UW-Madison German, Nordic, and Slavic+
@uwmadgns.bsky.social
Official account for the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
https://gns.wisc.edu/
https://gns.wisc.edu/
Congrats to all of our Fall 2025 grads! A full list of graduates as well as featured student profiles can be found on the GNS+ website at gns.wisc.edu/fall-2025-gn...
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Congrats to all of our Fall 2025 grads! A full list of graduates as well as featured student profiles can be found on the GNS+ website at gns.wisc.edu/fall-2025-gn...
This graduate seminar in Spring 2026 engages foundational and contemporary scholarship on race, racialization, decoloniality, and critical race theory, with a particular focus on the Nordic countries. Taught in English, the seminar is open to graduate students across disciplines!
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This graduate seminar in Spring 2026 engages foundational and contemporary scholarship on race, racialization, decoloniality, and critical race theory, with a particular focus on the Nordic countries. Taught in English, the seminar is open to graduate students across disciplines!
Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South!
Thank you to our fellow sponsors!
The Lapinski Family Fund
CREECA
WUD
Polish Heritage Club of Madison
The Polish Student Association at UW-Madison
Thank you to our fellow sponsors!
The Lapinski Family Fund
CREECA
WUD
Polish Heritage Club of Madison
The Polish Student Association at UW-Madison
October 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South!
Thank you to our fellow sponsors!
The Lapinski Family Fund
CREECA
WUD
Polish Heritage Club of Madison
The Polish Student Association at UW-Madison
Thank you to our fellow sponsors!
The Lapinski Family Fund
CREECA
WUD
Polish Heritage Club of Madison
The Polish Student Association at UW-Madison
Next Tuesday, October 28th, three panelists specializing in early childhood education will present a panel at 1418 Van Hise. Join us for the panel, a Q&A, and light refreshments!
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Next Tuesday, October 28th, three panelists specializing in early childhood education will present a panel at 1418 Van Hise. Join us for the panel, a Q&A, and light refreshments!
Where did Bucky get his name? What’s the wildest thing that ever happened at Mifflin? The answer to those questions and more are waiting for you in “Folklore 315: Badgerlore: Campus Traditions and Student Culture” gns.wisc.edu/folklore-spr...
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Where did Bucky get his name? What’s the wildest thing that ever happened at Mifflin? The answer to those questions and more are waiting for you in “Folklore 315: Badgerlore: Campus Traditions and Student Culture” gns.wisc.edu/folklore-spr...
Join us to celebrate a pumpkin carving party, put on by the Folklore program!
The event will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28th in the University Club.
The event will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28th in the University Club.
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join us to celebrate a pumpkin carving party, put on by the Folklore program!
The event will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28th in the University Club.
The event will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28th in the University Club.
Join us to hear about the interlinkages of migration policies and European discourses from our very own Benjamin Mier-Cruz, Liina-Ly Roos, and Leonie Schulte!
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 14th at 313 Pyle Center.
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 14th at 313 Pyle Center.
October 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join us to hear about the interlinkages of migration policies and European discourses from our very own Benjamin Mier-Cruz, Liina-Ly Roos, and Leonie Schulte!
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 14th at 313 Pyle Center.
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 14th at 313 Pyle Center.
Join us Friday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. to hear CalArts professor and 'boundary 2' co-editor Arne De Boever speak. If you'd like to explore wild thought, inconstancy of the real, Nietzsche, Borges, and science fiction, we'll see you next Friday!
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Join us Friday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. to hear CalArts professor and 'boundary 2' co-editor Arne De Boever speak. If you'd like to explore wild thought, inconstancy of the real, Nietzsche, Borges, and science fiction, we'll see you next Friday!
As part of GNS+ 150th year anniversary, we're excited to welcome Dr. Van Deusen to present examples from Old Norse texts that reveal how physical, sensory and mental difference was named, experienced, and treated in Medieval Iceland.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Van Deusen next Thursday!
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Van Deusen next Thursday!
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As part of GNS+ 150th year anniversary, we're excited to welcome Dr. Van Deusen to present examples from Old Norse texts that reveal how physical, sensory and mental difference was named, experienced, and treated in Medieval Iceland.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Van Deusen next Thursday!
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Van Deusen next Thursday!
