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Cambridge New Habsburg Studies Network launched

Professor Jo Whaley and Dr Annja Neumann were involved in setting up a new network during Michaelmas 2014.

Special Lecture: Football in National Socialism

A special lecture on Football in National Socialism will be held on Fri 21 Nov at 4.30pm, St John's College.

Prof Jo Whaley gave the 2014 Besterman Lecture in Oxford

Professor Jo Whaley gave this year's Besterman Lecture in Oxford on Thursday 20 November.

Prof Jo Whaley on Radio 4 & writes British Museum blog

Jo Whaley was in four programmes of the Radio 4 series by Neil McGregor on Germany. He also wrote a blog for the British Museum's exhibition on Germany.

Funding success for ‘Reading Violent Politics’

Professor Sarah Colvin and Dr Katharina Karcher have been successful in their application for a major DAAD grant for an international research project on political extremism in Germany since 1968, called "Reading Violent Politics".

WIGS PG Essay Prize for Ina Linge

PhD student Ina Linge won the Women in German Studies prize 2014 for the best postgraduate essay.

Reading by Thomas Meinecke

German writer, DJ and founder of legendary pop band FSK, THOMAS MEINECKE visited the Department on 13th of November. He gave one of the Sozialgeschichte Lectures and read from his book 'Lookalikes'.

Inaugural Schröder Lecture: 'Inaudible Stories. German Prisoner Narratives after 1945'

The inaugural lecture of Schröder Professor Sarah Colvin was held on 24 October 2014.

Grant from the Danish Council for "Uncertain Archives"

Dr Annie Ring and two colleagues at the University of Copenhagen were awarded a grant for their project.

Translation Success for Cambridge Final Year Germanist

The Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize has been awarded to Ellie Collins , fourth year student from Cambridge for her translation of a Julia Franck story. Congratulations.

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Cambridge New Habsburg Studies Network launched

Special Lecture: Football in National Socialism

Prof Jo Whaley gave the 2014 Besterman Lecture in Oxford

Prof Jo Whaley on Radio 4 & writes British Museum blog