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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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…