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Theatre student stages Yiddish ghost story

John Michael Sefel, who is pursuing a PhD in Theatre and an MA in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies, saw the play adaptation he wrote and directed come to life on stage at Ohio State: Leah and the…

Karin A. Wurst named 2018 Distinguished Alumna

We are pleased to announce our 2018 Distinguished Alumna, Professor Karin A. Wurst (Ph.D. 1985).

Professor Wurst specializes in eighteenth-century Literary and Cultural Studies and Early…

Winners of the 2018 Alexander Stephan Prizes

We are pleased to announce the two winners of the national 2018 Alexander Stephan Undergraduate Essay Prize in German Studies ! The German-language prize has been awarded to Joshua R. Peterson, a…

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

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 "…