Edited by Rob McFarland, Georg Spitaler, and Ingo Zechner (link). Immediately after World War I, in 1919, the Austrian capital Vienna elected a Social Democratic majority that persisted until 1934. The city’s leaders, together with its intellectuals, boldly imagined a … Read more
Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the largest division of the American Library Association, has selected the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online (Dale C. Allison et al. eds., Berlin: De … Read more
Professor Eliza Rose presented current research on Ursula K. Le Guin’s invented Central European country at a Carolina Public Humanities Seminar on February 11, 2021 (link) and for the University of Glasgow’s Writing in Transit Research Cluster on March 17, … Read more
Professor Inga Pollmann (UNC-CH), “Environmental Aesthetics: Tracing a latent image from early safari films to contemporary art cinema,” (February 18), Ian McLean (Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies), “Springs of desire: The disruptive force of the erotic and the Sturm … Read more
In honor of Black History Month, the Center for European Studies partnered with Professor Priscilla Layne on February 22, 2021 for a virtual screening of the film The Aryans and live virtual talk with director Mo Asumang (link). The Aryans … Read more
Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming virtual environment? Bring your own brown bag lunch to your computer, tablet, or smartphone, and join UNC faculty discussion leaders for a lunch over Zoom chat where … Read more
The GSLL Kino Club continues to bring world cinema to the comfort of student and faculty homes with screenings of Leto (directed by Kirill Serebrennikov) on February 23, co-hosted with the Russian Flagship Program, Chris the Swiss (directed by) Anja … Read more
The American Association of Teachers of German of North Carolina (NC-AATG) held its 21st annual German Day for middle-school and high-school students virtually during the week of March 15‒18, 2021. Dr. Christina Weiler (current Vice President of NC-AATG) and Dr. … Read more
The following doctoral students have received Duke fellowships and travel awards: Ian McLean (Katherine Goodman Stern Dissertation Completion Fellowship), Nathan Drapela (J. B. Duke International Research Travel Fellowship), Undraa Lhamsuren (International Dissertation Research Travel Award), Leonie Wilms (International Dissertation Research … Read more
