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Burnett wins travel grant
Kassi Burnett, a doctoral student studying Germanic Languages and Literatures, was raised by a family of coal miners and steel mill workers in St. Clairsville in rural Ohio. That upbringing stirred…
Nietzsche in the 19th Century appears
Robert Holub, Ohio Eminent Scholar of German and Chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures, has recently published a book on Nietzsche’s connections with various discourses of his times. Titled…
Paul Reitter discusses history of liberal arts and higher education
GLL Professor Paul Reitter’s article in The New York Review of Books, “The Business of Learning,” looks at liberal higher education and free inquiry through international and historical lenses. In…
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 Modern…
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 was…
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 Fleischhauer Award,…