Sad good-bye in Corona Times
Janine Ludwig Despite the rapid developments in the covid-19 crisis and although some students had already left Bremen, we still had a small farewell dinner in the prestigious Bremer Ratskeller to say...
View ArticleOnline teaching! Literature about the events of 1989
by Janine Ludwig “Und es hat ‘Zoom’ gemacht” – is a famous line from a German song called “1000 und eine Nacht” (a thousand and one night) by Klaus Lage. Zoom has hit us all in March and quickly became...
View Article“Six Months Turned into Six Incredible Weeks”
by Molly Wells ’21 Like most other American university students studying abroad, I too was sent home early due to the cancellation of the Dickinson-in-Germany program. All I seemed to read and hear for...
View ArticleUniversity Library: 1st Prize in Best Practice Competition
© Michael Ihle/Universität Bremen The State and University Library Bremen has come first place in the Best-Practice Competition of the German Library Association and Association of German Librarians....
View ArticleFriendship of Universities
Dickinson College, one of the oldest and most esteemed cooperations of the University of Bremen, is featured in their online magazine “up2date”:...
View ArticleBremen Students Are Starting into the New Corona Winter Semester: What Do...
In an interview for Bremen’s regional magazine buten un binnen, University of Bremen’s Vice Principal Academic, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoffmeister, informed about what Bremen students at the University of...
View ArticleExcellent Teaching at University of Bremen under COVID-19 Circumstances
© Universität Bremen Teaching is challenging in times of a pandemic. At the university, this is recognized by the Berninghausen Prize. Therefore, this year, there is not only the traditional student...
View ArticleNature Index: Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Bremen at the...
© Michael Ihle/ Universität Bremen In the current Nature Index ranking, the University of Bremen is among the top 5 German research institutes for earth and environmental sciences. The index from the...
View Article50 Years University of Bremen
© Torsten Bolik / Universität Bremen (University of Bremen August 1974) This year, the University of Bremen is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In an interview with Bremen’s regional newspaper,...
View ArticleSpring in Bremen!
After a couple of rough snowy winter-weeks, spring has already arrived in Bremen! If you want to see how blooming Bremen looks like during this season, you should take a look at BREMENbewegt‘s...
View ArticleVirtual Live City Tour
© Manuela Gangl / BTZ Bremer Touristik-Zentrale The BTZ – Bremer Touristik Zentrale – is currently offering a great opportunity on their website for those interested in getting to know Bremen a bit...
View ArticleThe Durden Dickinson Bremen Program Is Back!
© Harald Rehling/Universität Bremen Like most exchange programs, our Dickinson-in-Bremen program had to be suspended since last year due to the pandemic. But there is a silver lining on the horizon: We...
View ArticleBremen was rated as the most bicycle-friendly major city!
As reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper, the German Federal Minister of Transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU), awarded the most bicycle-friendly cities in Germany according to ADFC, the General...
View ArticleOur New Spring Flyer is Here!
To all Bremen students: Our scholarship flyer for the spring semester 2022 at Dickinson College has arrived! On the flyer you can find all necessary information about our scholarship program between...
View ArticleWhen we will be able to travel again… Part I
by Dr. Janine Ludwig At some point, the pandemic will be over, and we will be able to travel again. When that will be possible, we are looking forward to offering rich academic excursions for our...
View ArticleGlobally Integrated Seminar – GIS
by Dr. Janine Ludwig In response to the pandemic, Dickinson College developed the innovative format of the Globally Integrated Seminar (GIS) with many of our study-abroad sites. For Bremen, we are...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program!
Running a successful Dickinson program in Bremen for more than 35 years now, is a team effort. That team includes: members and leaders of the CGSE, Dickinson’s German Department, and two on-site...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Sarah McGaughey,...
Prof. McGaughey joined the German Department in 2007 and continues to appreciate being a part of creativity and interdisciplinarity of Dickinson’s liberal arts and sciences community. She enjoys...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Dr. Janine Ludwig
Janine Ludwig is a literary scholar, co-editor of Dickinson’s literary journal Glossen (with Prof. McGaughey), Vice Head of the Institute for Cultural German Studies at the University of Bremen...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Kamaal Haque, Ph.D.
“Servus!” Prof. Haque has been teaching at Dickinson since 2008. He teaches all levels of the curriculum. Some courses he regularly teaches include Mountains in German Culture, German Literature and...
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