German at the University of Notre Dame

05/15/2024

We held a joint Kaffeestunde and Slavic Tea Party on the last day of classes, during which graduating students were inducted into the Delta Phi Alpha and Dobro Slovo honor societies!

04/15/2024

Students and faculty played board games and enjoyed treats together at last Thursday’s Kaffeestunde!

02/29/2024

We aren't clowning around here in the Department of German & Russian... Just kidding! Prof. Mark Roche is helping Prof. Arpi Movsesian gain firsthand insight for her research on fools and foolery in Russian literature.

02/29/2024

Prof. Jones's course "Germans in the Americas" visited Notre Dame's University Archives to learn about how American history is preserved right here on campus. The Catholic Studies Librarian and Archivist Jean McManus shared German-language accounts written by Catholic missionaries to the Midwest - and a book containing a fold-out map of US Catholic dioceses in the mid-19th century.

02/29/2024

German students and faculty enjoyed a wonderful dinner together Tuesday night at Weiss’ Gasthaus!

02/21/2024

Friday’s Kaffeestunde offered students and faculty the opportunity to close out Language & Culture Week with some Kaffee, Kuchen und Konversation!

02/14/2024

On Saturday, two of our senior German majors traveled to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, to represent our department at the Indiana Association of Students of German’s Staatskongress! They shared their experiences studying German in college with middle- and high school students from across the state. They also ran into a friend—who was representing his own German department at Wabash College—from their semester abroad with American Junior Year (AJY) at Heidelberg University!

02/14/2024

Yesterday’s Culture Fair was a huge success! Swipe to see some of our students practicing writing their names in Sütterlin with guidance from Prof. CJ Jones. German Club also shared some delicious Apfelstrudel!

02/12/2024

Last week, faculty listened to Samantha Heinle give a talk on Kafka, entitled “Kriegslärm, verstummte Musik” (“Noise of war, silenced music”).

Heinle is a postdoctoral research associate working at the intersection of music and literature with a focus on 20th-century Austro-German works.

02/01/2024

Our first Kaffeestunde of the semester was last Thursday! In fact, students and faculty were having so much fun, we forgot to take pictures! We did enjoy some delicious Bienenstich, though, so here is such a slice to grace your feeds :)

01/25/2024

Prof. Mark Roche recently appeared on the podcast Chasing Leviathan to discuss how various forms of ugliness can heighten the beauty we find within works of art and literature. Check the episode out on YouTube by following the link below!

In this episode of Chasing Leviathan, PJ and Dr. Mark Roche discuss how various forms of ugliness can heighten the beauty we find within works of art and lit...

12/08/2023

Students and faculty from both German and Russian gathered yesterday for a joint Kaffeestunde and Slavic Tea Party to celebrate the holidays. Check out some highlights from the fun below!