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The 2025 Dresden Summer Language Program Blog is Live!
Over the course of the two months which we will spend in Dresden, our students participating in this year's program will be posting in both English and German as well as sharing their…
Ethan Moore participates in the CBYX program!
The U.S. Department of State and Cultural Vistas have announced that Ethan Moore (Finance / German) is one of 65 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag…
zæsur, online journal, is Live!
In January 2025, the freely accessible online journal for poetry criticism/reviews zæsur. poesiekritik went live, with the help of a generous grant by the city of Berlin, Germany, and private…
Candidacy Exam Success!
Congratulations to Trevor for advancing to candidacy! His exam centered on Thomas Mann’s radio addresses, a rich and underexplored topic in which Trevor has already acquired formidable expertise…
Candidacy Exam Success!
We congratulate Alexa Mendez, who has successfully passed her candidacy exam!
Alexa advanced to candidacy with a stellar exam whose focus was evocations of Blackness in…
Reitter chosen to receive the 2025 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
Paul Reitter, the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Helen and Kurt Wolff…
Candidacy Exam Success!
We congratulate Haley Grubb, who has successfully passed her candidacy exam!
Haley's dissertation research focuses on a longitudinal study of learners of German and their interactional…
Exciting News!
Our esteemed faculty, Paul Reitter, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
This recognition places Prof. Reitter among the distinguished 100th class of Guggenheim…
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proudly salutes the student recipients of its annual awards!
Prof. Taleghani-Nikazm and Saatvika Vyakaranam
Saatvika Vyakaranam (photo right) was selected to receive the Wolfgang Fleischhauer Award,…