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Today at the Goethe-Institut’s Careers Roadshow, Dr Mary Boyle from the University of Cambridge will be talking about what it’s really like to study German at Cambridge.

Ever wondered where a German degree can take you? Language skills open doors to careers in business, tech, policy, culture, media and beyond, and Dr Boyle can tell you what studying German at Cambridge University involves, from literature and film to linguistics and life abroad.

Whether you’re a student weighing up your options, a teacher looking for inspiration, or just curious about German, come along, ask your questions and get inspired. taken in Goethe-Institut London by @germanatcambridge

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Creative Reading Circle: Momo by Michael Ende

Join us for a creative reading circle exploring Momo, the beloved novel by Michael Ende!

No registration required – just come along!

Questions? Get in touch at cbeiw2@cam.ac.uk.

We look forward to seeing you there! by @germanatcambridge

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7 days ago

Congratulations to Shida Bazyar on winning the German Book Prize for her novel "Die Lücken"! 🎉

We are delighted to celebrate with her. In March 2024, Shida joined us in Cambridge for a public event hosted by the CAPONEU (Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe) team, where she was in conversation with Dr Miriam Schwarz and Dr Tara Talwar Windsor about her novel "Sisters in Arms".
We explored how knowledge is treated and transported in the book, taking its characters, readers and even its author on epistemic journeys.

Warmest congratulations from all of us. It was a pleasure to host you!

A recording of the event can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tEHIdHkgE by @germanatcambridge

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9 days ago

And here is a special treat: don't miss out on film matinee. Limited tickets, fully sponsored. Grab yours before they're gone! by @germanatcambridge

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Our German Club/ Sprachcafé term card is here! There's something for everyone this Michaelmas Term. All levels welcome. Wir freuen uns auf euch! by @germanatcambridge

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Germany in Text and Context: Reading & Discussion with Manuel Biallas

Join author and journalist Manuel Biallas for an afternoon of readings and conversation exploring social inequality, poverty, and the myth of social mobility in Germany.

Friday, 16 October | 4–6pm

Cambridge Central Library, 3rd Floor

Manuel will read from a selection of his articles, followed by a conversation and discussion.

Free and open to all — booking desired via the QR code.

Refreshments provided.

No prior knowledge of German required, this event will be in English. taken in Central Library, Cambridge by @germanatcambridge

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Congratulations to Chris Young, Professor of Modern and Medieval German Studies, awarded the Bavarian European Medal for his leadership of the Cambridge–LMU partnership after Brexit and his work on the Munich Olympics. A rare honour for a non-Bavarian. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥨

Photo credit: Joerg Koch/ Bavarian State Chancellery by @germanatcambridge

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Cambridge University students studying German met the new Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UK for a lively Q&A in Cambridge. Discussion topics included the strong friendship between Germany and the UK, exchange programmes, Erasmus, and why learning German is both fun and worthwhile. by @germanatcambridge

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Lovely to hear Elif Shafak and Nino Haratischwili reflect on the power of literature and its importance for democracy. A timely and inspiring conversation.
Thank you at @germanyinuk for hosting! by @germanatcambridge

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After a highly successful launch, the next instalment in the Germany in Text and Context reading series features German author Olivia Wenzel and her award-winning book 1000 Coils of Fear.

Date & Time: Sunday 7 June, 2-4pm

Location: Cambridge Central library, 7, Lion Yard, Cambridge CB2 3QD, 3rd floor

Wenzel will read from her powerful novel (in English translation, with short German excerpts for the curious), accompanied by a panel discussion and followed by an audience Q&A.
The book explores themes of race, family, belongig and the weight of history in contemporary Germany.

No prior knowledge of German language or cultures needed!

There will also be an opportunity to purchase the novel at a reduced price after the event and have it signed by the author directly.

Free,open to anyone.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-discussion-with-author-olivia-wenzel-tickets-1989408846413?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you have any questions, please feel free to email fy283@cam.ac.uk taken in Central Library, Cambridge by @germanatcambridge

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Very excited to celebrate Jasmine Cooper’s forthcoming monograph on 23 06, Selwyn College, Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium, 1 pm 🥂🥂

Jasmine is the Fairlie-Hutchinson Research Fellow in French at Girton College, University of Cambridge. Her current research explores intersectional rage in contemporary francophone women’s writing and visual arts, focusing on the revolutionary and decolonial potential of women’s anger in the last decade. Her first monograph, ‘An End in Herself: Non-motherhood in Contemporary French Women’s Writing, is forthcoming with Liverpool University Press (2026). In this work, she examines literary representations of non-motherhood by French and francophone authors.

“In this talk, I draw from the early parts of this monograph. The book’s purpose is a confrontation, encounter, and negotiation of questions of reproduction and how the non/desire for children operates in the twenty-first century. Specifically how literary representations refuse the logic of fungibility which collapse non-mothers into a monolithic and often mythologised anti-woman, anti-female figure, even among so-called feminists. I argue that discourses which uphold maternity as both typifying the ethical relation and zenith of idealised femininity occlude alternative bodies and lived experiences from view, as well as circumscribing female subjectivity within deeply normative parameters. Kirstin Wilson rightly states that the childless woman is a woman who disrupts her prescribed role, who does not fit, who must be repaired, pitied or, at least, explained’. It is not my intention to explain childlessness or the non-mothers who populate the texts at the heart of their discussion. But what might emerge from this study is a fuller sense of what a life without children - whether chosen or not chosen, or somewhere in between - means having to negotiate, and how literary representations might trouble, challenge and reframe not only the categories of Woman and Mother, but also rewrite the fictionalisation of the body itself. I am guided, in particular, by Sheila Heti’s envisaging of female subjectivity, in non-productive terms, as ‘an end in itself’… “ by @germanatcambridge

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Continuing our conversation about the politics of feelings, we invite you to this special lecture!

“Holding Out For A Hero”? Autofiction as Affective Politics - special talk by Prof Brigitte Bargetz, 30 April 2026, 5pm, Webb Library Jesus College West Court

The talk will elaborate on the affective politics of contemporary masculinities by engaging with the six-volume epic “Min Kamp” (“My Struggle”) by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård. “Min Kamp” became a bestseller worldwide and was translated into about 35 languages. The talk will argue that this novel series is not only a radical autobiographical work, which has contributed to popularizing autofiction. It also offers an affective space of resonance for the contemporary discourse on the so-called crisis of masculinity and, in doing so, feeds into authoritarian populist appeals for re-masculinization. Professor Brigitte Bargetz is Professor of Social Theory and Social Analysis at the Johannes-Kepler-University Linz and Principal Investigator of the FWF-Research Project “New Charity Economy Through the Lens of Affective Statehood” at the Institute for Sociology and Social Research at WU Vienna.

The talk and the Q&A will be followed by a drinks reception.

https://www.daad.cam.ac.uk/workshops/affective-publics-emotions-bodies-and-politics by @germanatcambridge

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