Türkische Migration nach Deutschland: Einblicke, Rückblicke, Ausblicke: BI’BAK ARTISTIC DIRECTORS MALVE LIPPMANN AND CAN SUNGU
ZoomTürkische Migration nach Deutschland: Einblicke, Rückblicke, Ausblicke online webinar featuring bi’bak artistic directors Malve Lippmann and Can Sungu. bi'bak's website: https://bi-bak.de/ The Türkische Migration nach Deutschland: Einblicke, Rückblicke, Ausblicke webinar series takes this year’s 60th anniversary of the …
Trauma, Religion, and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War
ZoomJason Crouthamel is a professor of history at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Focusing on the social and cultural history of total war, in particular traumatic experience, memory, religion and masculinity, he has published …
The Many Hats of a German/SLA/Linguistics Faculty Member (Susanne Rott)
ZoomProfessor Susanne Rott (https://german.uic.edu/profiles/rott-susanne/) will describe the multiple teaching, research, and administrative roles that she has played and is playing as an expert in an interdisciplinary field (Second Language Acquisition). She would also like to …
Kaffeestunde: Spielabend
1313 Sterling HallKaffeestunde (Coffee hour), conversation hours for undergraduate students to practice their German language skills outside of the classroom. For more information contact Gemini Fox.
Kaffeestunde: Game Night
1313 Sterling HallDon't miss the final Kaffeestunde (Coffee hour) of the semester, where students will play various different games in German! For more information contact Gemini Fox.
Max Kade Institute Virtual Lecture: “How Swiss German is Amish Shwitzer?”
ZoomAdams County, Indiana, is home to the Swiss Amish, a population that does do not speak Pennsylvania Dutch, but Shwitzer. The language sounds surprisingly familiar to speakers of modern Swiss-German dialects – and very different …
Signe Baumane, “Gender, Marriage, and Depression in the Animated Stories of Latvian Women”
Signe Baumane will discuss her animated films, particularly Rocks in my Pockets (2014), which is about five Latvian women throughout the twentieth century, depression, suicide, marriage, and gender roles in Soviet-occupied and post-Soviet Latvia. Signe …
Equitable Assessment Workshop
ZoomEquitable Assessment Workshop Part I in a 2-workshop Series This workshop, run by Dr. Angela J. Zito of Writing Across the Curriculum at UW Madison, will give an overview of principles (e.g., what does "equity" …
Leszek Gardeła: What did Vikings do in Poland (and why should we care)?
ZoomLeszek Gardeła What did Vikings do in Poland (and why should we care)? The area of Poland is not usually seen as an important arena of Viking activity. According to popular belief, Viking raids and …
Equitable Assessment Workshop (Part 2)
ZoomEquitable Assessment Workshop (Part 2) Part II in a 2-workshop series: faculty participants share their experiences with ungrading. Virtual Event (link will be provided)