Zachary Fitzpatrick and Julia Koxholt presented their research on using video essays as an assessment tool at the 2016 Tech Teach conference: “Reaching Beyond Challenges.” During their presentation “Implementing Video Essays in Your…
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching-Learning Communities has posted videos for the workshops they held last year. Highlights from the workshop on “Introversion and Extroversion in the Classroom” features Dr. Robert Ryder,…
Sara Hall, Professor of Germanic Studies and Director of Moving Image Arts, will give a lecture on German Expressionist Cinema at the Milwaukee Art Museum as part of their Preview Celebration for the Haunted Screens:…
Professor Sara Hall and graduate students Christina Schultz and Zachary Fitzpatrick will introduce and lead a discussion of the popular German film “Suck Me Shakespeer/Fack Ju Göhte” (Bora Dagtekin, 2014) at the International Screenings series…
Germanic Studies PhD student Jonathan Tillotson has accepted a one-year lecturer position with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Tillotson will begin teaching in Fall 16, pending approval of his dissertation. Please…
Zachary Fitzpatrick, Teaching Assistant of Germanic Studies, was selected to represent UIC in the 2016 MAGS Excellence in Teaching Award competition. UIC holds a campus wide competition each year to determine the UIC…
The Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago is pleased to announce the Fruman and Marian Jacobson “Bridges” Fund competition, made possible by a generous gift from the Jacobson…
We are pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of our Video Essay/Blog contest on the Topic “Cold Wars: Old and New.” The contest was part of a Campus Week commemorating 25 Years…
Silke-Maria Weineck’s The Tragedy of Fatherhood: King Laius and the Politics of Paternity in the West (Bloomsbury 2014) was honored this month with the Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for…
Basic Language Program Director Dr. Rob Ryder and MA student Zachary Fitzpatrick will speak at the 2015 TeachTech: Building Student Success Conference on November 17, 2015. Their session will take place at 1…
