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German PhD Students Awarded Fellowships

March 21, 2017

Franziska Schweiger was awarded the 2nd Leg Summer Fellowship from the Center for the Humanities and the Arts to explore the history and technical production of lace from the mid 16th century to the present and how this specific form of textile work informs modern poetic production. Sayalee Karkare was...

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Future Perspectives -- GSLL talks with learners of German at Fort Collins High Schools

March 9, 2017

On March 8, the German program has launched a new outreach initiative to connect with high school students in Colorado. During school visits in the Fort Collins area, German language TAs Rohini Chandra, Justin Harris, and Helena Wagenhoefer shared their enthusiasm about the German language and its culture and enriched...

Alex Becker

German Major and Study Abroad Contribute to Colorado Entrepreneur's Successful Career

March 3, 2017

http://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2016/02/17/world-studies-pave-way-stellar-career

Ann Schmiesing

Ann Schmiesing permanently named to Graduate School posts

Jan. 23, 2017

Congratulations to Ann from GSLL! http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/01/20/ann-schmiesing-permanently-name...

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Just Futures

Jan. 17, 2017

Friday, Feb. 17 th 10 am – 7 pm See program here British and Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library, CU Boulder This year’s Conversations in the Mountains brings German studies scholars in conversation with scholars doing related work informed by critical race studies and gender studies. Articulations of more just,...

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Establishment of the Leonhard E. Baak Memorial Scholarship

Jan. 11, 2017

The German Studies program has received a generous gift from the estate of Leonhard Edwin Baak (1909-1998) to establish the Leonhard E. Baak Memorial scholarship. Dr. Baak received his PhD in German from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1953, and served as a professor of German at St. Olaf...

Helmut Muller Sievers

CU Boulder to revamp doctoral studies in the literatures

Nov. 9, 2016

http://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2016/11/08/cu-boulder-revamp-doctoral...

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Russian alumna Karina Pulec (1988-2016)

Nov. 2, 2016

Karina Pulec, who was a Russian double major (with International Affairs) and graduated from CU in 2009, is reported dead in a hit-and-run accident in Denver, on Sunday, October 30. Karina worked as an attorney in intellectual property for an international legal firm in Denver. After CU she attended Cornell...

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German Ph.D. students awarded UGGS Travel Grant

Sept. 26, 2016

German Ph.D. students Emily Frazier-Rath and Petra Sertic were awarded travel grants from the United Government of Graduate Students at CU Boulder. Emily Frazier-Rath will participate in the Presidential Panel at this year’s MLA titled "All about Language: Pegida and Opponents”. Petra Sertic will participate in a Conference at Cornell...

Beverly Weber

Congratulations to Beverly Weber!

Sept. 13, 2016

A committee of departmental chairs in the division of the Arts and Humanities has selected Beverly’s proposal, “The Race of Human Rights: Racialization and Refugees in Contemporary Germany," as the Mellon New Directions Fellowship candidate for the University of Colorado this year. Please join me in congratulating Beverly’s with this...

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