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The German and Russian Studies Department offers BA and MA degrees in two cultures and languages of critical significance in the world today - German and Russian - and gives undergraduates the opportunity to study rich cultural traditions associated with several other languages of increasing importance in a global economy. We provide classes in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean language and civilizations, Israeli culture, and the Arabic language. Our internationally recognized faculty pursues research in the wider arena of German and of Russian cultural studies, including literature, film, media studies, philosophy, and the history of science.
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| Olaf Schmidt raises a peace sign as he stands alongside the Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate in the aftermath of the wall's symbolic fall on Nov. 11, 1989. |
Olaf Schmidt recalls life before and after the Berlin Wall came down
(Columbia Missourian, Nov. 9, 2009)
more on the eurokulture blog
New photo galleries added: Fall 2009 events
The Autonomy of the Peripherial: lecture by Mark Hansen (more)
-Greta Westerwald has been accepted for the Graduate School Experience being held at the Ohio State University this summer (more)
-Paul Bolfing will spend the 2009-2010 year studying in Moscow, Russia, and Bonn and Marburg, Germany. (more)
- Rachel Reed: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in German awarded (more)
- Paul Weber and Lindsey Foat: MU winners of the 2008 and 2009 DAAD interXchange internship and Marcus Vincent: winner of the CDIS Congress-Bundestag Scholarship (more)
- Monika Fischer and Megan McKinstry were awarded the 2007 Helen Williams Award for Excellence in Collegiate Independent Study. (more)
German Newsletter (Spring 2009 issue) (pdf)
Blogging the World: The Web in Cultural Context
(German 4005/7005, cross-listed as Russian 4005/7005) is a new course for Fall 2009. It is team taught by German Department Professor Monika Fischer and Journalism Professor Clyde Bentley. The course is taught in English, but employs the special skills of both language students and journalists.
We have gone public with our class blog at http://eurokulture.missouri.edu/. Your response is also welcome!
Faculty Books
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