Germanic Studies has a long tradition of distinguished research in German, but we are also a leading department for Dutch Studies. And we house the world's only Centre for Luxembourg Studies, too.<br>Our research staff together with our language tutors, postgraduate tutors and postgraduate students form a lively community and a vibrant research environment. Germanic Studies organises regular research seminars and other events that are open to the general public. They usually take place on a Wednesday at 4pm. <br><br>Our research staff are also committed teachers, with their significant publication profiles forming the basis of research-led modules. Together we cover literature, cultural history, intellectual thought, and sociolinguistics. Our staff are increasingly venturing into visual culture, too.<br><br>Geographically, our areas of expertise are the broadest of all German departments in the UK. We span Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but also lesser studied territories such as Luxembourg - and even Liechtenstein... We explore not only the Netherlands, but work on Flanders as well, and we look further afield to the post-colonial, Dutch-speaking world. Many of our researchers are multilingual, working on Germanic material in a comparative, international context.