National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies
The National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies was launched in February 1987 at the then Institute of Germanic Studies (forerunner of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies). It met, first on an annual basis and, from 1988 onwards, twice a year, with one meeting held at the Institute in London, and the second at another university in the UK. So far it has been the guest of the Universities of Aston in Birmingham, Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, East Anglia, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford, St Andrews, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea, and Warwick.
The Colloquium provides a friendly and informal forum for postgraduate students in all areas of German Studies to present and discuss their current research, and to make contact with students from other universities. It is a measure of its success that the Colloquium now regularly attracts students from universities in mainland Europe and North America.
A call for papers is issued c. three months before each meeting. Calls for papers and notices of meetings are circulated via the German-Studies and Postgrad-German-Studies lists (as well as other relevant Jiscmail lists) and H-Net (subscription to these lists is free).
Doctoral students are welcome to attend even if they are not contributing a paper. Registration details are circulated 4–6 weeks prior to the meeting.
The Colloquium is organised by a committee of students in association with the Institute. Current members are: Lea Laura Heim (ILCS/European University Viadrina); Pauline Preisler (St Andrews/Bonn); and Katie Unwin (Cambridge).
For general enquiries or to attend a meeting please contact Jane Lewin at the ILCS.
Meetings in 2025-26
Autumn 2025
77th meeting at the University of Oxford
in conjunction with the Association of German Studies
– Emerging Scholars Panel –
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Further details and booking
Spring 2026
78th Meeting at the University of London Senate House
Dates to be announced