| November 08 |
Duke/Davidson in Berlin - Information Session
Come learn more about our program: life in the city, accommodations, courses and credits, as well as the application procedure. |
| October 18 |
Henke receives 2012 national Certificate of Merit
Professor of German and E. Craig Wall, Jr. Professor of Humanities, Burkhard Henke, has been selected as one of the 2012 recipients of the national Certificate of Merit, awarded by the American Association of Teachers of German for outstanding achievement in furthering the teaching of German in the United States. |
| October 09 |
Director of Berlin's Ecologic Institute visits Davidson
On October 3, R. Andreas Kraemer, founding director and CEO of Ecologic Institute, came to Davidson to talk about environmental policy in the European Union, German-American relations, and internship opportunities for students. |
| May 08 |
McCarthy publishes article on The Edukators
Professor Margaret McCarthy's essay "Edukating" Pop: Hans Weingartner's Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei and the Legacy of '68 in Contemporary Germany" recently appeared in the journal Monatshefte. |
| May 01 |
Field Trip to the Waldhorn Restaurant
It's time to celebrate the end of your semester/ year/ Davidson career at the Waldhorn Restaurant in Pineville. All German students are invited. |
| April 30 |
Ryan Chiles '12 wins Bremer Award
Pascal said: "One never perpetrates evil so completely and so well as when one does so with a clear conscience." In a senior honors thesis on Heinar Kipphardt's play Brother Eichmann, this year's Bremer Award recipient demonstrates the depth of Pascal's claim. |
| April 27 |
Henke joins AP Committee
Burkhard Henke has been invited to join the College Board test development committee for Advanced Placement German Language and Culture. |
| April 27 |
Epes Retires From Long Academic Career of Many Titles, With 'Teacher' Foremost Among Them
Friends, family, colleagues, students, and former students from across campus and far beyond are honoring Hansford Epes' 55-year Davidson career. |
| March 29 |
Spring Break Trip Abroad To Holocaust Sites Sharpens Students' Historical Research Skills
During Davidson's spring break, two faculty members led twelve students to Germany and Poland to conduct intensive research for their course, "The Holocaust: Interpretation, Memory and Representation." Generous grants allowed members of the class and Associate Professor of History Thomas Pegelow Kaplan and Dana Professor of German and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Scott Denham to make the trip free of charge. |
| January 12 |
"Fahr" -- A Film by Maggie McCarthy
The film is a twelve-minute reflection on travel and Dr. McCarthy's relationship to Germany. She made it in conjunction with a course she team-taught for students returning from study or service projects abroad. |
