The 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.

A 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.

The 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.

On 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.”

For many years now, Liliane Weissberg has been engaged with the German Literary Archive in Marbach (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach).

Liliane 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.

Last 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.

The 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!

Congratulations are due! Erika Kontulainen will assume a position as Assistant Professor of German (tenure track) at Auburn University, starting this Fall.

Dr. Liliane Weissberg, the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences and a standing faculty member of our department, has been recognized as the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.