German Immigration History Coursepack
Upper-level German Special Topics Course: German Immigration HistoryJohanna Schuster-CraigMichigan State University This is a coursepack for an upper-level German-language content course with materials exploring the history of twentieth-century immigration to Germany through comic books, film, interviews, and archival source materials. Specific topics include: Guest worker migration, socialist immigration to the former German Democratic Republic, postwar […]
Podcast Arbeitsblatt/Worksheet
Upper-level Advanced German seminar: Memory, Migration, HomeEla GezenUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst Vocab application/open-ended question worksheet responding to discussion of migration/integration in glossary and podcast; links active. Tags: German-Language, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary, Migration Image: Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen logo, https://neuemedienmacher.de/
Vocabulary Building Assignment: Migration
Johanna Schuster-CraigUpper-level Advanced German Course: Migration StudiesMichigan State University This is an upper-level vocabulary assignment for students in 300 or 400-level courses. Assigned as homework and printed or included in coursepack to serve as a workbook-like assignment. Also available as a Google Doc. Tags: German-Language, Vocabulary, Migration Image Source: By Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F040747-0029 / […]
Austrian Heritage Archive
Verein GEDENKDIENST – Verein für historisch-politische Bildungsarbeit und internationalen Dialog, Wien The Austrian Heritage Archive (AHA) collects video and audio interviews with Jewish Austrian emigrés who fled to the USA or Palestine/Israel during the National Socialist period or immediately afterwards. The interviews are presented in their edited form and are accompanied by biographical documents and […]
E = MC2; or, Einstein’s Monumental Correspondence
September 23, 2020 I never expected Albert Einstein to figure into my scholarship. Like most people, I suspect, Einstein evoked two images for me. First, E = mc2, the mass-energy equivalence published within his Annus Mirabilis papers of 1905. Second, the iconic Arthur Sasse photo of him sticking out his tongue in 1951. But, much […]
Heimatkunde: Migrationspolitisches Portal
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin Heimatkunde: Migrationspolitisches Portal by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung features dossiers interested in migration and politics. The series “Welcome to Germany” contains, for example, a number of dossiers, including “Flucht, Asyl, und Willlkommenskultur,” featuring a series of articles on the subject. Additionally, the Heimatkunde Mediathek features podcasts and videos. Heimatkunde: Migrationspolitisches Portal […]
BIAAS Austro-Americana Blogs
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, Media, PA The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIASS) promotes an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including the lands of the former Habsburg empire. The BIAAS blog series features posts by junior and senior scholars in the field of Austrian-American studies, featuring, for […]
EuropeNow Syllabus Database
A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary collection of syllabi on European topics hosted by EuropeNow, an online journal published by the Council of European Studies (CES). Link: EuropeNow Syllabus Database Image source: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3927017
Migration Studies (German Quarterly subscription required)
Need help diversifying your German Studies course? This German Quarterly Discussion Forum (Spring, 2017) features ten scholarly perspectives on how Migration Studies has impacted scholarship in German-speaking contexts. (access requires GQ subscription) Permalink: https://doi.org/10.1111/gequ.12033
Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum | Ideen bewegen
Studio36 podcast series, Berlin. Studio36 podcast series on contemporary perspectives in today’s Germany. In Episode #09 Die Journalist*innen Hengameh Yaghoobifarah und Fatma Aydemir lehnen den Begriff ‚Heimat‘ ab und lenken mit der Essay-Sammlung ‚Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum‘ den Blick auf die verschiedenen Lebensrealitäten unserer interkulturellen, deutschen Gesellschaft. Listen to the podcast here (in German)