Gerlind Institute For Cultural Studies

Specialties

The Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies (GICS) offers

German tutoring and small group classes at all levels

Bilingual courses in German Cultural Studies (German/​English)

Community-​building opportunities

Translation services

Resources and referrals

We sponsor

* the Klönschnack conversation group

* Screenings of German films (with English subtitles)

* Oral history events

Come join us! All events and courses are listed at www​.ger​lindin​sti​tute​.org

History

Established in 2006.

The Gerlind Institute was founded by Dr. Marion Gerlind to serve the San Francisco Bay Area community through the promotion and teaching of German cultural studies.

Meet the Business Owner

Marion G.

Business Owner

Dr. Marion Gerlind has taught German language, literature, and culture at college and community settings in Germany and the United States for over 20 years. She received an M.A. in German at San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. in German, with a Minor in Feminist Studies, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Marion is especially interested in German cultural studies of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, including the Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Holocaust, Eastern Europe and post-​World War II literature. Her fields of expertise include women’s and people of color’s writing, oral history, popular culture, and film. She loves teaching every period of German history and all levels of German language classes.

She supports students in meeting their educational goals, be it fluency in speaking, mastering grammar and writing, translating, passing exams… Marion is dedicated to making her students’ studies enjoyable and as easy as they can be while leading to success!