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On 10 June we had reasons to celebrate! Our project member Tim Lüthi successfully defended his dissertation “Altgermanische Dichtung. Andreas Heusler und das 'Lebens- und Formgefühl der alten Germanen'”. Here some pictures of the successful candidate together with the members of the PhD committee, Lena Rohrbach (main supervisor), Lukas Rösli (second supervisor), Sarina Tschachtli (censor), and Klaus Müller-Wille (chairman). Congratulations, dear Tim!

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Prof. Dr. Lena Rohrbach will be giving the annual E.C. Quiggin Memorial Lecture at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at...

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