Upcoming Conference, Nov 5-7: "The Wall Came Down" - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989), this conference, the 42nd Wisconsin Workshop, aims not only to assess retrospectively how German culture - East, West, and post-unification - came to terms with national and political division but also to elaborate the dynamics of contemporary scenarios of peoples divided against themselves.
The Department of German, established in 1890, is one of the oldest, largest, and most highly ranked in the United States. Through its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs, it offers a rich and challenging environment in which to pursue the study of all aspects of the literatures, cultures, and languages of the German-speaking countries. As a leading department, its distinguished faculty has long been recognized internationally for its historical breadth and intellectual depth in German literature, thought, and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as in Germanic linguistics and Dutch language, literature and culture. Click here for information about our department. Click here for information about our programs.
Welcome to our new Chancellor, Biddy Martin. Dr. Martin is an alumna of the German Department here at the UW.
