SoGerman Southampton

23/11/2020

Image: Der Tagesspiegel Last week, AnnenMayKantereit released their surprise 3rd album, “12”, a product of the first lockdown, just in time for the second. On their website they wrote t…

26/07/2017

The harsh German language?
Learn more about German stereotypes:

http://www.sogerman.soton.ac.uk/10-german-stereotypes/

They say the German language is harsh and ugly. But what's the truth behind the stereotype? Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_xUIDRxdmc Music...

04/07/2017

The German poet, Jan Wagner, who took part in the Poetry Festival at the university of Southampton during our German Festival last October, has just been awarded the Büchner Prize!

http://derstandard.at/2000059507812/Lyriker-Jan-Wagner-bekommt-Georg-Buechner-Preis?ref=nl&userid=71588&nlid=22

Have a look at our Southampton German Festival:

http://www.sogerman.soton.ac.uk/category/festival/southampton-german-festival/

Die Gedichte des Deutschen verbinden laut Jury spielerische Sprachfreude und meisterhafte Formbeherrschung, musikalische Sinnlichkeit und intellektuelle Prägnanz

08/06/2017

06/06/2017

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Some 50 islands in the North Sea and Baltic Sea belong to Germany, nearly all of them slow-paced and pristine nature sanctuaries. We introduce four of our favourite offshore gems.

05/06/2017

Learn more about German bank holiday Pfingsten

Today is ‘Pfingstsonntag’ (Pentecost Sunday) and unless you attend a church service you most likely won’t know about it. Unlike Germany, the US doesn’t observe this day as a…

05/06/2017

04/06/2017

Out the mouse. Learn more about German sayings and how you should not translate them.

Holla, the forest-fairy.

02/06/2017

Wonder what it is like to study in Germany? Here's a list of buzzwords every German student comes across.

Studentenleben in Deutschland Wie ist es in Deutschland zu studieren? Der Unialltag in Deutschland unterscheidet sich vom britischen Studentenleben in vielfältiger Weise. Lerne die wichtigsten Begriffe kennen, denen Studenten im Land der Dichter und Denker täglich begegnen: Sommersemester Das Somm...

01/06/2017

Our new section on culture reviews features contributions of current students of German at the University of Southampton reviewing selected pieces of German culture. Viel Vergnügen!
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Cultural Review on Farina: Der Parfümeur von Köln (2010) ‘Farina: The Perfumer of Cologne’ by Imogen Cobden This first novel takes the reader from Farina’s birth in northern Italy in 1685, through Venice, Paris and Maastricht, to his eventual settling in Cologne in 1713. Narrated in the third pe...

01/06/2017

Mensa, Orchideenfach, c.t., Sommersemester? Learn more about studentlife in Germany 🇩🇪📚

01/06/2017

Learn more about the work of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder in our new culture review. 🎥🎞️

Cultural Review on Ali: Angst essen Seele auf (1974) ‘Happiness isn’t always fun’ by Alex Stearn Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul tells the story of Emmi (Brigitte Mira), a small, plain-looking German widow who works as a cleaner and Ali (El Hedi Ben Salem) a tall, bearded …