06/16/2020 - Check out Sophia Ebel's work on the semiotics of the pandemic: what do we mean, and who be

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04/13/2020 - Download our poster with essential information about our new major and minor!         

03/20/2020 - Explore our new degrees in German Studies!

01/21/2020 - Here are some ways to engage with German during this time of physical distancing!

12/06/2019 - Professor Mara Wade will be President of the RSA as of April 2020. Currently the RSA Vice President, Prof.

11/19/2019 - Elena Wilson, a senior majoring in German Studies and Molecular and Cell Biology, has been named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate. Each year, the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award is given to

11/08/2019 - Charlie Webster, Director of the Center for Language Instruction and Coordination (CLIC) and Director of the German Language Program, has organized an reading group entitled "The Role of Study Abroad in Higher Education." 

10/14/2019 - At "Undergraduate Program in German at Illinois Urbana-Champaign," you'll find information about upcoming events, internships, fellowships, study abroad, and all things GLL!

07/18/2019 - German minor and recent University of Illinois graduate Emily Freiburger has won a grant to teach English in Austria, under the auspices of the Fulbright Foundation and the Austrian-American Educat

07/17/2019 - Mara Wade was chosen to receive a 2018 Reimar Lüst Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

07/17/2019 - Charlie Webster, Director of the German Language Program, has been named the next Director of Illinois's Center for Language Instruction and Teaching (

07/17/2019 - German Studies has always grappled with navigating the relationship between geopolitical and linguistic-cultural spaces. Germany From the Outside brings current

07/17/2019 - Fourteen projects have been awarded funds under a new initiative to celebrate the impact and importance of the arts and humanities across the University of Illin