024 for a rich and engaging presentation about her recent exhibition ‘Who was Fritz Kittel? A German Railway Worker Decides, 1933–2022’.

After Abstraction with Dr Annja Neumann

Exploring Anglo-German histories, movement and migration, medial shifts and social change through the public research performance After Abstraction, CDH Research Fellow Dr Annja Neumann writes about her recent work in an art gallery as part of the Cross-Connections exhibition and her Re-Staging Public Spaces research programme.

Professor Sarah Colvin to give inaugural lecture of Munich arts series of talks

We are delighted to announce that Professor Sarah Colvin be giving the inaugural lecture in new series of talks at the Literaturhaus München.

Leila Mukhida featured in 50th-anniversary issue of flagship German Studies journal

Choose Your Own Adventure explores new avenues for critical practice in film viewing

Professor Weiss-Sussex rescues 80-year-old masterpiece written by German Jewish novelist

Professor Godela Weiss-Sussex, Fellow in German at King’s College, has just published Die daheim blieben (Those Who Stayed at Home) by the German-Jewish author, Georg Hermann. The novel , which was left unfinished at the time of Hermann’s death in Auschwitz and brought to light in remarkable circumstances, concerns the...

Annual Schröder Lecture 2023

The Schröder Lecture 2023 was entitled, 'What is the Place of Prison in Democracies? A Conversation with Annelie Rambsbrock and Sarah Colvin'.

German student Alrik Daldrup wins award

Incoming PhD student Alrik Daldrup has won the German Quarterly Graduate Student Paper Award.

German Graduate Research Seminar - Michaelmas 2023

The Section is pleased to announce the schedule for the German Graduate Research Seminar, Michaelmas 2023. This year, we are delighted to host the following speakers: Alex Mentzel (Cambridge), Triangulating Virtual Scenographies in Franz Kafka’s Der Verschollene and Walter Benjamin’s Schauplatz Thursday, 26th of October, 5...

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New podcast on language and rhythm

1 April 2025

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new podcast, Language and Rhythm, made by Cambridge TV and funded by the British Academy and the Schröder Fund, University of Cambridge. You can listen to the full series or watch a taster video.

Paul Hoegger wins Pilkington Prize

20 March 2025

Congratulations to Paul Hoegger, who has been awarded a Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching.

Dr Abhimanyu Sharma publishes new study on Indian Sign Language

20 March 2025

Dr Abhimanyu Sharma, Teaching Associate in German Linguistics, has published a study which calls on the Indian Government to recognise Indian Sign Language as an official language.

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