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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 4h

📢📢 Next week we’ll be hosting the first ever AGS Bluesky takeover! 📢📢 Dr Isabel Parkinson (University of Oxford) will present ‘Ingeborg Bachmann at 100’ and a new bilingual volume ‘Fragmented’. Look out for posts here, starting Monday 12 October and across that week...

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A petition against the CCEA's plan to discontinue German at GCSE and A-Level has already collected almost 4000 signatures. Please sign the petition if you have not yet done so: c.org/pSrnTpsX2h

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Maintain CCEA's German GCSE and A level qualifications in Northern Ireland

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As many of you will be aware, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) awarding body in Northern Ireland is to discontinue GCSE and A-level German. This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As the conference draws to a close, let us thank Dr Stephan Ehrig (@herrehrig.bsky.social) and his excellent te am for their meticulous organisation of #AGS2026, which has run like clockwork. Thanks for having us @glasgow.ac.uk! See you all next year in Cambridge for #AGS2027!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

After three years as Vice-President, Prof Anna Saunders (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) becomes the new President of the AGS today. We also welcome Dr Benedict Schofield (@benschofield.bsky.social) as Vice-President. We wish Anna and Ben all the best in their new roles!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Chairing the business meeting is one of the last duties of outgoing AGS President Prof Peter Davies (@pdavies.bsky.social). Enormous thanks to Peter for all he’s done for the discipline and especially his thoughtful leadership as President of the association over the last three years!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Great turnout for the business meeting bright and early on Day 3 of #AGS2026. Thanks to all committee members for delivering their reports - great opportunity to take stock of all the hard work they do across the year!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The #AGS2026 cultural programme continues with a critical walking tour of Kelvingrove Park led by Dr Rosie Spooner of @glasgow.ac.uk. A little “critical heritage practice” before dinner…

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As panels come to a close on Day 2 of #AGS2026, by my count that’s 77 talks across 21 panels by 77 speakers drawn from 47 different institutions across 11 countries 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇹🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The second of today’s four parallel panels carries us towards lunch of Day 2 of #AGS2026. The fourth Environments panel heard no less than FIVE excellent papers!!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dora Osborne (St Andrews) gets day 2 of #AGS2026 underway in the third session of the Lead Panel on Environments

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#AGS2026 continues with a reception at the Goethe-Institut Glasgow with special guest Christiane Hullmann, the Consul General for Scotland @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The first panel of #AGS2026 begins with Dr Tara Beaney initiating a lively discussion of how we can make German Studies even more "consequential"

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks to Dr Stephan Ehrig (@herrehrig.bsky.social) and the rest of the the local conference organising team for the warm welcome and for all pf your hard work coordinating #AGS2026!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Welcome speeches by Prof Andy Schofield (Principal and Vice-Chancellor, @glasgow.ac.uk) and Prof Nina Parish (Head of School of Modern Languages and Cultures, @glasgow.ac.uk) kick off our #AGS2026 conference

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#AGS2026 begins! Hosted by @glasgow.ac.uk, the conference will run for three days starting today!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's now less than a week until this year's AGS conference (26-28 Aug), hosted by the University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk)... The most up-to-date version of the conference programme can be found here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/... Very much looking forward to seeing lots of you there!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

AGS 2026 Conference Registration NOW OPEN! The Glasgow organising committee is pleased to announce that the conference registration is now possible through the AGS website. More details here ags.ac.uk/2026-confere... DEADLINE TO REGISTER: 1 August 2026

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2026 Conference Registration – NOW OPEN! – Association German Studies

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

📯 Announcing inaugural AGS Bluesky social media feed "takeover" 📯 Selected guest contributors will prepare posts relating to their research, teaching or other German Studies work to be shared on the AGS Bluesky feed. Deadline for expressions of interest 29th June 2026. Open to all AGS members!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🚨📽️ UK screening tour of acclaimed new German documentary Das deutsche Volk - NEXT WEEK!📽️🚨 There will be a Q&A with the director Marcin Wierzchowski after each screening. In cinemas in NEWCASTLE (Mon), LEEDS (Tues), GLASGOW (Wed), EDINBURGH (Thursday) & LONDON (Fri). Details & tickets below 🧵

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Das Deutsche Volk / AFF 2025 Trailer

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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Registration for the "Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany's LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures" online conference is now live! Sign up to join us 30 - 31 March (Australia: 31 March - 1 April). With speakers from 6 (!) time zones & keynotes from Jonah Garde & Camilla Smith!

