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Kerry Gawne wins Delta Phi Alpha Senior Scholarship

Kerry Gawne, German major and member of the Honors College at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is this year’s winner of the Delta Phi Alpha senior scholarship. This scholarship is given to…

CFP: In/Between 2014

THE SOUNDSCAPES OF CULTURE February 27-28, 2014 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers connected to this year’s overarching theme of sound, as well as papers based on all current…

Milwaukee Film Festival Unveils Line-up For Passport: Germany

The Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is proud to announce the line-up for its third annual Passport program. Passport: Germany will spotlight a selection of films made by eight German (and…

Sara Hall Quoted in Chicago Sun-Times Article

Sara Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Chair of Moving Image Arts, was quoted in the Sun-Times. The Article, Chicago French Film Festival offers a la carte menu of old and new,…

Kerry Gawne receives study abroad scholarship

Join us in congratulating Kerry Gawne who just received the nationally competitive Phi Kappa Phi study abroad scholarship for summer study abroad at Humbolt University in Berlin.

Mareike Mueller Receives Dissertation Award

Join us in congratulating Mareike Mueller, lecturer in the Germanic Studies Department, on receiving a dissertation award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German. Her dissertation, entitled “Learners’ identity Negotiations and…

Congratulations to German High School Day winners!

Each spring the Department of Germanic Studies hosts High School Day at UIC. German teachers and their students from throughout the Chicago area come to UIC to participate in various German language competitions,…

PhD candidate Katarzyna Kowalczyk receives fellowship

Germanic Studies PhD candidate Katarzyna Kowalczyk has been awarded a fellowship to participate in the eighteenth annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, a joint project of The Holocaust Educational Foundation…