Professor Dan Thornton, GSLL’s Dutch specialist since 2001, is teaching DTCH 402 and an advanced independent study this fall. The department recently received grants from the prestigious Queen Wilhelmina Fund and the Nederlandse Taalunie (the Dutch Language Union) which promote … Read more
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted 213 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members. Phi Beta Kappa membership is open to undergraduates in the College of Arts & … Read more
Richard Langston, Unravelling the Thought of Frankfurt School Theorists Alexander Kluge and Oskar Negt (Verso, 2020) Collaborators for more than four decades, lawyer, author, filmmaker, and multimedia artist Alexander Kluge and social philosopher Oskar Negt are an exceptional duo in the history …
Right-wing extremism, everyday racism and racialized microaggressions, and pressure to “assimilate” – all of these constructs affecting racialized minorities result from an inability and unwillingness to respect and appreciate the radical diversity that underscores our societies. Max Czollek (“De-integrate Yourselves”) … Read more Priscilla Layne is an associate professor in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and an adjunct assistant professor in the department of African, African American and diaspora studies within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. Through literature and film, … Read more The UNC Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages (GSLL) and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a $1.2 million grant to jointly launch an … Read more Background: In the first week of June, our own Dr. Priscilla Layne was invited on a prominent German political talk show to discuss the protests against police violence in the United States. Shortly after this invitation and before her TV … Read more On Juneteenth, David Kim (UCLA) had a conversation with Priscilla Layne about BLM and racism in the US and Germany for the Thomas Mann House in LA. Here is a link to the transcript on Medium: https://medium.com/@vatmh/european-color-blindness-and-the-displacement-of-racism-ed8c057be48e The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures congratulates professor Richard Langston and graduate students Leonie Wilms and Nicholas Jones along with Leslie A. Adelson on the recent publication of their book: The Poetic Power of Theory. »Die poetische … Read more Congratulations to Dr. Priscilla Layne and her students Cameren Lofton, Tracy Ridley, and Nina Moll, for winning in the College/University category of the national AATG Teach German Day Student Video Contest! This success includes a trophy that will be featured … Read more
Radical Diversity: Los Angeles – Pricilla Layne
September 11, 2020
Challenging German national identity: Priscilla Layne
August 28, 2020
UNC Receives $1.2 Million Award to Launch Undergraduate Russian Flagship Program
August 28, 2020
Priscilla Layne: A Controversy about a Conversation about Racism in German TV
June 30, 2020
Conversation between Priscilla Layne and David Kim (UCLA) about BLM and racism in the US and Germany
June 30, 2020
Congratulations to Professor Richard Langston and Grad Students Leonie Wilms and Nicholas Jones
December 3, 2019
Dr. Priscilla Layne and her Students Win National AATG Teach German Day Student Video Contest
October 8, 2019
