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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 and…
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 German and…
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 Translator's Prize. Established in…
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 Fellows…
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proudly salutes the student recipients of its annual awards!
Saatvika Vyakaranam (photo right) was selected to receive the Wolfgang Fleischhauer Award, established in honor of a professor of German linguistics at Ohio State from 1936-1978. This…
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 colleagues…