Important intervention by APPG Modern Languages Does University of Aberdeen really want to be the only ancient university with no languages degrees? AGS @Wigs_forum

There's now a change.org petition to save language degrees at the University of Aberdeen: change.org/p/save-languag… Please sign and share widely AGS WIGS ILCS UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social

It's now not long until the 2024 AGS annual conference... You can find all details and the latest programme here: ags.ac.uk/2024-ags-confe…. And there's still time to register - you've got until the 16th August. Do it here: store.leeds.ac.uk/product-catalo… See you in Leeds!

Very much looking forward to AGS 2024, the association's 92nd annual conference. This year it's hosted by the University of Leeds this year and it starts on Monday!

The first session of the AGS 2024 lead panel on The Futures of German Studies kicks off with a talk by Louise Earnshaw, Corinne Painter & Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds) on “Un-disciplining German Studies” and a screening of the collaborative film “Ways of Knowing”

The excellent presentations by University of Leeds colleagues on the lead panel continue with brilliant talks by Frank Finlay, Stephan Petzold and now Sascha Stollhans calling for for more linguisticians in UK German Studies…

Exciting stuff at AGS 2024! Stephan Petzold is introducing the president’s guest, bestselling author Mithu Sanyal, whose novels include Identitti (2021) and Anti-Christie (which will be published later this year)!

Opening the wine reception as we head towards the end of day one, AGS President Peter Davies celebrates the excellent research being done as well as the solidarity and community in UK German Studies, before German Life and Letters call for submissions on ALL areas of German studies research!

The parallel panels continue at AGS 2024 - a fascinating paper about social and cognitive difference in ETA Hoffmann’s Rat Krespel by Dr Eleoma Bodammer, SFHEA of LLCatEdinburgh and The Leverhulme Trust fellow

Engaging discussion with David Clarke (Cardiff) and Kirstin Gwyer (Oxford) after the presentations in the second Centring Marginalized Perspectives panel. Thanks WIGS for co-sponsoring this series of panels with the AGS EDI Working Group

Whither German Studies? Peter Davies (AGS/Edinburgh), Emma Cayley (UFCL/Leeds), Jürgen Barkhoff (Trinity College Dublin), Lou Schlagheck (ECA/PGR rep, Manchester), Sally Conroy (Cardinal Newman College & GIMAGINE) discuss The Futures of German Studies in the final panel of day 2

A busy day of excellent papers and lively panel discussions ⁦AGS⁩ rounded off with a fun and convivial conference dinner ⁦DoubleTree by Hilton⁩ in #Leeds

After an incredibly concise and well-attended business meeting first thing this morning, we’ve had lots of stimulating presentations on the last day of #AGS2024 including great talks from the DAAD_UKandIreland, Goethe-Institut London, Austrian Embassy London and Austrian Cultural Forum London

A tough choice between two excellent-sounding parallel panels in the final session of #AGS2024. Here, Ian Ellison of Oxford Kafka Wadham College German at Oxford University of Oxford kicks off the Open Panel with a talk on Kafka‘s “Revenant Afterlives”

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After three wonderful days at #AGS2024 in Leeds, it was back to work as normal this morning. Thanks to all colleagues who attended and presented their work & huge thanks to the organisers - both the local team at University of Leeds (German at Leeds) and to our VP Anna Saunders 🙏🙏