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Reitter Wins Diversity Award
On April 27, Professor Paul Reitter was recognized as a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award at a ceremony attended by President Drake and Provost McPheron. This…

Schaefer's MA thesis defended!
Congratulations to Dennis Schaefer, who successfully defended his master's thesis this semester (photo left with Prof. Davidson and his adviser, Prof. Holub).
In the autumn of 2016, Dennis…

A salute to the winners of our 2018 departmental awards
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proudly salutes the student recipients of its annual awards.
Kate Greer (photo left) was selected to receive the first Wolfgang…

In Memoriam: David Neal Miller
David Neal Miller z"l (1946-2018) We honor the life of David Neal Miller. He grew up in Crown Heights within earshot of Ebbets Field. His New York roots were everything to him. ''I'…
Candidacy Exam Success!
This semester, two of our graduate students passed their candidacy exams to move up to ABD (all but dissertation) status next term.
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Carolin (Caro) Mueller passed her exam on…
GGSA welcomes all participants to its 10th anniversary conference
The Germanic Graduate Student Association will host its 10th anniversary graduate conference in February 2018 on the main campus of The Ohio State University. This year's theme will be "…

One more week to see the Luther exhibit
An exhibit at the World Gallery in Hagerty Hall will be up until January 8, 2018. “Here I Stand: Life and Work of the German Reformer Martin Luther,” marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning…

Congratulations Dr. Lösch!
Simon Lösch has successfully defended his dissertation, An Obsolete Hegemon? America’s Function in the Imagination of a (Re-)unified German Nation.
Simon began his doctoral studies at Ohio…

A visit to the Goethe Workshop
From November 10-12, Budimka Uskokovic attended the annual TA workshop, named Fertigkeitentraining – ohne Lehrbuch, hosted by the Goethe Institute Chicago and funded by the German Exchange…