Join us on Monday, October 6 at 4:00 pm, 5520 Humanities for A German Music Student in Madison, 1966-67: The Letters of Michael Kopfermann!
PRESENTERS: Dörte Schmidt and Reinhard Kapp
PRESENTERS: Dörte Schmidt and Reinhard Kapp
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Join us on Monday, October 6 at 4:00 pm, 5520 Humanities for A German Music Student in Madison, 1966-67: The Letters of Michael Kopfermann!
PRESENTERS: Dörte Schmidt and Reinhard Kapp
PRESENTERS: Dörte Schmidt and Reinhard Kapp
Join us on October 16 for two talks by Joseph Sciorra, Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, The City University of New York!
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join us on October 16 for two talks by Joseph Sciorra, Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, The City University of New York!
Join us on Saturday, October 4th for the Harvest Festival!
Pop in from noon to 6 pm and leave with a flower crown, seeds to plant, and a proper welcome into the autumnal season. @driftlessseeds.bsky.social
Pop in from noon to 6 pm and leave with a flower crown, seeds to plant, and a proper welcome into the autumnal season. @driftlessseeds.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us on Saturday, October 4th for the Harvest Festival!
Pop in from noon to 6 pm and leave with a flower crown, seeds to plant, and a proper welcome into the autumnal season. @driftlessseeds.bsky.social
Pop in from noon to 6 pm and leave with a flower crown, seeds to plant, and a proper welcome into the autumnal season. @driftlessseeds.bsky.social
Join us for live folk music, barn dancing and refreshments on October 10th!
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join us for live folk music, barn dancing and refreshments on October 10th!
Beginners, intermediate and advanced levels all welcome at conversation tables this fall!
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Beginners, intermediate and advanced levels all welcome at conversation tables this fall!
To learn more about our Kazakh courses, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/ka...!
#kazakh #languages #collegecourses
#kazakh #languages #collegecourses
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To learn more about our Kazakh courses, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/ka...!
#kazakh #languages #collegecourses
#kazakh #languages #collegecourses
For more in-depth information about our Icelandic program, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/ic....
#uwmadison #languages #icelandic
#uwmadison #languages #icelandic
August 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For more in-depth information about our Icelandic program, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/ic....
#uwmadison #languages #icelandic
#uwmadison #languages #icelandic
news.wisc.edu/finding-their-spark
Moving into a new learning community, these students are ready for a full-scale immersion in the Wisconsin Idea. As part of Spark, residents have the option to earn one credit through a seminar focused on interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.
Moving into a new learning community, these students are ready for a full-scale immersion in the Wisconsin Idea. As part of Spark, residents have the option to earn one credit through a seminar focused on interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
news.wisc.edu/finding-their-spark
Moving into a new learning community, these students are ready for a full-scale immersion in the Wisconsin Idea. As part of Spark, residents have the option to earn one credit through a seminar focused on interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.
Moving into a new learning community, these students are ready for a full-scale immersion in the Wisconsin Idea. As part of Spark, residents have the option to earn one credit through a seminar focused on interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.
In our department, elementary Finnish is taught every second year, often by a visiting scholar from Finland. For more information about our Finnish program, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/fi...
#finnish #courses
#finnish #courses
August 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In our department, elementary Finnish is taught every second year, often by a visiting scholar from Finland. For more information about our Finnish program, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/fi...
#finnish #courses
#finnish #courses
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more information about Danish, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/danish. Danish is regularly taught from 1st through 5th semester and fulfills the language requirements.
#danish
#danish
July 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more information about Danish, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/danish. Danish is regularly taught from 1st through 5th semester and fulfills the language requirements.
#danish
#danish
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more information about German, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/german. Our offerings include courses in the languages, literatures, and cultures of German-speaking countries, with courses offered every semester.
#german
#german
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more information about German, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/german. Our offerings include courses in the languages, literatures, and cultures of German-speaking countries, with courses offered every semester.
#german
#german
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more in-depth information about Dutch, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/dutch. Our course offerings include five semesters of language instruction as well as courses in the literature and culture of the Low Countries.
#dutch
#dutch
July 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This summer, we're sharing what makes the languages GNS+ offers so great! For more in-depth information about Dutch, visit gns.wisc.edu/languages/dutch. Our course offerings include five semesters of language instruction as well as courses in the literature and culture of the Low Countries.
#dutch
#dutch