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Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

Through the interdisciplinary study of language, literature, and culture, we explore the artistic, intellectual, political, and social perspectives of Central Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia from the past to today.

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Statement on the War in Ukraine

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The Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch condemns the war of aggression that President Putin and the Russian government have launched in Ukraine.

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Upcoming Events

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In-Person

October 22, 2024

A ‘well-rounded’ Afternoon with Author Tomer Gardi | Reading and Discussion

Reading in German and English, Discussion in English Tomer Gardi, born in 1974 in Kibbutz Dan in the Galilee, lives in Berlin and studiedliterature and education in Tel Aviv…

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October 24, 2024

Susie Phillips: "Teaching 'Otherwise': Schoolmasters, Seduction, and Slavery in Premodern England"

The Northwestern professor discusses popular vernacular textbooks that flouted rules of ethical, moral, and social discipline that governed premodern classrooms.

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November 22, 2024

How to Make a Holy Well: Attributing Meaning and Establishing Practices at Healing Water Sites in Early Modern Germany

Join the CPS community for a lecture by Ute Lotz-Heumann (Late Medieval and Reformation Studies, University of Arizona)

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December 05, 2024

"The Insoluble Riddle of the Fairytale"

Join the CPS community for a lecture by Dr. Anatoly Liberman (German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch, University of Minnesota).

In-Person

February 09, 2025

The Dreyfus Affair and the Transformation of Jewish Identity

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany. After a hasty court martial and humiliating…

Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

Statement on the War in Ukraine

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Upcoming Events

A ‘well-rounded’ Afternoon with Author Tomer Gardi | Reading and Discussion

Susie Phillips: "Teaching 'Otherwise': Schoolmasters, Seduction, and Slavery in Premodern England"

How to Make a Holy Well: Attributing Meaning and Establishing Practices at Healing Water Sites in Early Modern Germany

"The Insoluble Riddle of the Fairytale"

The Dreyfus Affair and the Transformation of Jewish Identity