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Prof. Albrecht Classen, a renowned scholar of medieval literature and culture in the Department of German Studies, received the prestigious Excellence in Academic Advising award for 2014-2015, which is awarded to one faculty member university-wide…

Bringing to life the Middle Ages in her undergraduate course on Love and Eroticism in the Middle Ages and in a graduate course on medieval poetry, romances, and epics, DAAD Visiting Professor Monika Schausten has joined the Department of German…

In August 2015, Walter de Gruyter, the leading scholarly publisher in Germany, published the new, three-volume Handbook of Medieval Culture, edited by Prof. Albrecht Classen.

Major Ryan Weaver and his team won top honors in marketing!

Prof. Claus Telge (PhD/Dr. phil. in Transcultural German Studies, 2015) became the first graduate of the Arizona-Leipzig dual degree doctoral program this past summer. He has accepted a professorship at the University of Osaka's Graduate School of…

Zafer Şenocak, author of poetry, novels, and numerous essays, was born in Ankara and moved to West Germany in 1970 at the age of eight. He began to publish his poetry, written in German, while studying in Munich and received literary prizes in 1984…

The Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona has been designated a German Center of Excellence by the American Association of Teachers of German. Two national recipients are awarded this prestigious distinction yearly, with one…

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) is a fellowship funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Congress, that annually provides 75 American and 75 German Young Professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each…

The German American School Association (GASA) proudly announced the recent grand opening of its new German Saturday Schools in Tucson, Arizona. The school in Arizona, first of its kind in the state, joins the 12 GASA campuses in Southern California…

The Department of German Studies' Summer Study in Leipzig Program was recently featured on German Television celebrating its 10 year anniversary. The German article can be found below and the video is available on our YouTube page or directly on the…