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    Elena Wilson (German Studies and Molecular/Cell Biology, 2020) demonstrates the breadth and depth of what German majors can do! She currently is a post-baccalaureate fellow at the National Cancer Institute under a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA). Elena has been admitted to the masters program in Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University.
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    Join us for German conversation every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m., on Zoom! Kaffeestunde begins Wednesday, September 2.
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    Marie is a German Education major who plans to become a high school German teacher in the state of Illinois after graduation.
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  • GER 465
    GER 465

    Die deutsche Sprache in Österreich

    Explore the German language in Austria from a sociolinguistic perspective.

    Course Description for GER 465
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    GER 473

    Protest Memory: Post-1989 Literature, Film, and Theory

    We will discuss a diverse archive of post-1989 literature, film, and memorials in order to reexamine the so-called Peaceful Revolution and the interval year of ’89-90.

    Course Description for GER 473
  • Babylon Berlin
    GER 396

    Babylon Berlin

    In 1929, Berlin was known to be a hedonistic city of extremes: corrupt wealth existed alongside destitute poverty and an underground world of wild parties and glamour.

    Course Description for GER 396
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    GER 201

    German Popular Culture: Tales of Horror

    It is hard to overstate how central vampires and zombies, doppelgänger and killers, ghosts and artificial humans—haunted hybrids—have been to the construction of German identity.

    Course Description for GER 201
  • Holocaust on Film
    GER 261

    The Holocaust on Film

    We investigate literary and filmic representations of the Holocaust. While a single course cannot do justice to this complex topic, we read four novels and screen five films concerning cultural representations of victims and perpetrators, and Holocaust denial and documentation.

    Course Description for GER 261
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    GER and SCAN

    Germanic Department Courses Spring 2021

    Check us out in Spring 2021! Some of our courses are highlighted here, and contact Prof. Laurie Johnson for more information about our full range of offerings!

    Course Description for GER and SCAN
  • German 101 in Vienna
    GER 101

    German 101 Online From Vienna: Second Eight Weeks Fall 2020

    This online course will be offered during the second half of the Fall 2020 semester. Vienna, Austria will be your virtual classroom as you learn German!

    Course Description for GER 101

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