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GNSD Diversity Committee Participates in New CLA Initiative

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Congratulations to GNSD Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee members, Ben Bigelow, Jenneke Oosterhoff, and Helena Ruf, who have been selected to participate in the new CLA initiative on Building Capacity for Engaging Diversity in Undergraduate Education.

GNSD welcomes Alex Wimmer!

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This year’s College in the Schools scholarship winner is Alexander Wimmer, a graduate of Cambridge-Isanti High School, who plans to major in German and political science.

Podcast Interview with Meyer Weinshel

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Is Yiddish a dying language, or is it making a comeback?

In eynem’s Communicative Approach to Yiddish Pedagogy

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PhD candidate of the GNSD Department, Meyer Weinshel, has been piloting a forthcoming Yiddish textbook, In eynem, the Yiddish Book Center’s forthcoming communicative language textbook (available July 2020). To mark the publication of the book, Meyer interviewed Asya Vaisman Schulman, co-author of the book, and director of the Yiddish Book Center’s Yiddish Language Institute.

Q&A with Bridget Brown

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Senior Bridget Brown discusses adapting to distance learning and how her liberal arts education helped her better understand the different aspects of COVID-19.

An Unexpected Love

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Before he discovered the joy of learning languages, Ross Etherton had no intention of going to college. Today, the GNSD department welcomes him as a thoughtful and engaged assistant professor. Read his journey from a small town in Nebraska to Austria and eventually to the UMN.

Gerhard Weiss dies at 93

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Weiss began teaching German studies at the U in 1956 and also served as the department's chair for eight years. He mentored new faculty and redefined how German studies was taught at the U, incorporating topics that went beyond language and literature to include urban studies and cultural history.

Remembering Gerhard Weiss (1926-2019)

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“Gerhard Weiss was one of the most beloved professors of my undergraduate and graduate years in the department. At once the consummate German gentleman-scholar and unassuming American patriot, he shone brightest as a dynamic and eloquent teacher of the best that the German cultural tradition had to offer."

Learning Abroad Is for Everyone

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Learning abroad gives students the opportunity to study in other countries and expand their personal, professional, and global development. Read how a diverse group of GNSD students have made the most of their college careers by learning abroad!

An Experience for Everyone

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Chelsea Spencer is a senior majoring in German, Scandinavian, Dutch (with an emphasis in German) and global studies and minoring in biology. During her time abroad, Spencer maximized her time by traveling, volunteering, and living with a native German family. Spencer reflects that studying abroad can work for anyone, regardless of their schedule or budget, and adds that “it’s an experience unlike any other.”

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September 21, 2020

Against the World: The Collapse of Empire and the Deglobalization of Interwar Austria

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36th Annual Kann Memorial Lecture: by Tara Zahra, Homer J. Livingston Professor of East European History and the College, Department of History, University of Chicago.

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