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Candidacy Exam Success Grubb SP25

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…

Paul Reitter is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

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…

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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,…

Morgan MA SP25 with Advisor

Master's Success!

Andrew Morgan successfully defended his MA Thesis “Motivation in German Language Learning: A Study on the Motivations of Undergraduate German Learners for Majoring/Not Majoring in German”  on…

Newest Members of German Honor Society

German Students Initiated into Delta Phi Alpha National Honor Society

Join us in congratulating the following Ohio State Students recently inducted into the Delta Phi Alpha National Academic Honor Society for College Students of German!

Jillian Drinnon …

Paul Reitter is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Paul Reitter Named ASC Distinguished Professor

Congratulations to Paul Reitter on being named College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. The title of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor serves to honor full professor…

Birkhold - Greenland Fantasies in Origins

Matthew H. Birkhold publishes 'Greenland Fantasies' in Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective!

Greenland has been much in the news at the start of 2025. Donald Trump wants to buy the world's largest island for its natural resources and strategic position. In fact, as Matthew Birkhold writes…

GATA 2025 in Germanic LL at Ohio State

Grubb receives GATA (Graduate Associate Teaching Award) in 2025

  Students and faculty congratulate Haley Grubb on receiving the GATA, Ohio State's highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by…

SP25 Dr Cynthia Porter Ohio State

Porter Delivers Lecture on Tattoos in 20th Century German History

On Monday, March 17, GLL's Cynthia Porter delivered the keynote lecture at the annual induction ceremony of Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society at the University of Arkansas.