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The 52nd Wisconsin Workshop Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond Honoring Professor Emeritus Marc Silberman

This fall, German studies scholars from around the world gathered at the Pyle Center in Madison for the 52nd Annual Wisconsin Workshop Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond. This year’s conference honored Professor Emeritus Marc Silberman. Professor Silberman, a former director of the CGES, published widely on German literature, film, theater, and culture and taught at …

Fall 2022: New Grants in European Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

European Studies in the University of Wisconsin–Madison has received four new grants as of fall 2022, which will provide more than $2.325 million to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and outreach communities. These grants, authored by Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs Mark Copelovitch, CGES Director and Professor of German, Nordic & …

UW-Madison Historian Francine Hirsch: “Why Ukraine and Russia Both Look to the Nuremberg Trials”

By: Sydney Radwin An article titled, “Ukraine and Russia Are Both Looking to the Nuremberg Trials-But Finding Different Lessons in the History” written by UW–Madison Historian, Francine Hirsch, in May 2022, in the Times Magazine talks about the meaning of the Nuremberg Trials. The article focuses on the history of the trials after World War …

Fall 2021 Lecture Series Recap: Turkish Immigration into the Federal Republic of Germany: Looking forward Looking Back

The Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison turned a drawback of the pandemic, the inability to travel, into a major asset—the 2021 five-part virtual series entitled „Türkische Migration nach Deutschland: Einblicke, Rückblicke, Ausblicke“/Turkish Immigration into the Federal Republic of Germany: Looking forward Looking Back.“ Sonja Klocke (Director of the CGES …