Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
@ags-gbi.bsky.social
The AGS is the biggest professional association for university-level German Studies in GB and Ireland. We seek to support, foster, and increase the visibility & vitality of German Studies. Membership open to anyone with teaching/research interests in GS.
Insightful article by fellow ML scholars Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett, Emma Cayley and Marcela Cazzoli regards the proposed cuts at Nottingham and Leicester
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Insightful article by fellow ML scholars Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett, Emma Cayley and Marcela Cazzoli regards the proposed cuts at Nottingham and Leicester
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
In response to recent news of the University of Nottingham's devastating plan to cut modern languages degrees, the AGS President (@pdavies.bsky.social) has sent a joint letter of protest to the UoN VC and the Chair of University Council on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the GLA.
Link to the letter 👇
Link to the letter 👇
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In response to recent news of the University of Nottingham's devastating plan to cut modern languages degrees, the AGS President (@pdavies.bsky.social) has sent a joint letter of protest to the UoN VC and the Chair of University Council on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the GLA.
Link to the letter 👇
Link to the letter 👇
The AGS's President (@pdavies.bsky.social) and VP (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) have put out a joint statement with Women+ in German Studies and the German Language Association in response to today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plan to close all modern language degrees.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The AGS's President (@pdavies.bsky.social) and VP (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) have put out a joint statement with Women+ in German Studies and the German Language Association in response to today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plan to close all modern language degrees.
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Happy to announce that a recording of the "President's Guest" event at the AGS 2025 conference in Oxford last month is now available to stream on the AGS website.
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy to announce that a recording of the "President's Guest" event at the AGS 2025 conference in Oxford last month is now available to stream on the AGS website.
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
As the final sessions come to a close, #AGS2025 approaches its end. First to lunch but then final farewells and departures.
Huge thanks to all of the Oxford colleagues who helped organise the conference and thanks too to all of the staff at St John’s College.
Thanks for having us! 🙏🙏
Huge thanks to all of the Oxford colleagues who helped organise the conference and thanks too to all of the staff at St John’s College.
Thanks for having us! 🙏🙏
September 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As the final sessions come to a close, #AGS2025 approaches its end. First to lunch but then final farewells and departures.
Huge thanks to all of the Oxford colleagues who helped organise the conference and thanks too to all of the staff at St John’s College.
Thanks for having us! 🙏🙏
Huge thanks to all of the Oxford colleagues who helped organise the conference and thanks too to all of the staff at St John’s College.
Thanks for having us! 🙏🙏
Great to hear all the good news relayed by AGS VP @profannasaunders.bsky.social in the business meeting: so many new appointments, completed PhDs and prizes won by colleagues in German Studies in the UK and Ireland! 👏👏👏👏
September 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Great to hear all the good news relayed by AGS VP @profannasaunders.bsky.social in the business meeting: so many new appointments, completed PhDs and prizes won by colleagues in German Studies in the UK and Ireland! 👏👏👏👏
Great to see so many delegates bright and early at the AGS Business Meeting this morning.
Thanks to AGS president @pdavies.bsky.social for his address and leadership. Peter called for members to contribute to a discussion over the coming year about the identity and direction of the association…
Thanks to AGS president @pdavies.bsky.social for his address and leadership. Peter called for members to contribute to a discussion over the coming year about the identity and direction of the association…
September 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Great to see so many delegates bright and early at the AGS Business Meeting this morning.
