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Revisiting and Revising our Mission Statement
4 October 2021Our first post to this blog in February 2021 was a program mission statement that we collectively wrote as a way to reflect on the goals of the German program…
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Summer Plans: Reflecting and Moving Forward
1 June 2021In early December 2020, the three faculty members in the Carleton German Program met online for a half-day retreat to review and revise our curriculum. Broadly, we hoped to reflect…
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What does it mean to recognize oneself in a book? The experience seems at once utterly mundane yet singularly mysterious. While turning a page I am arrested by a compelling…
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Coursework: GERM 150 German Music and Culture
1 April 2021As a white professor, I must question my Eurocentric “upbringing” in German Studies and my approach to teaching the German language and German-speaking cultures while interacting with a diversifying student…
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German Program Mission Statement
22 February 2021Mission Statement We, the faculty of the German program, seek to provide students at Carleton College with engaging coursework and exceptional teaching of language and critical analysis. Our students develop…
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Critical German Studies: A Blog
22 January 2021This will be a space for the German program to discuss what we mean by “Critical German Studies.” Every four weeks or so, we will publish a blog post about topics, methods, courses, curriculum, history, and other relevant themes that contribute to our goal of approaching German Studies critically.