Florida State University German Program

The German program's fall 2024 course descriptions are here! Check out, enjoy, enroll!

The FSU German Club is seeking officers. This is a great opportunity for fun activities, meeting people, and adding service to your CV/resume. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] and/or [email protected] Please also spread the news if you know FSU students who might be interested. 🇵🇪 🇩🇪

Have a sweet day today! 💗🍭🍫🍬

Happy Faschingsdienstag! 🍗🥞🥂🎈🎉🎊Pieter Bruegel's "Fight Between Carnival and Lent" is a fitting image for today, Karnevals- or Faschingsdienstag (Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras's Pancake Tuesday), when the carnival season comes to an end at midnight - as it does in all carnival regions of the world, including those of Germany and Austria.

Applications are open for the Maura Binkley scholarship (due by January 30th). Students from any fields can apply.
The scholarship will be used in summer semester '24 at the University of Wuppertal, where students can enroll in courses that are relevant to their degrees. (Wuppertal university offers English-taught courses in most fields.) Credits will be transferred to the FSU transcript.
Successful candidates will demonstrate a manifest interest in German culture and language, for example by having taken or taking German courses at FSU and/or taking a German language course and/or a German-themed course abroad.
The scholarship offers:
-free dormitory for the period of their stay at Wuppertal university
-1,500 USD in refunds
-students can use their financial aid and transfer their credits to their FSU transcript
To apply, students are invited to send a short letter of intent (no less than 300 words), a CV, an unofficial transcript, and a letter of recommendation (or a reference) to Jesse Wieland ([email protected]) and A. Dana Weber ([email protected]). The formal procedure for enrolling in Wuppertal will be conducted through the Center of Global Engagement. For more information, see: https://modlang.fsu.edu/programs/german/study-abroad/maura-binkley-scholarship
Please consult with Mr. Wieland and Dr. Weber if you have any questions prior to submitting your application.

Still open for enrollment in the German program for spring 2024:

GET 3130, German Literary Masterpieces in Translation,
IDS 2467, German Food Studies (Interdisciplinary Explorations in German Culture).
These courses count toward a German major or minor or as electives and fulfil the following requirements:
GET 3130: Area IV Literature W, Cultural Practice Y
IDS 2467: Scholarship in Practice; Humanities and Cultural Practice

The course topics are:
GET 3130: A survey of German literature from 1800 to today through iconic texts that reflect the diversity of German culture in their authors and themes.
IDS 2467: An introduction to German food studies through readings, films, discussions, and field projects.

Starting shortly! Join us for our Holiday event at the Center for Global Engagement that has become a tradition over the years. 🎄🎁🌠☃️❄️🎇🎆🌛🌟⭐️🌰🥨

Thank you to the instructors and faculty who came today to help at the German table during the Modern Languages and Linguistics' department Open House. Thank you to the students and alumni who visited us! Great turnout, over 60 entries alone for the trivia game! Raffle results will be announced soon, the answers to the trivia questions among the photos. Thank you to you all of you for being there and to the Modern Languages and Linguistics FSU Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics for the initiative to organize Open House! 💗🙏🌎🥨🎈🍫🎊🇩🇪🇷🇴🇦🇹🇳🇬🇺🇲🎆🎉🌍🌏

While the US is celebrating Veteran's Day and France and the UK Remembrance Day, St. Martinstag happens in Germany. Named by a military man (the Roman officer Martin, later extended to Martin Luther after the Reformation), it is originally a religious festival involving children's lantern processions and good food (goose roast and ye**ty bakes🍗🥨). Enjoy November 11!

Today has been a fateful date throughout German history. The events that have taken place today range from horrific to celebratory, from the violent anti-Jewish pogroms of 1938 to the peaceful fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. For more information, see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ord6GwMKz2I

Mr. Jeff Binkley (center) with Maximilian Cleary, the 2023 winner of the "Maura Binkley" scholarship (right), and Dr. Christian Weber from the FSU German program (left), at the "Maura's Voice" memorial service following an FSU policy and research symposium on November 2nd.

We started November in style. Great turn-out and fun last Monday at the German program Halloween Read-a-Thon 2023! Students read spooky stories from the cultures of their instructors (Austria, Germany, Nigeria, Transylvania-Romania, and USA) and won several raffle and costume prizes! Thank you to Strozier Library for the event support! Florida State University Libraries