GNS+ News
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GNS+ Statement In Support of Colleagues and Students from Syria and Turkey
The department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, where Turkish instruction is housed at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, extends our support to all our students, colleagues, and friends from Turkey and…
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GNS+ Statement Regarding the War in Ukraine
We are teachers of Russian language and culture as well as other languages and cultures of Europe. Vladimir Putin’s launching of war on Ukraine, which has been condemned by the United Nations as a flagrant violation…
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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…
German
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UW Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow and IRIS NRC FLAS awardee Cat Carroll receives prestigious Wolff Fellowship for 2025
As she wraps up her senior year at UW–Madison, Cat Carroll is preparing for a journey unlike any other: a year-long global trek across seven countries to explore the human stories behind migration.…
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Catherine Carroll Awarded UW-Madison’s 2025 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship
Graduating senior Catherine “Cat” Carroll (majors in journalism and mass communication, international studies and German with certificates in public policy, European studies, Middle East studies and Arabic language and culture) has been…
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Sonja Klocke: Juli Zeh- Literatur & Politik
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…
Nordic
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Article in The Conversation: Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year
Thomas DuBois recently published an article in The Conversation. You can read it here:
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Journal of Finnish Studies Podcast with Tom DuBois
Tom DuBois was joined by Anne Mäntynen, professor of nonfiction in the Finnish language department at the University of Helsinki, to discuss the Journal of Finnish Studies on November 24, 2025. The…
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Our Shared Waters
As part of the Our Shared Waters program, students from Tom DuBois’ Spark learning community and Marcus Cederström’s FIG met Mino-Giizhig (Wayne Valliere), teacher at Lac du Flambeau Public School and master…
Slavic
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Announcing 2026-2027 Polish Language, Literature, and Culture Awards
The UW–Madison Polish Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Lapinski and Gąsiorowska awards for the academic year 2026-2027. Among the awardees are undergraduate and graduate students who will receive…
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Announcing 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival
The Madison Polish Film Festival is back! This year’s edition will take place on November 9 and November 16 at the Marquee Cinema (located in Union South) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
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Celebrating Beyond the Horizon: Polish Culture Symposium
Following the 2025 Wisconsin Slavic Conference, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus hosted another major Slavic event: a symposium on Polish literature and culture under the theme Beyond the Horizon. The symposium brought…
Folklore
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Article in The Conversation: Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year
Thomas DuBois recently published an article in The Conversation. You can read it here:
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Our Shared Waters
As part of the Our Shared Waters program, students from Tom DuBois’ Spark learning community and Marcus Cederström’s FIG met Mino-Giizhig (Wayne Valliere), teacher at Lac du Flambeau Public School and master…
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Article in The Conversation: “Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing”
Professor Thomas DuBois, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore, and Religious Studies, has published an article in The Conversation: “Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a…