Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
ags-gbi.bsky.social
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.
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👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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
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
Full classrooms at 9am - delegates at #AGS2025 are making the most of a great choice of parallel panels in the first session of day 2
September 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Back in St John’s College for Day 2 of #AGS2025 🙂
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
Beautiful readings and fascinating discussion from Natasha Kelly - what a treat! Fortunately, for those who aren’t able to be here, the event was filmed so keep an eye out for the recordings. Now drinks and dinner! 🥂🍽️
September 1, 2025 at 6:10 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 🎤👌
September 1, 2025 at 5:09 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
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Professor Dan Grimley (Head of Humanities Division) is followed by Professor Karen Leeder (of the conference organising committee) in opening the conference
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The 2025 AGS Conference is declared officially open!
September 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not quite in time for #shoutoutforgerman but perfectly timed to cater to post- #shoutoutforgerman excitement: the University of Edinburgh students’ German Play 2025. Supported by the @daadworldwide.bsky.social and coordinated by DAAD Lektor, the brilliant Stefan Sadecki
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Are you participating in the #ShoutOutForGerman campaign this week? Reply to this post and let us know how...

#ShoutOutForGerman is a celebration of the German language in the United Kingdom – organised by the German Embassy in London with the Goethe-Institut UK & the DAAD
March 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM