March 19, 20: 'What is a German Department?' at UW

"What is a German Department?" — the 12th annual Graduate Student Conference of the German and Dutch Graduate Student Association —
will take place on March 19 and 20, 2010.

The two day conference will be hosted at the Pyle Center and will feature a variety of scholars and experts.

This year's keynote speaker is Claire Kramsch (University of California, Berkeley), "Language departments as privileged sites for the study of meaning."

For more information: "What is a German Department?"

This conference is made possible by the generous support from the Department of German, the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, the Language Institute, Center for German and European Studies, the Center for European Studies, University Lectures Committee, the UW Anonymous Fund and ASM. 

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Units team up, host successful 'The Wall Came Down' conference

Continuing the "Fall of the Wall" events this year, the Department of German rolled out the 42nd Wisconsin Workshop: "The Wall Came Down."

This international conference was organized by Professors Marc Silberman and Venkat Mani and was held at the Pyle Center from Nov. 5-7.

Interdisciplinary scholars and graduate students from the fields of German studies, history, anthropology, communication studies and geography assessed retrospectively how Germany came to terms with national and political division as well as the dynamics of contemporary scenarios of peoples divided against themselves.

Keynote speaker Professor Konrad Jarausch (University of North Carolina), a UW Madison history alumnus (PhD'69) who discussed the nature of the 1989 event. 

The successful conference attracted overflow audiences interested in the cultural and social dimensions of borders, boundaries, and exclusions as well as bridges and crossings. 

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German Academic Exchange Service receives 2008-12 continuation grant

With a major “re-launch” event in September 2008, the Center for German and European Studies celebrated the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and its continuation grant for 2008-2012. 

Chancellor Biddy Martin, who completed her Ph.D. in German studies in 1985, kicked off the event with Dean Gilles Bousquet and CGES Director Marc Silberman. 

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German notables visit campus this spring

The Center for German and European Studies welcomed two notable individuals this spring: German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth and Germany-based film director David Assman. [Read More]

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