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Read more at: The 2024 DH Green Lecture
DH Green Lecture

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.

Read more at: Ninety Year 12/13 students attend German Study Day

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...

Read more at: February 5: A German Railway Worker Decides, 1933–2022
Esther Dischereit

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’.

Read more at: After Abstraction with Dr Annja Neumann
After Abstraction

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.

Read more at: Professor Sarah Colvin to give inaugural lecture of Munich arts series of talks
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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.

Read more at: Leila Mukhida featured in 50th-anniversary issue of flagship German Studies journal
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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

Read more at: Professor Weiss-Sussex rescues 80-year-old masterpiece written by German Jewish novelist
Hermann Struck

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...

Read more at: Annual Schröder Lecture 2023

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'.

Read more at: German student Alrik Daldrup wins award
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German student Alrik Daldrup wins award

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

Read more at: German Graduate Research Seminar - Michaelmas 2023

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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Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body

22 July 2024

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

13 July 2024

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

3 July 2024

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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