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Dear colleagues, Unusually enough, we have "pre-poned" a research seminar in German Studies from May to next week: Thursday 23 February, 4pm: Elizabeth Andersen<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/seminars/item/Andersen> (SML): "Birgitta of Sweden and the Printing Houses of Lübeck" Birgitta of Sweden (c. 1303-73) was a northern saint with European impact. After the establishment of the Brigittine Order in the 1380s, the canonisation of Birgitta in 1391 and the spread of the Brigittine cult throughout Europe, interest in her Revelations grew rapidly. It was through the commercial reach of the Lübeck printing houses that they became a bestseller in Northern Europe. Read more<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/seminars/item/Andersen>... All welcome! Another thing that might interest you is our newest issue of our student newsletter German@Newcastle<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/students/newsletters/German_Newsletter13_Spring_2012.pdf>. (The full series available for download here<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/students/newsletters/index.html>). Prof. Henrike Lähnemann Chair of German Studies<http://ncl.ac.uk/sml/german> | School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University, GB - NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne Tel.: 0044 191 2227513, email<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Website<http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/henrike.laehnemann/> * Medingen<http://research.ncl.ac.uk/medingen/> project * Medieval and Early Modern Studies<http://research.ncl.ac.uk/mems> @ Newcastle * WIGS<http://www.wigs.ac.uk/>