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Cambridge New Habsburg Studies Network - Annual Workshop

CAMBRIDGE NEW HABSBURG STUDIES NETWORK 'New Approaches' Workshop on 04.03.2016.

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Recital: Zauberkraft: German culture through music

This concert on Friday 5 February will trace in music the cultural shifts in the German-speaking area during the 18th and 19th centuries.

D H Green Lecture: A paradox-free account of Old High German Umlaut

Professor Joseph Salmons from the University of Madison, Wisconsin will deliver this year's D.H. Green lecture.

Mark Chinca on Radio 4

Mark Chinca will be a guest on “In our time,” the popular discussion series presented by Melvyn Bragg.

Poetic Battlefields - The First World War in Poetry

The two-part performance Poetic Battlefields on 4 November 2015 brought together historical and contemporary perspectives on the poetry of the First World War.

Schnitzler Edition Project ran transcription sprint

Arthur Schnitzler’s literary archive went online! Anybody who is interested in deciphering difficult handwriting of Schnitzler’s literary texts could join the conversation. The transcription initiative ran from 19th October-16th November 2015.

Killing Hitler - German Resistance Before and After the July Plot

The 2015 Schröder Lecture was held by Professor Randall Hansen from Toronto on 21 October and attracted a huge audience.

Schnitzler Edition Project - Crowdsourcing Project launched

Completed. The Transcribing Schnitzler ‘sprint' aimed to 'source' a public crowd, across different generations, which could transcribe a set of Arthur Schnitzler’s papers in four weeks. Details of the results will soon be published here.

Podcast on '"Dying Well": Enacting Medical Ethics' now online

A podcast and digital archive of last month’s symposium on ‘“Dying Well”: Enacting Medical Ethics’ is available now online. The event brought together scholars and professionals from eight different disciplines including Science Journalism, Health Care Law, Literary Studies and Medicine.

Embodied Cognition Conference

A two-day international conference on intellectual activity in the German-speaking world between 1750 and 1830 and the findings of modern cognitive science took place at Murray Edwards College on 14 & 15 September, 2015.

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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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