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As the government is exploring a new EU youth mobility scheme and working towards a renewed association with the Erasmus+ program, a world of opportunity may be opening up once again for young people ...
Learn about the German language.
Germanic Languages and Literatures professor Eric Rentschler was placed on two-year administrative leave for violating the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sexual and gender-based harassment and ...
Fortunately, English and German share a common linguistic ancestor as two West Germanic languages. This leads to some commonalities between the two, but they still differ in many key ways.
North, who joined the Yale faculty in 2009, is chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). In his research, North has particular expertise ...
The origins of Germanic peoples is somewhat nebulous — the word “Germanic” is an umbrella term used to describe a multitude of tribes that spoke related Germanic languages. They’re thought to have ...