Controversial bestselling German author Juli Zeh has hit the headlines repeatedly for her involvement in political discussions, including Covid lockdowns and Germany’s military support for Ukraine. Should writers speak their minds, or let their literature …
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Congratulations to Morgan Cacic for receiving a Graduate Student Service Scholarship!
GNS+ extends congratulations to Morgan Cacic for receiving the Graduate Student Service Scholarship! The Graduate Student Service Scholarship recognizes and honors the graduate students who volunteer to take on service roles in addition to their …
New Scholarship: The Karpat Turkish Language Scholarship
The Karpat Scholarship provides awards to selected students who take Turkish Language courses. The scholarship offers $500 to each recipient in their first year of Turkish Language instruction at UW-Madison, and $1,000 to each recipient …
KEMAL H. KARPAT CENTER FOR TURKISH STUDIES: Small Grants Program for UW Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION: The Kemal H. Karpat Center for Turkish Studies welcomes small grant applications from UW-Madison graduate students working in any area of Turkish Studies, broadly construed. The Karpat Center promotes excellence in the study of …
Principled Empathy: Perspectives of an Afghanistan Veteran
Former GNS+ German program graduate student Mark Kloiber recently had an excellent article published in the Army University Press titled “Principled Empathy: Perspectives of an Afghanistan Veteran”. You can read the full article on: Army …
Defining the Discipline – Vilas Research Professor of German Dead at 91
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, Vilas Research Professor of German emeritus Jost Hermand died unexpectedly. Hermand joined the then Department of German (now in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+) in 1958 and helped put the Department – and the UW-Madison – on the map nationally and internationally.
Q&A With New GNS+ Lecturer Melissa Sheedy
GNS+ welcomes one of our newest lecturers Melissa Sheedy. Melissa received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In and outside of the classroom, she is always ready to talk about Romanticism, fairytales, GDR and …
Alumni Stories: Barbara Jedele
When did you graduate and with what degrees? I graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in German, French and International Studies and a Certificate in European Studies and in 2015 with a Masters in French …
Emily Janicik Receives Research Fellowship and Grant
Emily Janicik is a rising senior majoring in Economics and German with Honors in the Liberal Arts. She is writing her senior thesis in collaboration with Professor B. Venkat Mani titled “Xenophobic Policies in the Name of Gratitude: Refugee Experiences with the German and Austrian Governments”.
Remembering Klaus L. Berghahn
Klaus L. Berghahn August 5, 1937 – November 1, 2019 Klaus Berghahn was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the youngest of five children of Wilhelm and Anna Berghahn. Klaus came of age in the aftermath of …