Germanic Studies Ph.D. student Christina Mekonen received the Provost-Deiss Award to help support her research for her dissertation, “Poetic Encounters – The Black-Jewish Lyrical Dialogue vis-à-vis the Holocaust.
Quartz (qz.com), an online news publication, quotes Sara Hall, UIC associate professor of Germanic studies, in a story about a German word that could be used to describe the beginning of President Donald…
Dr. Robert Ryder, lecturer in the Department of Germanic Studies, has been accepted as a Spring 2017 Teaching Scholar for the Center for the Advancement of Teaching-Learning Communities.
Heidi Schlipphacke was invited to take part in an international video conference on “Gender Asymmetries in the Global Market.” The video conference was hosted by the Elfriede Jelinek Research Platform at the University…
The School of LCSL is delighted to announce the call for papers for our annual In/Between Conference, which will be held on March 9-10 2017. The keynote speaker is Susan Goldin-Meadow, Professor of…
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…
