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Join us November 5 for the Second Sara Lennox Lecture in Black German Studies with Katharina Warda, Angela Davis & Black Power in East Germany

Second Sara Lennox Lecture in Black German Studies with Katharina Warda, Angela Davis & Black Power in East Germany

October 23, 2025
Congratulations to our 2024-2025 German Course Award Winners!

Award winners for Outstanding Students in German Language Courses and the Ellert Brauner Essay Prize.

May 19, 2025
Greetings from Germany - Fulbright Scholarship Recipient Joshua Correia

Former German student and Fulbright Scholarship Recipient Joshua Correia -class of 2024-shares an update and photos of his time abroad. 

April 9, 2025
Professor Mariana Ivanova receives Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award

Congratulations to Professor Mariana Ivanova for earning a UMass Graduate School Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award.

April 8, 2025
Undergraduate Student Essay Contest 'Why Do I Learn Languages?'

Undergraduate Students Invited to Participate in Essay Contest 'Why Do I Learn Languages?' Starting Sept. 9

September 9, 2024
German Day 2023 at UMass Amherst

On the sunny and crisp autumn morning of September 27, 2023, the German and Scandinavian (GSS) Program at UMass Amherst welcomed 65 high school students and their German teachers to campus for a fun-filled day of campus exploration and German activities.

October 2, 2023
New Chapter from Ela Gezen

A new chapter by Professor Ela Gezen was just published in the edited volume Berlin International: Literaturszenen in der geteilten Stadt (1970‒1989), out now from DeGruyter.

May 17, 2023
Discover our Summer course offerings!

Please consider our Summer 2023 online German offerings at the University of Massachusetts Amherst!

April 25, 2023
Watch: Ela Gezen at the American Academy in Berlin

On March 16, 2023, Professor Ela Gezen gave a lecture about Turkish Artistic Practices in West Berlin at the American Academy in Berlin.

March 20, 2023

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