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Necrology

January 22, 2021

Associate Professor Emerita Helga Bister-Broosen passed away on February 10, 2018 in Brugge, Belgium, following a long illness. She is survived by her husband Professor Emeritus Roland Willemyns (University of Brussels), who taught at UNC-Chapel Hill as a visiting professor … Read more

Dutch at UNC-CH

January 22, 2021

Professor Dan Thornton, GSLL’s Dutch specialist since 2001, taught DTCH 402 and an advanced independent study in the fall 2020 term. The department has received grants from the prestigious Queen Wilhelmina Fund and the Nederlandse Taalunie (the Dutch Language Union) … Read more

GSLL Undergraduate Research Roundtable

January 22, 2021

On October 19, 2020, during University Research Week, there was a roundtable featuring students writing Honors theses supervised by GSLL faculty. Students discussed their experiences performing academic research for their undergraduate Honors theses: their topic, their investments, the process, what … Read more

Zoom Research Discussion with Dr. Adi Nester

January 22, 2021

In the fall 2020 the Department welcomed Dr. Adi Nester to its faculty, as teaching assistant professor of German and Jewish Studies Education. As opportunities for casual and academic interaction have been dramatically reduced during the coronavirus pandemic, Professor Gabriel … Read more

GSLL faculty present at the symposium “Environmentalism, Fantasy and Intersectionality: A Comparison between the US and EU,” November 5–6, 2020

January 22, 2021

This virtual symposium featured papers by Professor Gabriel Trop (“Giordano Bruno Latour: Bonding as Paradigm of Power”), Teaching Professor Christina Weiler (“Uncanny Women, Exploitation, and Animal Ethics in Ludwig Tieck’s Fairy Tale ‘Fairhaired Eckbert’”), Professor Eliza Rose, (“Ultrasounds of Nothing: … Read more