College of Charleston - German & Russian Studies

📚 What does it mean to be Black in German-speaking Europe?

In GRMN 490: The African Diaspora in German-Speaking Europe, explore powerful stories of identity, migration, and resistance through the voices of Black Germans, African migrants, African Americans, and colonized Africans. 📖 Autobiographies, films, and cultural critique await—join us this Spring!

📅 Mon/Wed 2:40–3:15PM
📍 College of Charleston
📧 Questions? Contact Dr. Nancy Nenno at [email protected]

Join us next Thursday, November 6th at 5pm for this public lecture by Dr. Ervin Malakaj of the University of British Columbia!

A great student turnout last night for the German-language film "Die Weisse Rose," the White Rose! The film screening was a companion to the opening of our temporary display on the White Rose now located in the Addlestone Library rotunda. Last night's screening was wonderfully introduced by MA student, Chad Spear and co-hosted by the CofC Department of German and Russian.

Be sure to join us November 5 for the talk by Lauren Ashley Bradford (Clark University) on the White Rose group and its legacies.

Tonight's opening of the exhibit on the student-led anti-Nazi resistance group The White Rose and film screening of the 1982 film "Die Weiße Rose" drew a crowd of 70 students tonight. Many thanks to the Dr. Chad Gibbs and CofC's Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies for sponsoring the exhibit and to MA History Student Chad Spear for curating it and introducing it before the screening tonight!

It's CofC day until 10pm tonight, March 20th! Please consider donating to support study abroad -- and check out this greeting from Professor Stephen Della Lana aka Herr DL to all of our alumni!

CofC Day Greeting from Professor Stephen Della Lana aka Herr DL!

Dec. 2nd, 7pm: Come check out the performance "Democrapocalypse Now! -- a work-in-progress by GRMN 468," the final project of Dr. Koerner's upper level German course on Democracy and its Discontents in and through German theater. The 11 students of German 468 will be performing pieces that they have co-authored, curated and directed in response to the course readings. The performance is in German but there will be running English subtitles on a powerpoint.

The performance is Monday, December 2nd, starting at 7pm in SSMB 129 (the Science auditorium) on 202 Calhoun Street. Length: circa 50 minutes. Admission is free; democrapocalyptic catharsis is priceless!

The first CofC Stammtisch of the year was a resounding success and is now moving to 6-7pm on Wednesdays at Coffee Kudu, 4 Vanderhorst St.! https://www.instagram.com/p/C_PXlBVOnvs/

Stammtisch at the College of Charleston is back in session! Check out more information below ⬇️🇩🇪 We're meeting at @kuduchs 4 Vanderhorst St, Charleston, SC 29403 📍 6-7pm every Wednesday night The skill level varies, so don't be afraid to come and try your best! We have native speakers, fluent speakers, and students just starting out. There's a seat saved for you at Stammtisch! 🇩🇪

Achtung, German program alumni in the Charleston area, German speakers in the community, and advanced CofC German students! Stammtisch, the CofC German conversation group, is launching again and running Wednesdays from 6-7pm at Kudu Coffee this fall from from August 28th to Nov. 20th. Kommt vorbei und quascht mit!

Final intern Dylan, was placed at the Baden Württemberg state office for sustainable mobility housed at the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe. A double Computer Science and German major, Dylan will work with his team on rating the walksbility and bikeability of microregions around the state.