German graduate student presents at American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference and receives NFMLTA/MLJ travel grant

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Lucian Rothe, a Ph.D. candidate in the German program, presented his research on “Linking Imagined and Actual Social Spaces: Attributed Stereotypes of Native Speakers with Respect to Foreign Language Choice” at this year’s AAAL Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This annual conference organized by the American Association for Applied Linguistics is one of the most comprehensive …

German graduate students awarded Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship

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  Richard Hronek and Lucian Rothe received a Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship for Summer 2019 from the Graduate School at UW–Madison. Hronek and Rothe are both Ph.D. candidates in the German program and are currently working on their dissertations. Richard Hronek’s dissertation analyzes Jakob Arjouni’s Kayankaya crime series using Friedrich Nietzsche’s concepts of the Apollonian and Dionysian. …

Graduate students in German, Nordic, and Slavic explore career opportunities outside of academia

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On March 28, 2019, the German and Dutch Graduate Student Association (GDGSA) hosted a professional development event on “Alt-Ac Careers” for graduate students in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic. The GDGSA received a Professional Development Grant from the UW–Madison Graduate School to organize a 90-minute roundtable with alumni from the German Program. Following a …

Scandinavian Art and Literature, Prof. Susan Brantly

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Susan Brantly, Birgit Baldwin Professor of Scandinavian Literature at UW–Madison, provides an overview of Scandinavian art, artists, and authors from the Baroque period in the 1600s to the late 20th century postmodernists. Click the link to watch the video.

Fall 2018 GNS Honored Instrustors

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We are lucky to have such great instructors in the German, Nordic and Slavic Department! This semester, Fall 2018, a number of our instructors have been chosen by University Hoursing residents in order to be recognized for their outstanding work in and outside of the classroom. Of these chosen were Claus Andersen, Alayna Bruney, Brian Kilgour, …

Professor Jim Leary Earns Grammy Nomination

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Jim Leary, UW–Madison professor emeritus of folklore and Scandinavian studies, has been nominated for a second time for a Grammy Award. This time he was nominated in the “Best Album Notes” category for his work on “Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924.”

Chicago Christkindlmarket

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It’s December therefore Stocki’s are getting in the holiday spirit! This past Saturday a small group of us headed down to Chicago to visit the Christkindlmarket. If you aren’t familiar as to what a Christkindlmarket is, it’s a german Christmas market that are filled with handmade gifts. The vendors come from all over Germany and …

Stockwerk ILC Dinner

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Grüß Euch! I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving or just a few days rest. I know all of us Stocki’s thoroughly enjoyed it and are excited for our winter break that will be here shortly. As mentioned in one of the first posts, one of the things that you can do when you’re apart …

Warming Up to Hygge

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If you’ve ever sought respite from Wisconsin’s frigid winter in a cozy blanket, hot drink or conversation around a crackling fire, you’ve experienced hygge. Pronounced “hoo-guh” or “hue-guh,” with no direct translation in English, hygge is a Danish concept that implies a sense of warmth and wellbeing. It’s the ability to slow down and enjoy a …

Stocki’s Get Political

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Wow! It is already November! T0 think that just two months ago we were opening our windows, doing homework outdoors, and enjoying all the fall activities Madison has to offer. Feels as if winter quickly came upon us this year… But speaking of November, this year made for an exciting start to the season: the …