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'Afropuff Lederhosen' explores race in context of Germany

Feb. 20, 2018

'Afropuff Lederhosen' story

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Sprachbad 鈥揋erman immersion camp

Feb. 9, 2018

Completely auf Deutsch is the 3-day German immersion camp Sprachbad which takes place at the YMCA in Estes Park, CO in early February of each year. The full-immersion German camp, supported by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), provides high school students from across Colorado with the opportunity...

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German PhD Student, Sayalee Karkare, receives Dissertation and Library Fellowships

Dec. 7, 2017

German PhD candidate Sayalee Karkare has been awarded the Florence Husted Lowe and F. Rex Lowe Dissertation Fellowship by the Arts and Humanities Dissertation Fellowship Selection Committee. Sayalee was selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from all the arts and humanities departments on campus. In 2018-19, Sayalee will...

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Two-day Workshop on Language Proficiency with Walter Hopkins

Nov. 20, 2017

GSLL recently hosted a two-day workshop for CU language instructors on proficiency-oriented instruction and measures of language proficiency, organized by Merete Leonhardt-Lupa, GSLL Swedish instructor. Guest speaker was Walter Hopkins, Assistant Director of Language Instruction for Spanish in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University (MSU)...

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GSLL Multilingual Fitness and Yoga Class

Nov. 20, 2017

The GSLL first annual Multilingual Fitness and Yoga class was held on Nov. 13 in the CU Rec Center. In honor of International Education Week, fitness instructors representing Sweden, Germany and 91制片厂 instructed the class in their native languages. The hard-working participants experienced the three Indo-European languages in a linguistically...

Beyond Walls exhibit

鈥溍渂er Mauern hinweg - Beyond Walls鈥 exhibit at CU Boulder

Nov. 13, 2017

On the evening of November 9, 1989 East Germany tried to defuse growing tensions and protesters鈥 demands for free travel and democratic structures by making travel permits easier to obtain but the announcement brought thousands of East Berliners to the border crossing points in the wall and forcing the surprised...

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German MA Student, Kevin Dibb, receives International Parliamentary Scholarship

Nov. 6, 2017

Kevin Dibb, who is about to complete his MA in German Studies this semester, was selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants to receive the prestigious International Parliamentary Scholarship. From March through July 2018, Kevin will work for a Member of the German Bundestag in Berlin and will take...

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Courses in German Studies for Spring 2018

Nov. 6, 2017

Check out our spring semester courses , including a course taught by our special guest author, Ingo Schulze!

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German Goes Radio

Oct. 30, 2017

GSLL students in GRMN 2020 and GRMN 4010 produced their own broadcast with the help of Elvis Katticaren, media trainer and radio host of the popular German radio station Radio K枚ln . The radio project, sponsored by the German embassy in Washington DC, gave students the opportunity to learn about...

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Dr. Patrick Eiden-Offe on Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat

Oct. 26, 2017

On October 1, Dr. Patrick Eiden-Offe (Berlin) discussed his celebrated new book, Die Poesie der Klasse, with students and faculty from GSLL and other departments. Dr. Eiden-Offe鈥檚 lecture focused on the development of the proletariat as an object of social critique, ideological discourse, and revolutionary theories of change during the...

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