University of Michigan Germanic Languages and Literatures

University of Michigan Germanic Languages and Literatures Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan.

Graduate and undergraduate students are guided by faculty with deep methodic training and experience in German and Comparative Literature, History, Political Science, Film Studies, Linguistics, Sociology, Philosophy, Business, and Music. Many of our faculty have joint appointments in corresponding departmentsโ€”they are interdisciplinarians.

๐Ÿ– ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’™Support what you love about ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ at the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ ...
03/10/2026

๐Ÿ– ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’™

Support what you love about ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ at the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง. Your gift helps fund student opportunities, global learning experiences, and the future of language and culture.

Giving Blueday is ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

Donate here: https://myumi.ch/A18pp ใ€ฝ๏ธ

๐ŸŽฅ ๐Œ๐‹๐Š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ.๐ƒ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, please join us for a scree...
12/16/2025

๐ŸŽฅ ๐Œ๐‹๐Š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ.๐ƒ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, please join us for a screening of ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ.๐ƒ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐, a documentary that presents powerful personal stories of exclusion, resilience, and empowerment among Black Germans. The film explores questions of identity and belonging while drawing meaningful connections to the civil rights legacy of Dr. King.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ•” ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ.

Discover ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฟ (๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป?) ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† this Winter 2026 Examine what i...
11/20/2025

Discover ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฟ (๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป?) ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† this Winter 2026

Examine what it means to be German today through short contemporary literary works. Explore questions of immigration, integration, memory, belonging, and historical responsibility, and consider how these conversations shape life in Germany now. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป.

More information here: https://myumi.ch/79QMj

โœจ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช On November 15, our students and the Scand Club joined SWEA Michigan and the Swedish School to celebrate the Lucia t...
11/17/2025

โœจ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช On November 15, our students and the Scand Club joined SWEA Michigan and the Swedish School to celebrate the Lucia tradition at the Swedish Christmas Fair. The day was filled with food, crafts, folk music, and a beautiful Lucia performance. Thank you to SWEA Michigan for welcoming our community to this wonderful Scandinavian holiday celebration. โœจ

๐Ÿ“š World Languages Teacher Certification Information DinnerLearn how to turn your passion for language into a teaching ca...
11/11/2025

๐Ÿ“š World Languages Teacher Certification Information Dinner
Learn how to turn your passion for language into a teaching career!

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, November 19
๐Ÿ•” 5โ€“6 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Marsal Building, Room 1322

Enjoy dinner while connecting with Education faculty, staff, and current students to explore pathways to teacher certification, whether as an LSA undergraduate or through the 1-year Master's with Teaching Certification option.

๐Ÿ‘‰ RSVP by November 18: https://myumi.ch/A17Jy

On October 1, 2025, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures welcomed Dr. Shanti Venetiaan, President of the...
10/31/2025

On October 1, 2025, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures welcomed Dr. Shanti Venetiaan, President of the Board of Anton de Kom University of Suriname, to campus to deliver the 25th De Vriesโ€“Van der Kooy Memorial Lecture at the Michigan League.

In her talk, โ€œSuriname 50 Years Srefidensi: Journey of a Small Multiethnic Nation,โ€ Dr. Venetiaan reflected on Surinameโ€™s path to independence, the complexities of its multicultural identity, and the work of building a democratic society.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full lecture on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAto4VfO7g

๐ŸŽฌ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“Join us for two powerful films exploring ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.๐Ÿ“… ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ...
10/21/2025

๐ŸŽฌ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
Join us for two powerful films exploring ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

๐Ÿ“… ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž ๐™๐ž๐ข๐ญ (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ | ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“
๐Ÿ• ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐š: ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ | ๐ŸŽฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ: ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ

๐Ÿ“… ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ (Thomas Arslan, 2013)
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ | ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“
๐Ÿ• ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐š: ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ | ๐ŸŽฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ: ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ

Co-sponsored by ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ ๐Š๐š๐๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž.

๐Ÿ‘‰ RSVP to any film in the series here: https://myumi.ch/dgpwA

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ โ€” ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชInterested in taking your German to the next level? โœจJoin us for...
10/14/2025

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ โ€” ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Interested in taking your German to the next level? โœจ

Join us for an ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง to learn about the immersive summer language program at Middlebury College from a former participant and discover how it can transform your language skills.

๐Ÿ—“ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐Ÿ•• ๐Ÿ” ๐๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ• ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐‹๐ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ
๐Ÿ“ฉ Contact: [email protected]

โœจ Interested in living in a German-speaking community at U-M? โœจJoin us for the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ“… ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†,...
10/03/2025

โœจ Interested in living in a German-speaking community at U-M? โœจ

Join us for the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
๐Ÿ“… ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿด
๐Ÿ•” ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฝ.๐—บ
๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฑ

Meet current residents, tour the Max Kade space, and learn about this unique Michigan Learning Community where students practice German daily, enjoy weekly events, and even take a subsidized spring break trip abroad (Hamburg is the 2026/27 destination!).
๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more: https://myumi.ch/e3Xnn

๐ŸŒโœˆ๏ธ Thinking about studying abroad?Join us for the ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!๐Ÿ“… ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿตโฐ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ...
10/01/2025

๐ŸŒโœˆ๏ธ Thinking about studying abroad?
Join us for the ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿต
โฐ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—• ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ

Hear from a special guest student presenter and discover how this program can benefit you both academically and personally. Donโ€™t miss your chance to learn more about this incredible opportunity!

Our Fall 2025 Newsletter is here! ๐Ÿ‚Catch up on student stories, faculty highlights, and upcoming events from the Departm...
09/26/2025

Our Fall 2025 Newsletter is here! ๐Ÿ‚
Catch up on student stories, faculty highlights, and upcoming events from the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures.
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