Nominees will gather on the main campus
December 3-5 for the
Graduate School Experience in German
This three-day workshop, funded by the DAAD, will be hosted at The Ohio State University in 2021. Juniors and seniors from across the United States were nominated by their home institution faculty. Students will explore the rich diversity of perspectives on the field of German Studies through interdisciplinary sessions on literature, film, culture, linguistics, and pedagogy led by Ohio State faculty.
Saturday December 4
9:30-10: “Why Go to Graduate School in German Studies?” Professors Katra Byram and Robert Holub
Break
10:15-11:15: Seminar with Prof. Holub, “Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche on the Jewish Question”
Break
11:30-12:30 Seminar Prof. Byram, “The Same Old Story: Gender and the Genres of Postwar Memory”
Lunch
1:30-2:30 Seminar with Prof. Taleghani-Nikazm, “Research on Interactional Competence in a Second Language and its Implications in German Language Teaching”
Break
2:45-3:45: Seminar, with Prof. Birkhold, "Discovering 18th-Century Fan Fiction in the Archives"
Break
4-4:30 Workshop with Professor Reitter, “Publishing Public and Activist Scholarship”
4:30-5 “How to Apply to Graduate School and Choose a Program,” Professors Birkhold and Reitter