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German Studies at Queen Mary, University of London
One hundred years of teaching German at Queen Mary, University
of London is a fine reason to celebrate. The College has
marked the occasion by awarding Leonard M Olschner, the
Centenary Professorship of German. In December 2005, the
German Ambassador has officially inaugurated the recently
founded Centre
for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, which will offer
its own MA programme as from 2006/07. Accordingly we will be offering a centenary programme focusing predominantly
on Anglo-German themes.
The Anniversary Celebrations of German at Queen Mary, University of London
To study languages, through their respective literatures,
deepens and refines our understanding of both. It contributes
to the meaningful mediation between cultures and enhances
the quality of reciprocal cultural transfers. German at
Queen Mary has applied, and further developed, this principle
in the context of the College’s Arts Faculty with
its eminently successful School of Languages, Linguistics and Film. Its
high quality teaching and research on German culture,
including its visual, musical and philosophical dimensions,
also contributes to the underpinning of the cultural relations
between Britain and Germany with all their elective affinities
and intriguing differences.
It is therefore appropriate that German
Studies at Queen Mary should celebrate its centenary by founding a Centre for
Anglo-German cultural relations and by offering a research
colloquium on Anglo-German
Mythologies, a writer-in-residence programme and a
lecture series on one of the most prominent German voices
in world literature, Heinrich
Heine and his “European vocation”. It is moreover of genuine symbolic significance that this
Centre is located in the east of London; for it is here
that London’s cultural diversity has always been
at its most inspiring; and the presence of German and
Jewish communities was, until the First World War, the
most prominent influence in this area.
Our alumni play a vital role in the promotion of German at Queen Mary. We welcome your involvement in the future development of our discipline. To encourage closer and sustainable links we are establishing an Annual Alumni Lecture in German. You are welcome to come to any or all of the events:
