Sauerkraut Cup a success

April 28 saw the return of the annual Sauerkraut Cup. 28 teams from 14 different German departments across the country competed for the trophy. This year’s winners were Bristol.

Leeds Arts & Humanities have been placed in the top 50 in the THES World University rankings 2011-12

On 8 March 2012 Dr Maria Chiara La Sala led a School-wide Employability Forum focused on the Year Abroad.

On 25th February students in German at the universities of Leeds and Sheffield met for a whole-day acting workshop ahead of their respective theatre performances.

The grant supports a preparatory research trip to the German Literary Archive and a major international workshop on the transmission of Holocaust testimony in German literature

Prison friendships, Irvine Welsh and East German identity: Clemens Meyer's reading and interview ranged over a wide and entertaining array of topics at Leeds Central Library on 14 March

German students perform Ludwig Fulda's "Jugendfreunde"

Students of German in the University of Leeds' School of Modern Languages and Cultures perform "Jugendfreunde" by relatively unknown German playwright Ludwig Fulda

SMLC is delighted to announce two schemes for students commencing postgraduate study in September/October 2012: 1. SMLC Postgraduate Bursaries 2. SMLC Interpreting and Translation Scholarships