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Jun

2026

2026 Conference Registration – NOW OPEN!

The Glasgow organising committee is pleased to announce that the conference registration is now possible through the AGS website: https://ags.ac.uk/conferences/ags-conference-2026/ Please remember that you need to be a current member of the AGS to attend the conference. You can become a member on the...

Jun

2026

Inaugural AGS Bluesky social media feed “takeover”

We are delighted to announce an inaugural AGS Bluesky social media feed “takeover” and to invite expressions of interest from colleagues who would like to take part. What is a social media feed “takeover”? A social media feed takeover is a...

Feb

2026

Last chance to submit abstracts for the AGS conference!

🚨 The deadline for submitting papers for the AGS conference is fast approaching 🚨

Feb

2026

AGS sends joint letter to Heriot-Watt University opposing proposed staff cuts to the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies

Jointly with the Chair of Women in German Studies (W+IGS) and President of the German Language Association (GLA), the President of the Association for German Studies of Great Britain and Ireland (AGS), Peter Davies has sent a letter to...

Jan

2026

WIGS/AGS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY SURVEY 2026

First run in 2022, we are now running the first reiteration of the survey, which is designed to help the executive committees of AGS and W+IGS learn more about the membership of our associations and improve our services. All...

Nov

2025

Joint letter from AGS, W+IGS and GLA protesting proposed cuts to modern languages degrees at the University of Nottingham

Last week details of the University of Nottingham’s plan to cut modern languages degrees were revealed. Today, the President of the AGS, Prof Peter Davies, sent a joint letter of protest to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingam,...

Nov

2025

Statement on planned closures of ML degrees at Nottingham and Leicester Universities

“We are writing on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the German Language Association to express our shock at the proposed closure of Modern Languages degrees at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester. We offer our solidarity to the...

Oct

2025

AGS Statement on Gaza

The AGS and W+IGS reaffirm their commitment to the values of human dignity, justice, and international law. The AGS and W+IGS are unambiguous in condemning the terror attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023 when 1,200 people were brutally slaughtered...

Jul

2025

Last chance to register for the AGS 2025 annual conference!

With ‘German in the World’ as its theme, the AGS 2025 annual conference will take place on 1-3 September 2025 at the University of Oxford. Registration closes on 28th July! Please make sure you have registered before then. For full details...

Jul

2025

Latest version of the AGS 2025 conference programme posted today!

The latest version of the programme for the AGS 2025 annual conference is now available on the conference page on the AGS website: https://ags.ac.uk/conferences/ags-conference-2025/ This is the near-definitive programme, although there may be further small tweaks as changes come...

Jun

2025

‘Careers Beyond Academia’: Roundtable Discussion

Organised by AGS PG & ECA reps, Katherine Calvert and Joseph Prestwich, alongside the PG & ECA reps at W+IGS, this roundtable discussion will feature three guest speakers talking about life after the PhD and careers beyond academia. The...

Apr

2025

AGS / W+IGS Statement of Support

We are writing as teachers and researchers of German language, culture, politics and history to express our solidarity with colleagues in the United States, whose freedom to teach, research and publish is coming under increasing attack from the administration...