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The German section is a leading institution in the field of German studies and has always achieved excellent results in successive national research assessment exercises, as well as sharing in the outstanding rating awarded to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in the last Teaching Quality Assessment.

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Who was Fritz Kittel? A German Railway Worker Decides, 1933–2022’: A Reading and Discussion with Esther Dischereit

The German Section had the honour of hosting the distinguished German writer Esther Dischereit in Cambridge on Monday 5 February 2024 for a rich and engaging presentation about her recent exhibition ‘Who was Fritz Kittel? A German Railway Worker Decides, 1933–2022’. This special event was co-organized by Jonny Ball and Doriane Zerka as the annual Lent-term collaboration between the German Graduate Research Seminar and Section Research Colloquium. The impressive turnout, which included students and staff from across the University, as well as members of the general public from Cambridge and beyond, was testament to the continued relevance and significance of Dischereit’s work.

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Diversity in German Studies - CPD Workshop series aimed at secondary teachers of German

This series of workshops will focus on the theme of diversity as a key point of contact between A-level German teaching, where it features both as a highlighted aspect of contemporary society and as a theme in prescribed literary works and films, and current work in German at University level, where it represents a core principle in curriculum development and broader institutional priorities. Click here for further information, including the programme and sign-up form.

 

Interview with Sharon Dodua Otoo, writer and activist

Watch the inspiring keynote from our annual Undergraduate Conference by filmmaker Sheri Hagen, entitled ‘Die selbstverständliche Unterbrechung'.

Watch our annual Schröder event, a conversation with leading German theatre director, Thomas Ostermeier.

 

Listen to current student experiences with our new series of Podcasts. Students talk about the Cambridge interview, Year Abroad, learning a language from scratch, a 'typical day in Cambridge' and much more!

Take a look at this short video produced by some of our current students of German.

On our special events and news page you will find details of current and forthcoming items of interest, with links to our research events and any special seminars or lectures

 

Listen to this sample German lecture by Dr Charlotte Woodford

 

Listen to this talk on translation by Silke Mentchen 

 

Latest News

German Graduate Research Series - Conduct, Culture, and Critique: Anthropologies of Ethico-Aesthetic Traditions

29 February 2024

The next event in this term’s German Graduate Research Seminar series, a collaboration with the Social Anthropology Society (CUSAS), will take place on Thursday 7 March at 16:00 in the Edmund Leach Seminar Room in the Department of Social Anthropology.

German Undergraduate Conference this Friday!

28 February 2024

The Faculty is delighted to welcome German Studies undergraduates and sixth form students of German to the Faculty for the Undergraduate Conference in German Studies 2024

The 2024 DH Green Lecture

13 February 2024

The German Section was delighted to welcome back Dr Simon Pickl, from the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, to give this year’s D H Green lecture.

Applying to Cambridge

Information for prospective applicants thinking of studying German at Cambridge.

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Cambridge Online German for Schools

Cambridge Online German for Schools (COGS) is a core element of the Cambridge German Network

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