Department of German - University of California, Berkeley

Department of German - University of California, Berkeley We offer language and literature classes in German, Dutch, and Yiddish. For in-depth information, visit our website at german.berkeley.edu.

08/07/2019

Call for Papers:

Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable
Friday/Saturday, April 3-4, 2020
The Faculty Club
University of California, Berkeley

Invited Speakers:
Hans Boas, University of Texas
Frans Plank, University of Konstanz
Renata Szczepaniak, University of Bamberg
Joseph Voyles, University of Washington

Scholars (faculty and students) interested in Germanic Linguistics, its near and/or distant related languages, diverse approaches, synchrony and/or diachrony, historical and/or contemporary language are invited to submit a one-page abstract of a twenty minute paper by January 31, 2020 to the conference organizer:

Irmengard Rauch, Department of German
Univ. of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720-3243
phone/fax (707)746-7480; [email protected]

Lodging: Reservations can be made at: The Faculty Club (510) 642-1993/(510)-540-5678, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720; The Graduate Berkeley Hotel (510)-845-8981, 2600 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704, The Quality Inn (510) 841-4242, 1761 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703, or The Hotel Shattuck Plaza (866)-257-5990, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704.

First Undergraduate German Club meeting of the semester!
09/14/2018

First Undergraduate German Club meeting of the semester!

On April 6-7, we were pleased to host the Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, featuring keynote speakers John McWh...
04/19/2018

On April 6-7, we were pleased to host the Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, featuring keynote speakers John McWhorter (pictured), Tonya Dewey-Findell, Angelika Lutz, and Theo Vennemann. Thank you to all who attended and presented!

Herzlichen Glückwünsch to PhD students Sarah Harris and Scott T. Shell, who passed their qualifying exams yesterday and ...
12/06/2017

Herzlichen Glückwünsch to PhD students Sarah Harris and Scott T. Shell, who passed their qualifying exams yesterday and advanced to candidacy!!

Join German Film Club Monday Oct 30for the 2nd screening of Banned Cinema: Hi**er Youth Quex (Hans Steinhoff, 1933)Mon, ...
10/26/2017

Join German Film Club Monday Oct 30
for the 2nd screening of Banned Cinema:

Hi**er Youth Quex (Hans Steinhoff, 1933)
Mon, Oct 30 @ 6pm, Dwinelle 33

Currently classified in Germany as a Vorbehaltsfilm, Hi**er Youth Quex (released in the USA under the title "Our Flag Leads Us Forward") cannot be shown outside of closed educational events guided by an expert. The film depicts the story of Heini Völker, a teenage boy nicknamed "Quex" (Quicksilver) by his friends. He lives in poverty in Berlin, in a one-room apartment. The year is 1932 - the depth of the Depression. While Heini's father turns to the Communist Party in the face of this poverty, Heini is drawn in by the Hi**er Youth. This family drama spills out onto the streets, speaking to the street battles between N***s and Communists, which regularly occurred during the Weimar era and setting a course that could only end in tragedy. Before the rise of Leni Riefenstahl, Propaganda Minister Goebbels held up Hi**er Youth Quex as an ideal vehicle for N**i ideology.

10/26/2017

This is your weekly reminder that Stammtisch is happening tomorrow from 4-6pm at Bear's Lair. Come enjoy the last little bit of warm weather with us on the patio.

10/24/2017

Kaffeeklatsch is happening again tomorrow. See you all in the German library tomorrow from 1:30 - 2:30.

10/13/2017

Stammtisch is on today from 4-6pm at Bear's Lair!

German Film Club is back for Fall 2017! First Screening: Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Monday, Oct 16 @ 6pm, ...
10/11/2017

German Film Club is back for Fall 2017!
First Screening: Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Monday, Oct 16 @ 6pm, Dwinelle B-4

Please join us this Monday, Oct 16 for the first screening in our series "Banned Cinema" (see flyer below). We will open our season with Fritz Lang's "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse," which was banned in Germany in 1933 by the National Socialist regime.

10/11/2017

Kaffeeklatsch is happening again today! Come speak German and drink German coffee. As always it's happening from 1:30-2:30pm in the German library.

10/03/2017

Happy Tag der Deutschen Einheit! Come celebrate with Kaffeeklatsch tomorrow from 1:30 - 2:30pm in the German library.

09/26/2017

Kaffeeklatsch is still on this Wednesday from 1:30 - 2:30​ p.m. ​​in the German library. Come grab some coffee and chat about the German election results, or other things German.

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5319 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA
94720

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