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Germanic undergraduates rock the Denman Research Forum
GLL undergraduates stole the show at the 25th Anniversary Denman Research Forum, taking the first place in one category and the first and third places in another! Megan Wadas took top…
Anna Seghers: The Challenge of History
We congratulate Helen Fehervary, Christiane Zehl Romero and Amy Kepple Strawser on the release of their edited volume - Anna Seghers: The Challenge of History (Brill | Rodopi, 2019). ISBN: 978…
Byram to give TEDx talk at Ohio State
How have tiny houses become dream houses? In her talk, Katra Byram shows how the tiny house movement has made people want less by tapping into a classic story that has its beginnings in German…
Reitter is finalist for 2019 NJB Award
Paul Reitter’s translation of The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon was selected as a finalist for the 2019 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography and Memoir, an unexpected honor for a…
Gollance and Yiddish dance in NY!
Sonia Gollance will be on the dance faculty at the annual Yiddish language and culture festival Yiddish New York (Dec. 21-26, 2019), where she will be one of the instructors for the workshop "Making…
LaVern J. Rippley named 2019 Distinguished Alumnus
We are pleased to announce our 2019 Distinguished Alumnus, Professor LaVern J. Rippley (Ph.D. 1965).In the course of his career, Professor Rippley has authored, edited or translated some 18 books…
Mergenthaler and Richards to serve as STEP mentors
Congratulations to Professor May Mergenthaler and Dr. Kevin Richards for being named STEP mentors for 2019-20.Mentors are nominated by colleagues, students, and administrators from across the…
Birkhold publishes Opinion piece in NYT
Professor Matthew Birkhold's opinion piece has been published in the New York Times.Birkhold wrote A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland after spending this past summer…
Traylor defends her dissertation
Many congratulations to Sarah Traylor for successfully defending her dissertation "Sacred Journeys in a Secular Age: Pilgrimage in Contemporary German Literature" with co-advisors Dr. Byram and Dr…