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German major Jeffrey Saba awarded a DAAD study scholarship

German major Jeffrey Saba has been awarded a DAAD study scholarship. With the DAAD scholarship, Jeffrey will pursue a two-year masters program in World Heritage Studies at the Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet Cottbus-Senftenberg in Cottbus. The program offers a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach…

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.