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Congratulations to German Minor Katherine Weingartner, who has been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX), a year-long, federally-funded fellowship for study and work in Germany. Katherine…

German Studies faculty and Summer Study-in-Leipzig-Germany Program Director, Peter Ecke, just published an article written for teachers and administrators who would like to create and run a short-term study abroad program for their students. It…

We love to highlight our students' successes, accomplishments, and awards! This little article features current students' and faculty achievements throughout the semester. Congratulations to: Congratulations to Charly Mostert, Ali Overgaard, Kerry…

How stable or how permeable to attrition are a multilingual’s first and second languages during life periods characterized by dynamic changes in language-use frequencies? Peter Ecke (University of Arizona) and co-author Christopher Hall (York St…

In a recently published book “Language and its cultural substrate: Implications for a globalized world”, Prof. Peter Ecke wrote a chapter about the assessment of culture learning. In a recently published book “Language and its cultural substrate:…

Imagine how the course of history might have changed if Georg Elser, a German woodworker, had been successful in his attempt to single-handedly assassinate Adolf Hitler.  “Elser’s plan centered on the Bürgerbräukeller, the Munich beer hall where he…

The Department of German Studies is excited to announce its participation in the new Minor in Intercultural Studies offered by the College of Humanities / School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. The Minor in “Intercultural…

Prof. Albrecht Classen’s latest book Early History of the Southwest through the Eyes of German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries - A Transcultural Experience in the Eighteenth Century has just been published by Rowman. The history of the United States…

Alexander Ganz’s recently published article “Mircopublishing as a Tool for Collaboration and Socialization” in Fremdsprachen und Hochschule (Germany) offers insight on various micropublishing tools – blogs, boards, wikis, etc. – and their use in a…

Prof. Albrecht Classen’s latest book Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Mental-Historical Investigations of Basic Human Problems and Social Responses published by De Gruyter addresses the principal that all societies are…