January 25, 2019
Professor Priscilla Layne did a recent interview with Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan about her new book White Rebels in … Read more
December 6, 2018
Professor Priscilla Layne has been working on her manuscript for her second book “Out of This World: Afro-German Afrofuturism” this Fall 2018 semester in Germany. While doing so, she gave … Read more
December 6, 2018
Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted 190 new students in Fall 2018, 4 of whom are students from GSLL. Clara Marcelle Shirley Schwamm, a senior with Information Science and Germanic and … Read more
October 31, 2018
The German Studies Association organized a “Jonathan Hess Memorial Roundtable” at its forty-second annual conference held in Pittsburgh between September 27 and September 30. More than a hundred people, including … Read more
October 26, 2018
Gabriel Trop, associate professor of German, has been awarded the 2018 Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. The awards, made possible by the generosity of Phillip (UNC Class … Read more
March 26, 2018
Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted 190 new students, 7 of whom are students from GSLL. Meg Keeter Fletcher, a senior with linguistics and Hispanic linguistics majors and a Russian language … Read more
January 24, 2018
By Priscilla Layne, assistant professor of German in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences When people hear I’m a German professor, … Read more
December 6, 2017
Over the course of four weeks in October and November, Dr. Gabriel Trop led a discussion group for the Carolina Public Humanities on Nietzsche’s dense and enigmatic philosophical work, Thus … Read more
December 5, 2017
On two nights in November, renowned artist Toshi Reagon debuted her new opera, an adaptation of Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower,” at the Carolina Performing Arts. On Friday November … Read more
November 9, 2017
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided $648,234 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 182 undergraduate students pursuing study abroad programs in Spring, Summer and Fall … Read more
November 9, 2017
Phi Betta Kappa has recently inducted 165 new students, 3 of whom are students from GSLL. Faith Caroline Goldsmith, a senior with peace, war, and defense and Germanic and Slavic … Read more
November 7, 2017
Professor Priscilla Layne was interviewed about her upcoming talk as a part of the Triangle Film Salon lecture series. Read the interview here.
April 27, 2017
The recipient of the 2016/17 Siegfried Mews Award for Excellence in Teaching German is Richard M. Lambert III – better known as Tres to the vast scores of undergraduate students … Read more
April 27, 2017
The Spring semester 2017 was brought to a dramatic end with two performances of Frank Wedekind’s thought-provoking 1891 play Frühlings Erwachen, as part of a senior seminar taught by Dr. … Read more
April 27, 2017
The Slavic “Spektakl’!” was born more than 15 years ago as a way to celebrate both the students’ success and the end of the academic year! Spektakl’ 17 on April 12, … Read more
April 19, 2017
The following graduating Seniors in Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures were chosen by our Faculty to receive Chancellor’s Awards on Wednesday, April 18, 2017. The Paul Debreczeny Prize in … Read more
December 2, 2016
German Campus Week kicked off on Monday November 14th with an event at the FedEX Global Center featuring special guest, Afro-German playwright Olivia Wenzel. Dr. Priscilla Layne screened several clips … Read more
December 2, 2016
From January 9th until the 14th, 2017, Priscilla Layne will be a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Bremen as part of the Program “Internationalization at Home”.
November 18, 2016
On Tuesday, November 15, GSLL hosted an event called a World of Opportunities. It was an opportunity for students to learn about Russian culture and study abroad options. The event … Read more
November 18, 2016
Phi Betta Kappa has recently inducted 137 new students, one of whom is a student from GSLL. Leona A. Amosah from Forsyth County is a Russian Literature and Culture major. … Read more
