News & Events

Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments.

Recent News

Q&A with Bridget Brown (BA’ 21)

Spring 2021 graduate Bridget Brown reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch and looks…

cover of Festchrift text Cultivating Feminist Choices

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

New book in honor of Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres

Side by side photos of book cover of Lauren Fox's Send for Me with black and white vintage photo of child resting on mother's shoulder on left and color author photo on right

The Past in the Present Tense

Alumna Lauren Fox hits the bestseller lists with a historical novel inspired by family letters.

GNSD Statement on Racial Justice

The Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch joins the ongoing protest against racial inequality and injustice in the Twin Cities and nationwide, asserting that Black…

In Memoriam: Allen Simpson

Passing of Allen Simpson

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