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Ohio German Studies Workshop

Blackwell Inn
November 14, 2015
All Day
Pfahl Hall on the Ohio State main campus

OGSW 2015 Program


The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University is delighted to host the second Ohio German Studies Workshop (OGSW) again this year.  This annual event is designed as a forum for faculty and graduate students in Ohio German Studies and an opportunity for colleagues across the state to become better acquainted with each other, with the research that is being conducted in German Studies in Ohio, with innovations in teaching and learning, and with the issues that we all face as German scholars in higher education institutions in the twenty-first century.

The purpose of the OGSW is thus twofold: to provide a forum for faculty members at institutions of higher education in Ohio to get to know each other and their intellectual activities; and to enable discussions among Ohio Germanists at colleges and universities about common challenges to German Studies in the changing environment of higher education.

German occupies a very special place in Ohio and the Midwestern states. The extensive German heritage in the general population and in many of our students has long supported our efforts; it is no coincidence that Ohio has some of the oldest German programs in the United States. In recent years German programs have undergone transitions here and across the country. We have expanded our programs to include new and exciting interdisciplinary directions; we have fostered more education in international studies and taken advantage of educational opportunities abroad; and we have explored technological changes in new media and the internet. The OGSW affords us the opportunity to share thoughts on the innovative directions that have characterized our programs.