German News/Events
German Awards Ceremony
German awards ceremony featuring Lilian Faschinger, the author whose work is central to the Colloquy entitled "Murder She Wrote".
Thursday, April 24, 2008 @6:00pm
McClung Museum at Circle Park
Guest Speaker: Austrian Author, Lilian Faschinger
The German Studies Program of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures cordially invites you to our Scholarship Awards
(Kind, Harris, Wunderlich, Osborne, Shockley, Nordsieck and 
Initiation Ceremony.
After the program, please join us for a reception, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences
German Picnic Fall 2007
The German Section held a Picnic for all students of German on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at Tyson Park. More
than 100 students from all levels of German attended, and this picnic was a huge success. Main organizers of this
German event were the graduate students in the German Program under the leadership of Brad Hinton, Nicole Nöller,
Sylvia Schubert, and David Schulz. To view the pictures taken at the picnic, please click
here.
Research Seminar on Modern Germany and Central Europe
A growing number of humanities faculty with research interests related to Germany now belong to the UT community.
This group of scholars, along with interested graduate students, is now large enough to launch a whole number of
enterprises in German studies. One of these ventures begins this fall, and we are very pleased to extend a cordial
invitation to individuals at UT and beyond. [more...]
German Film Series Fall 2007
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Martha (2001)
Monday, September 10, 7:30pm
Hodges Library Auditorium
Description:
The life of a tightly wound and highly successful professional chef begins to unravel when she has to take charge of
her eight-year-old niece. Enter the charming Italian sous chef. Germany's leading film actress Martina Gedeck stars in
this film written and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. See the original German version and compare it with the American
remake with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Abigail Breslin, released this July. 109 mins. With subtitles.
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (2000)
Monday, October 8, 7:30pm
Hodges Library Auditorium
Description:
This was director Tom Tykwer's next release after Run Lola Run. Fate and contingency weave their unbreakable
threads through the life of a nurse (Franka Potente) and a petty criminal. 135 mins. With subtitles.
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005)
Thursday, November 8, 7:30pm
Hodges Library Auditorium
Description:
Sophie Scholl, her brother, and other members of a small resistance group among university students in Munich were captured
and put to death by the Gestapo in 1943. The Scholls and the moral imperative that motivated them have continued to inspire
postwar writers and film makers. This highly acclaimed film by director Marc Roethemund concentrates on the final days of Sophie
Scholl's life. 120 mins. With subtitles.
UT German Club
THE UT GERMAN CLUB has again been active this year. The German Club organized film screenings, informal meetings and many other events. The current president of the German Club, Randi Thomas, and the past president of the German Club, Erin Read invest a lot of time and energy in order to ensure that the German Club offers a very attractive program for all students who are interested in German culture. One of the highlights for the Fall 2005 semester was the "German Culture Night" on November 22 at the International House. The lead-organizer for this event was Erin Read (M.A. candidate, German), and about 30 volunteers contributed to make this German Culture Night a very enjoyable event.
More than 70 people attended the event, enjoyed German cuisine and listened to various student presentations that were both, entertaining and informative. The German Club made about $130 in ticket sales, which will be used to give scholarships to students to attend the German Immersion Weekend at Buffalo Mountain Camp (Feb. 17-19, 2006).