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From Sarah:
Last week I returned home from Johannes Gutenberg
Universität Mainz, where I attended the first German (and) Theology
International Summer School.
The summer school ran from 6th-24th
July, and was attended by 17 students (including 7 nationalities, and
representing 10 universities). The course was organised by the Protestant
Faculty of Theology at the University of Mainz, and included daily language
classes based around German theological texts, plus three German theology
modules also covering a number of further texts. The course is aimed at current
or potential theology PhD students who are fluent in English but who need to be
able to read texts in German for research purposes (it assumes some basic
knowledge of German before arrival). Weekend excursions were also organised.
The summer school was excellent and a very valuable
experience. We could not have been given a warmer welcome by the Faculty
members and language tutors, and a number of us attended additional lectures
and classes in German during our stay. The participants were a great group to
spend time and study with. We were all able to progress our language skills
significantly during the course, and have come home feeling equipped to take
forward our reading of German texts individually. Sincere thanks especially to
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Volp and Frau Rachel Friedrich for organising the course so
expertly, and to the many staff members who gave their time so generously to
welcome us and to make the summer school such a success.
The summer school will be run again next year, and is highly
recommended. You can find the brochure for the 2016 summer school here.
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