Showing of CROSSING
4070 Vilas HallThu., Oct. 3 | 7:00 PM, 4070 Vilas Hall Sweden, Turkey | 2024 | DCP | 106 min. | Georgian, Turkish with English subtitles Director: Levan Akin Cast: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli In rural Georgia, retired schoolteacher Lia sets off on a quest …
24th Annual GDGSA Conference – Movement in German & Dutch Studies
Memorial UnionCo-sponsored by the Center for German & European Studies, the Department of German, Nordic & Slavic+, the Wisconsin Experience Grant, and the Global Badger Experience Grant. The German and Dutch Graduate Student Association (GDGSA) presents …
Showing of FAR FROM HOME (DAR GHORBAT)
4070 Vilas HallWest Germany, Iran | 1975 | DCP | 93 min. | Turkish, German Director: Sohrab Shahid-Saless Cast: Parviz Sayyad, Cihan Anasai, Muhammet Temizkan Turkish immigrant Husseyin (Sayyad) endures a monotonous existence as a "guest worker" in '70s West Berlin, sharing a cramped apartment and toiling …
Fatma Aydemir, “Dschinns (English: Djinns)”
260 Bascom HallCo-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and GNS+. Join us for a reading in German and English by Fatma Aydemir and Jon Cho-Polizzi, followed by a conversation about Jon’s translation of Fatma’s …
Dr. Silje Solheim Karlsen: “With and Without Borders: Contemporary Fiction from Sápmi”
1418 Van Hise HallCo-sponsored by the Center for European Studies and The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic +. Abstract: Sápmi crosses four national borders, encompasses several Sámi languages, four national languages, and minority languages such as Kven and …
Pumpkin Carving Party/Open House
Union Commons 803 State Street, MadisonCome join the Folklore Program for some Halloween fun for a pumpkin carving party and open house! The event will take place on Thursday, October 24 from 4-6pm at the 1st Floor of Union Commons …
Sabine Hake, “The Nazi Worker” and the “Proletarian Dream Project”
Virtual EventSponsored by European Studies, the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, and the George L. Mosse Program in History. Sabine Hake is the Professor of Germanic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin where …
Ostap Slyvynsky, A Reading from “Winter King” and “A Ukrainian Dictionary of War”
Ingraham Hall, Room 206Ostap Slyvynsky is a Ukrainian poet, translator, essayist, and scholar. He is a recipient of the Hubert Burda Prize for young poets from Eastern Europe (2009) and the Kovaliv Fund Prize (2013). In 2022, he …
Sibylle Schönemann, Screening and Discussion of “Locked Up Time” (1990)
Virtual EventCo-sponsored by the Center for German & European Studies and the Department of German, Nordic & Slavic+. Registration is required. Screening available here. Sibylle Schönemann was born on October 5, 1953 in Berlin, Germany. She …
2024 Madison Polish Film Festival
Marquee Cinema in Union SouthThe Madison Polish Film Festival is back! This year, the festival will take place on November 10 and November 17 at the Marquee Cinema (located in Union South) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. All …