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We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Queer Lives and Trans* Formations Conference on 30-31 March, 2026! As the conference will be taking place online, we ask that you register to attend by c...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The German History Society is proud to release the call for papers for our 2026 Annual Conference, held this year at the University of Stirling! The deadline for papers is the 14 April 2026. For more information check our website here: www.germanhistorysociety.org/conference/

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Colleagues at Newcastle University congregated this week to toast the opening of the “Elias Canetti. A Jewish Émigré in Britain: People, Places, Impressions 1939-1988” exhibition. The exhibition will remain on show in the Old Library Building throughout March.

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Jointly with the Chair of W+IGS and the President of the GLA, the President of the AGS, @pdavies.bsky.social, has sent a letter to the Principal of Heriot-Watt University opposing proposed staff cuts to the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies and threats to close German and Chinese.

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🚨 The deadline for submitting papers for the AGS conference is fast approaching 🚨 If you are intending on submitting an abstract, do so by Friday!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

94th AGS Conference will take place at University of Glasgow, 26-28 August 2026. **Call for Papers has now been published ** Details and full CfP here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/... Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2026 Big thank you to the organising committee & esp @herrehrig.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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AGS Conference 2026 – Association German Studies

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On the first Monday morning of 2026, we wish all members a productive and rewarding year ahead! We look forward to facing ongoing and new challenges together, to the highs and lows of teaching and research, and to the conversations and collaborations with colleagues that sustain us and our field…

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Exciting news - details of next year's AGS conference, which will be held in Glasgow, will be published this week! More to follow here soon too but in the meantime keep your eyes on your inboxes!

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

In response to recent news of the University of Nottingham's devastating plan to cut modern languages degrees, the AGS President (@pdavies.bsky.social) has sent a joint letter of protest to the UoN VC and the Chair of University Council on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the GLA. Link to the letter 👇

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The AGS's President (@pdavies.bsky.social) and VP (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) have put out a joint statement with Women+ in German Studies and the German Language Association in response to today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plan to close all modern language degrees. ✊🧵

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happy to announce that a recording of the "President's Guest" event at the AGS 2025 conference in Oxford last month is now available to stream on the AGS website. The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer. Link below👇

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Safe travels to all colleagues who attended #AGS2025! Thanks for coming and see you in Glasgow next year… 👋

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

As the final sessions come to a close, #AGS2025 approaches its end. First to lunch but then final farewells and departures. Huge thanks to all of the Oxford colleagues who helped organise the conference and thanks too to all of the staff at St John’s College. Thanks for having us! 🙏🙏

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Great to hear all the good news relayed by AGS VP @profannasaunders.bsky.social in the business meeting: so many new appointments, completed PhDs and prizes won by colleagues in German Studies in the UK and Ireland! 👏👏👏👏

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Great to see so many delegates bright and early at the AGS Business Meeting this morning. Thanks to AGS president @pdavies.bsky.social for his address and leadership. Peter called for members to contribute to a discussion over the coming year about the identity and direction of the association…

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

An audience equipped with Austrian wine listens as Henrike Lähnemann begins the festivities around the opening of the exhibition “German in the World” at the Taylor Institution #AGS2025

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Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@ags-gbi.bsky.social snippets

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Last session of talks on Day 2 at #AGS2025 is (for me and all the other delegates packing the Prestwich Room) the first of two panels on Black Literature and Culture in German…

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Refreshed by lentil shepherds pie, Day 2 of #AGS2025 continues apace! Hard decisions with so many excellent parallel panels… 🤔

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

An excellent first session - for me a parallel panel exploring some of the exciting opportunities for German Studies offered by the Environmental Humanities. Now, coffee! ☕️☕️

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Full classrooms at 9am - delegates at #AGS2025 are making the most of a great choice of parallel panels in the first session of day 2

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