Although usually understood as a "European" event, the Holocaust also resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews born in the Muslim world of the Ottoman Empire (e. g., today's Greece).
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Munich’s Center for Advanced Studies Initiates New Blog
November 11, 2020The Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Munich (LMU) has initiated a new blog this Fall, to reflect on the time of the pandemic.
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Christina Frei, Bridget Swanson, and Glenn Levine are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication in spring 2021 of Augenblicke
November 6, 2020A cooperative project between the authors, its adopters, and the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), Augenblicke is a comprehensive curriculum for the introductory through intermediate university levels of German.
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The exhibition Hannah Arendt and the Twentieth Century Ends its Run at the German Historical Museum in Berlin
October 30, 2020The exhibition Hannah Arendt and the Twentieth Century has just ended its run in Berlin, selling out tickets even on its last days. But it will travel on: First, to the Kunsthalle in Bonn, and after that, to Munich.
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On the Friendship Between Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin
October 21, 2020On October 14, the German Historical Museum (DHM) celebrated Hannah Arendt's Birthday with an event entitled "Hannah Arendt und die Freundschaft”; the program was organized in the context of the DHM’s exhibition, “Hannah Arendt und das zwanzigste Jahrhundert.”
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The Significance of the German Literary Archive in Marbach—Liliane Weissberg in Interview
July 24, 2020For many years now, Liliane Weissberg has been engaged with the German Literary Archive in Marbach (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach).
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Why Postcards? Liliane Weissberg answers questions about her new project for the Berliner Zeitung
July 16, 2020Liliane Weissberg is currently working on a project on the history of the postcard, and this objects's significance for art, literature, and philosophy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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A Holiday in Times of Crisis
April 21, 2020Last Wednesday marked the beginning of the Passover holiday. Just like other members of the German Department, Liliane Weissberg is currently in home isolation, in her case as the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
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Didem Uca to Join Faculty at Emory
February 26, 2020The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures is thrilled to announce that our recent alumna Didem Uca will be joining the faculty of Emory University next fall as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of German Studies!
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Erika Kontulainen Will Assume Professorship at Auburn University
February 18, 2020Congratulations are due! Erika Kontulainen will assume a position as Assistant Professor of German (tenure track) at Auburn University, starting this Fall.