Current News

Germanic Studies In the Media

Posted: Nov 11, 2009

Faculty and the Department contribute to public discussions

Public to Design, Build "Wall of Change" to Mark Berlin Wall Anniversary

Posted: Oct 20, 2009

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, students and members of the public are invited to use their conscience, graffiti skills and a cardboard box to build a "wall of change" at The University of Texas at Austin on Monday evening Nov. 9.        The event will honor the revolution that brought down the wall on Berlin on Nov. 9, 1989 and led to a celebration reuniting people from East and West.

Want to Tear Down a Wall? All invited to participate

Posted: Oct 20, 2009

Nov. 9 WALL OF CHANGE celebrates the Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 and commemorates victims of discrimination and violence.

New Department Publications: Fall, 2009

Posted: Sep 29, 2009

Contributions in Cultural, Linguistic, and Literary Studies

UT Film in German in RTF Showcase

Posted: Aug 31, 2009

Kit Belgum wins 2009 William David Blunk Memorial Professorship

Posted: Aug 10, 2009

Award acknowledges teaching and service to UT undergraduates

Katie Arens wins Mentorship Award from ASECS

Posted: Aug 9, 2009

Acknowledged by Graduate Caucus

Dorie Dracklé Visiting Scholar

Posted: Aug 9, 2009

Sabine Hake Guest Director of 2009 DEFA Film Institute

Posted: Aug 8, 2009

Summer Institute Focuses on the Legacy of East German Filmmaking

Faculty Books Published in 2008-2009

Posted: Aug 8, 2009

Kit Belgum wins DAAD grant for research in Germany

Posted: Aug 1, 2009

Awards from Liberal Arts Technology Services

Posted: Jul 8, 2009

Support for Technology and Teaching

Faculty Articles published in 2008- 2009

Posted: May 12, 2009

a Selection of departmental interests . . .

IITAP Award 2009

Posted: May 8, 2009

Hans Boas acknowledged in Competition.

Graduate Students Win Dissertation Support Grants

Posted: Apr 12, 2009

Faculty serve as UTurn Mentors

Posted: Mar 8, 2009

Philip Broadbent accepted as a Junior Fellow of British Studies at UT

Posted: Mar 1, 2009

Two Faculty Awarded College Research Fellowships for 2009-2010

Posted: Feb 16, 2009

Hans-Bernd Moeller awarded Co-Op Subvention Grant

Posted: Oct 8, 2008

Marc Pierce wins Summer Research Assignment Grant

Posted: Oct 8, 2008

For Work on Early Germanic Languages

1968: A Global Perspective (October 7 & 10-12, 2008)

Posted: Aug 12, 2008

Comparative Literature Confernce Co-Sponsored and Co-Organized by German Studies

Philip Broadbent awarded Faculty Development Program Grant

Posted: Aug 8, 2008

Center for Women's and Gender Studies sponsors Faculty Development Program

Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5)

Posted: Aug 8, 2008

Held at UT, September 26-28, 2008