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Interdisciplinary Workshop on the 'National Socialist Underground' and right-wing extremism in contemporary German society

An Interdisciplinary Workshop on the 'National Socialist Underground' and right-wing extremism in contemporary German society took place on 27 June 2015.

Cambridge Translation Event for Schools

A day dedicated to the teaching and learning of translation took place on 13 June.

'Germans in Britain' Exhibition in Cambridge 7 to 28 June

A special exhibition accompanied by a series of talks.

Cold War Sport

Cold War Sport - Professor Chris Young was co-organiser of a major international conference held on 21-23 May in Moscow.

Reading by Julia Franck

Julia Franck - a prominent contemporary German writer and winner of the German Book Prize gave a reading on 18 May.

Biological Discourses - The Language of Science and Literature around 1900

A Postgraduate Conference with speakers from UK, US, Italian and German universities.

Wie der Ball ins Wohnzimmer kommt

Prof Chris Young coordinated a Sports and Media Workshop run by the German Institut für Kommunikations- und Medienforschung on large sports events and the media.

DH Green Lecture by Professor Horst Bredekamp

Horst Bredekamp, Professor for History of Art at Humboldt Universität Berlin will be giving this year's DH Green lecture.

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

The first Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies will be held on 21 February 2015, with Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, as keynote speaker.

Cambridge New Habsburg Studies Network launched

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

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Cambridge MMLL presents at Goethe Institut Career Roadshow

2 October 2024

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

20 September 2024

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

29 July 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...

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