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We welcomed 253 high school and middle school students to Ohio State for German Day 2026 on October 15th!

Students from Dublin Jerome, Olentangy Liberty, Olentangy Orange, Pickerington,…

Join us in congratulating Juan-Jacques Aupiais, who has edited Damion Searls' translation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, A Story of India, which has been published by W.W. Norton &…

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures congratulates Dr. Cynthia Porter on the publication of three new scholarly and public-facing works during the summer of…

Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Kramer on his successful dissertation defense!

Joshua presented and answered questions about his dissertation research, "A Gaze Upon the Colonized:…

Join us in congratulating Katra A. Byram on her latest book release.

Gender, Genre, and the Evolution of Memory: Insights from Postwar German Literature, 1945–2015 illuminates how…

Check out the 2026 Dresden Summer Language Program Blog, with photos and posts created by the fifteen students who participated.
While a course requirement, the blog is also an opportunity…

We congratulate Rop, who has successfully passed his candidacy exam!

Rop advanced to candidacy presenting his dissertation work entitled Addressing Archival Gaps and…

We congratulate Marcel Foerster, PhD Candidate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, on being selected as the 2026-27 Max Kade Dissertation Fellow!

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Paul Reitter has been selected to a be a Member for Term II of next academic year (spring 2027) at the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.