The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for German and European Studies (CGES) is a joint effort of faculty representing various disciplines who pursue research and teaching interests in German and European Studies. The DAAD (or German Academic Exchange Service, whose primary funding comes from the German Federal Foreign Office) has been in existence since 1928. Our successful grant for calendar years 2024 and 2025 extends the Wisconsin-DAAD interdisciplinary partnership on German and European Studies in global context well past a quarter century.
The basic mission of CGES is to develop the next generation of scholars and the production of new knowledge relating to Germany and Europe. CGES supports research, teaching, and outreach in a broad range of fields and disciplines, renewed for each funding cycle as global politics, society, and economics change. The Center promotes themes covering contemporary Germany and Europe from transatlantic and often global perspectives, involving faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars from around the world.
CGES NEWS
Scholars gather for “Migration and Memory in Postwar and Contemporary Europe” Workshop
Hessen and Wisconsin Sign Letter of Intent
Wisconsin’s CGES Participates in the DAAD Hundredth Anniversary
“Cultures in Motion: Migration, Exile, and Refuge”
Michael Georg Link Visits UW Campus
The 52nd Wisconsin Workshop “Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond” in honor of Marc Silberman
European Studies Hosts Author of “All the Frequent Troubles of our Days,” Rebecca Donner
Mildred Fish-Harnack Sculpture Dedication to Take Place September 15th
Prof. Mark Copelovitch Authors New Book: Banks on the Brink
History of the Carl Schurz Professorship, by 2020 Recipient Prof. Michael Kaeding