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 of the UN …
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.
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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 …
July 13, 2023KEMAL 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 …
March 30, 2023Principled 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 …
November 11, 2021Defining 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.
October 11, 2021Q&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 …
September 22, 2020Alumni 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 …
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Nordic
Norwegian writer Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature
The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the dramatists and novelist Jon Fosse, who write sin the version of Norwegian known as Nynorsk. GNS+ Professor Dean Krouk, a specialist in Norwegian literature, recommends …
October 6, 2023Ingrid Andersson – Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife
Ingrid Andersson – Joredemoder: Poems of a Midwife Alumni Ingrid Andersson talks about her recently published poetry book Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife and the journey that has led her to writing it. Having a …
February 4, 2022Author Panel “A Hand That Writes Has a Wide Reach: Recent Translations of Sámi Literature to English”
GNS+ chair Thomas DuBois was recently featured on panel of authors “A Hand That Writes Has a Wide Reach: Recent Translations of Sámi Literature to English” hosted by St. Olaf College. The panel discussion took …
October 21, 2021GNS is looking for a Danish Language Lecturer!
Teach Danish at UW-Madison! The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ is hiring a full-time Danish Lecturer, responsible for preparing course syllabi, preparing lessons, holding office hours, and evaluating student performance. Native or near-native proficiency …
October 5, 2021Nete Schmidt Retires
It is difficult to imagine Scandinavian Studies at UW–Madison without Nete Schmidt. But that, nevertheless, is what we have to do as she announced that she will retire at the end of this academic year. …
May 6, 2021Myths, Tales, and Poetry, a New Publication Involving GNS+ Chair Tom DuBois
Myths, Tales, and Poetry An anthology edited by Harald Gaski This anthology presents Sámi oral and written texts from the last four hundred years – Sámi narratives and poetry relating creation of the world, the …
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Slavic
The Pushkin Summer Institute (PSI)
PSI is an intensive pre-college Russian language and culture experience for outstanding high-school students with two distinct but related programs: PSI Madison and PSI Abroad. The former is a five-week residential program on UW-Madison’s campus …
November 3, 2023Announcing 2023 Madison Polish Film Festival
The Madison Polish Film Festival is back! This year, the festival will take place on November 19 and December 3 at the Marquee Cinema (located in Union South) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. All …
October 31, 2023Agnieszka Holland’s Controversial Polish-Belarussian Border Drama Comes to Madison
In a prelude to the 2023 Madison Polish Film Festival, Agnieszka Holland’s newest—and perhaps most controversial yet—feature film Green Border (Pol. Zielona granica, 2023) is coming to Madison. A fictionalized version of real-life events, the film explores the …
October 30, 2023Sara Karpukhin Writes about Nabokov’s Theory of Literary Evolution
Sara Karpukhin’s article “Looking for the Human in the Humanities: Vladimir Nabokov’s Theory of Literary Evolution” was published in the Slavic and East European Journal’s Spring 2023 issue. We interviewed Dr. Karpukhin to find out …
October 2, 2023Victoria Buyanovskaya Publishes Article in “The Polish Review”
Current Slavic PhD student Victoria Buyanovskaya’s article on Bruno Schulz, titled “Turning Back Time to Keep Writing: Melancholic Memory and the Making of the Modern(ist) Self in Bruno Schulz’s Sanatorium Under the Sign of the …
September 22, 2023Russian Flagship Student Receives Prestigious Boren Scholarship
UW-Madison senior Madeline Rutherford is currently participating in the Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone Program in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A double major in Astrophysics and International Studies as well as a participant in the Russian Flagship Program, …
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Folklore
Ojibwe birchbark canoe returns to Lake Mendota after 10 years, connecting to 1,000s of years of art and culture
Ten years after it first cut through Lake Mendota, a traditional birchbark canoe returned to the water, paddled by its maker, Wayne Valliere. On Oct. 4, 2023, Thomas DuBois, professor in the Department of German, …
October 16, 2023Campus Ghost Tour, Led by Madison Ghost Walks
Despite (or perhaps because of?) the gloomy weather, we had a spectacularly spooky and intellectually stimulating supernatural UW tour last Wednesday evening, led by Madison Ghost Walks. Over 30 students showed up to prowl the …
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