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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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Languages

Upcoming Events

October 14, 2021

Austrian Actresses in Modern Theater and Thought: Adele Sandrock and Tilla Durieux

Public lecture by Sara Jackson, associate professor of German studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

October 29, 2021

Anti-Gypsyism: An Overview

Presented by the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch and co-sponsored by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies.

November 04, 2021

Four Towns that Moved: Mass Mining and the Transformations of Lives and Landscapes in the 20th Century

Public lecture by Eagle Glassheim, Department of History, University of British Columbia

November 15, 2021

Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet and the Job of the Translator

Public lecture by writer and translator Damion Searls

December 02, 2021

Lecture: Anatoly Liberman

Lecture by Professor Anatoly Liberman, Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

Recent News

Q&A with Bridget Brown (BA’ 21)

Cultivating Feminist Choices: A New Book in Honor of Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres

The Past in the Present Tense

GNSD Statement on Racial Justice

In Memoriam: Allen Simpson