Thanks to AGS president @pdavies.bsky.social for his address and leadership. Peter called for members to contribute to a discussion over the coming year about the identity and direction of the association…
Thanks to AGS president @pdavies.bsky.social for his address and leadership. Peter called for members to contribute to a discussion over the coming year about the identity and direction of the association…
An audience equipped with Austrian wine listens as Henrike Lähnemann begins the festivities around the opening of the exhibition “German in the World” at the Taylor Institution #AGS2025
September 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
An audience equipped with Austrian wine listens as Henrike Lähnemann begins the festivities around the opening of the exhibition “German in the World” at the Taylor Institution #AGS2025
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Last session of talks on Day 2 at #AGS2025 is (for me and all the other delegates packing the Prestwich Room) the first of two panels on Black Literature and Culture in German…
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Last session of talks on Day 2 at #AGS2025 is (for me and all the other delegates packing the Prestwich Room) the first of two panels on Black Literature and Culture in German…
An excellent first session - for me a parallel panel exploring some of the exciting opportunities for German Studies offered by the Environmental Humanities. Now, coffee! ☕️☕️
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
An excellent first session - for me a parallel panel exploring some of the exciting opportunities for German Studies offered by the Environmental Humanities. Now, coffee! ☕️☕️
After an aperitif in the charming courtyard, dinner in the elegant dining hall of St John’s College
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
After an aperitif in the charming courtyard, dinner in the elegant dining hall of St John’s College
After the first few panels and before the Conference Dinner, a plenary many of us having been really looking forward to: the President's Guest Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Kirstin Gwyer 🎤👌
September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
After the first few panels and before the Conference Dinner, a plenary many of us having been really looking forward to: the President's Guest Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Kirstin Gwyer 🎤👌
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Hello #AGS2025! Call by our stand to check out these and more brand new titles in #GermanStudies. buff.ly/S0B7Ihh @ags-gbi.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hello #AGS2025! Call by our stand to check out these and more brand new titles in #GermanStudies. buff.ly/S0B7Ihh @ags-gbi.bsky.social
The first panel and the first break is behind us (and the coffee is drinkable ☕️👍). Now for Panel 2: convened by Gillian Pye and Anne Fuchs, this parallel panel is on “the good enough life” in Germanaphone literature and film. First speaker is Maria Roca-Lizarazu on Shida Bazyar’s Drei Kameradinnen
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The first panel and the first break is behind us (and the coffee is drinkable ☕️👍). Now for Panel 2: convened by Gillian Pye and Anne Fuchs, this parallel panel is on “the good enough life” in Germanaphone literature and film. First speaker is Maria Roca-Lizarazu on Shida Bazyar’s Drei Kameradinnen
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at AGS 2025! Please stop by the #PeterLangOxford stand to say hello! @ags-gbi.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking forward to seeing everyone at AGS 2025! Please stop by the #PeterLangOxford stand to say hello! @ags-gbi.bsky.social
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The AGS Conference @ags-gbi.bsky.social starts today! Browse our German Studies titles: bit.ly/4lUraW8
authors incl.
@claudiakreklau.bsky.social
@herrehrig.bsky.social
@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
@philiphahn.bsky.social
@chewschaper.bsky.social
@nasimaselim.bsky.social
@elizabethward.bsky.social
authors incl.
@claudiakreklau.bsky.social
@herrehrig.bsky.social
@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
@philiphahn.bsky.social
@chewschaper.bsky.social
@nasimaselim.bsky.social
@elizabethward.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The AGS Conference @ags-gbi.bsky.social starts today! Browse our German Studies titles: bit.ly/4lUraW8
authors incl.
@claudiakreklau.bsky.social
@herrehrig.bsky.social
@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
@philiphahn.bsky.social
@chewschaper.bsky.social
@nasimaselim.bsky.social
@elizabethward.bsky.social
authors incl.
@claudiakreklau.bsky.social
@herrehrig.bsky.social
@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
@philiphahn.bsky.social
@chewschaper.bsky.social
@nasimaselim.bsky.social
@elizabethward.bsky.social
The inaugural panel continues: we’ve heard Sophia Buck on her fascinating project on “Enemy Studies”, charting claims about “Two Germanies” esp in UK German Studies. Now Bill Niven talking about meta-memory, meta-memorials and the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The inaugural panel continues: we’ve heard Sophia Buck on her fascinating project on “Enemy Studies”, charting claims about “Two Germanies” esp in UK German Studies. Now Bill Niven talking about meta-memory, meta-memorials and the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
The conference proper begins with Ian Cooper’s “Critique of pure worldliness” and a discussion David Blackbourn, the Reformation, and “global Germany”…
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The conference proper begins with Ian Cooper’s “Critique of pure worldliness” and a discussion David Blackbourn, the Reformation, and “global Germany”…
The 2025 AGS Conference is declared officially open!
September 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The 2025 AGS Conference is declared officially open!
Safe travels to all colleagues already on their way to Oxford today for the AGS 2025 annual conference taking place over the next few days! 🚅🚲🚗🛫
August 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Safe travels to all colleagues already on their way to Oxford today for the AGS 2025 annual conference taking place over the next few days! 🚅🚲🚗🛫