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Our faculty is nationally ranked for its research productivity, and recognized for its teaching record and intellectual contributions to the field. Through a wide range of courses, we provide our undergraduates with a an excellent background in German culture, literature, and language to educate them to live and work in an ever-increasing global world. Graduate students engage in advanced study in German, preparing them for a variety of professions, including teaching, translation, and foreign service. Through our High School Day and other public events, our department acts as a resource for German culture in the greater Chicago area and is grateful to earn significant donor support for its students and programs.
News
A workshop on Creative Grammar Teaching (PDF of event poster) will be held FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 2012 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Daley Library, Conference Room 1-470. Contact Professor Mareike Müller (mareikem@uic.edu) for information.
Click here to download the Spring 2012 Calendar of Events.
Sara Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, was featured in a recent article on unique college courses in Chicago (link to article in the Tribune's Red Eye Newspaper). The "Golden Twenties in Berlin" is part of Hall's GER 318 (PDF), which is being taught this semester.
Click here to check out the Fall 2011 Calendar of Events, which includes a film series, trips to the Navy Pier Oktoberfest and Chicago Christkindlmarket, and more!
Mark your calendars: The next GERMAN HIGH SCHOOL DAY will be held on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012!
Astrida Tantillo, Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Germanic Studies and History, led an audience discussion of the film Young Goethe in Love during the 14th annual European Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
PhD student Adam Gacs has been accepted to participate in the following program at the University of Leipzig this summer: Transatlantische Kooperation in der Evaluierung fremdsprachlicher Kompetenz: Der gemeinsame europaeische Referenzrahmen und die ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (KEFKO).
PhD student Ekaterina Pirozhenko is named the recipient of a 2010-11 Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship. Congratulations!
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: German-Russian Relations. November 12 and 13. Visit the conference website and poster for more information.
Alfred Thomas, Professor in Germanic Studies and English, receives the University Scholar Award. Congratulations!
Christine Beggan, a Germanic Studies major and student participating in the LAS Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI) under the guidance of Professor Sara Hall, writes about her experience. READ ON
Alexander Al-Hamdan, Germanic Studies major and recent graduate, has been awarded an invitation through the German American Chamber of Commerce Transatlantic Program to be a delegate in the Young Technology Leaders study tour and professional program.
Professor Patrick Fortmann, is awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Followship.
Professor Elizabeth Loentz is recognized by UIC's Teaching Recognition Program for her excellence in teaching.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Anna Guillemin, received the Selma V. Forkosch prize for the best article published in the Journal of History of Ideas in 2008 for her article "The Style of Linguistics: Aby Warburg, Karl Vossler, und Hermann Osthoff."
PhD student Ekaterina Pirozhenko is awarded a DAAD summer research grant.
German High School Day in UIC News: "High School students put their German skills to the test."
Adolfo Luna, a Germanic Studies major, gets selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals. He is featured on the UIC homepage! Congratulations!!
Professor Sara Hall featured in UIC News: "Sara Hall takes another look at movie remakes." and The Chicago Tribune: "Art of the remake is in the eye of the beholder."
Germanic Studies winner of UIC's Departmental Teaching Award 2008-2009
Germanic Studies Newsletter On-line
Catch up on all that is happening in Germanic Studies in the latest edition of German in Context.
Germanic Studies Earns High Marks
In 2008, the Department of Germanic Studies was ranked third in the country by the Chronicle of Higher Education for its scholarly production. Only Harvard and Georgetown earned higher marks. READ ON