An interview with Bethany Wiggin, Founding Director, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, on the "Data Refuge" project was published in Forschung & Lehre, the German counterpart of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Zufluchtsort
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What Kind of Story Can a Painting Tell?
September 14, 2017Professor Liliane Weissberg discusses the portrait of Paul Ehrlich, the German-Jewish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate.
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2017 National Teaching Award Times Two
September 5, 2017Christina Frei receives the 2017 AATG Outstanding German Educator Award and the ACTFL Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. -
Penn in Berlin and Rotterdam 2017
August 28, 2017Penn in Berlin & Rotterdam is an intensive summer abroad program, directed by Professor Simon Richter, that focuses on the culture of sustainability. This year, the students of Penn in Berlin & Rotterdam wrote a blog on their experiences.
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Tung Chau Wins 2017 APsaA Essay Prize
August 11, 2017Tung Chau has won the 2017 prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) for the best essay written by an undergraduate student at an American university or college in the preceding academic year.
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"China and Ashkenazic European Jewry: Transnational Encounters"
June 16, 2017On June 13, 2017, Kathryn Hellerstein led a workshop, with Professors Xu Xin and Song Lihong, respectively Director and Deputy Director, at the Glazer Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies at Nanjing University.
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Congratulations Dr. Gollance!
May 18, 2017The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures warmly congratulates Sonia Gollance, Ph.D., on receiving her doctorate on May 15, 2017.
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Two Fellowships for Liliane Weissberg
May 12, 2017This summer, Liliane Weissberg will be a Fellow at the University of Potsdam, with support from the Staatliche Schlösser and Gärten Sanssouci, and the center for research on the Enlightement (RECS).
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Graduate Student Florian Breitkopf
April 5, 2017just received the prestigious 2017 Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students. Congratulation to Florian for his unwavering commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.
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New Faculty Member Bridget Rose Swanson at University of Vermont
April 5, 2017Please join us in congratulating Bridget on accepting a position as lecturer in German & Russian Studies and Film & Television Studies at the University of Vermont starting August 2017.