North East German Network

Huzzah! The collective will be releasing their 10th collaborative comics anthology as part of the Late Shows here in Newcastle on 17th May. We're working in collaboration with The Holy Biscuit and our anthology, as well as artwork from inside, will be part of a larger exhibition entitled 'Urban Fictions'. Because this is something of a milestone for the collective, after 7 years of awesomeness, we decided the anthology would also serve as something of a love/hate letter to the city that…

Launch of North East German Network

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A great opportunity for schools in the North East: Host a teacher from Germany free of charge for authentic German cultural input and joint thematic learning | Via UK-German Connection

Ahead of the 10th birthday celebrations of Sage Gateshead, Royal Northern Sinfonia announces German virtuoso pianist and conductor Lars Vogt as its...

Help build the North East German Network - job offer for a clever student!

Want to learn German from scratch or reach an advanced level? Students enrolled in any degree at Newcastle University can take advantage of the University Wide Language Programme.

Recyke Y'Bike - not only an idea dear to Germans (recycling! and biking!) but also with one of the technicians German (and husband to the DAAD Lektorin at Durham University)

German band Beat'n Blow is going to be Artist in Residence for the International Brass Festival, the biggest brass band event in GB, 11-20 July in Durham - don't miss their "nackt und roh" sounds!

Outline plans for a £3.5m revamp of a Tyneside gallery are backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Exponate und Interessantes von und über Kurt Schwitters in der Hatton-Gallery.

German-speaking Congregations in Scotland and North-east England

Why study German at Durham? We offer a rich selection of challenging and rewarding cultural seminars in film, image and literature, covering both urgent contemporary (Sex and Identity, Violence, Justice) and live historical issues (Holocaust, Luther, Faust Myth). There are also theoretical and practical linguistic options, including Translation and Interpreting.

German Studies at Newcastle is a friendly, middle-sized department, unusual in the wide choice it offers within a Modern Languages degree. You will find seven lecturers who are passionate about all aspects of German culture, literature and language from medieval to modern times, including options in Dutch.

German flag flying over the Tynebridge - not (actually, it is the Bratwurst stand photographed cowering next to it on the Quayside market)

North East England ist das beliebteste Auswanderungsgebiet Englands für Deutsche.