Slideshow: What’s Happening at Sills Hall
Sills Hall, a hub for the study of languages and cinema and largely untouched beyond routine maintenance, since its original construction in 1950, is undergoing a transformation.
Read moreSills Hall, a hub for the study of languages and cinema and largely untouched beyond routine maintenance, since its original construction in 1950, is undergoing a transformation.
Read moreThree alumni visited campus recently to feature in a panel discussion about why they chose to major in German and how it impacted their lives and careers.
Read moreStudents of German cultural history tap into some of the resources on offer at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, where an exhibition of masks from nineteenth-century Oceania adds fresh perspective to the study of colonialism.
Read moreSixteen graduating seniors and one graduate have received Fulbright grants to teach English or conduct research overseas.
Read moreFrom Denmark to Brazil, from South Korea to Spain, these scholars have secured funding to head overseas to teach English or conduct research in the next academic year.
Read moreBe it fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, all submissions are welcome at The Foundationalist. The undergraduate-run literary magazine has gone from strength to strength since it was founded by Bowdoin students in 2018.
Read moreGerman faculty, students, and alumni hold a series of seminars sponsored by the German Embassy. Under discussion is Susan Neiman’s book Learning from the Germans and what it might teach America about confronting past evils.
Read moreTeaching remotely this semester gave German professor Jill Smith an opportunity to put more emphasis on teaching the art, literature, and cinema of twentieth-century Berlin.
Read moreWith a raft of Fulbright awards and other grants, Bowdoin’s German department is looking back on another stellar year for its students and recent alumni. Department chair Birgit Tautz reflects on a year to be proud of.
Read moreBowdoin students and recent graduates have been offered Fulbrights to teach English or conduct research abroad next year in countries spanning the globe.
Read moreFrom the first course they take in our department, students acquire critical, cultural, and linguistic knowledge that gives them skills applicable beyond Bowdoin and in their future careers.