News

A salute to our 2017 departmental award winners

We proudly salute the student recipients of the department's annual awards.

Ann Imke received two prizes this year, the Dieter Cunz Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior in German and the…

Midwest Symposium in German Studies

Scholars of German from across the Midwest gathered to present and discuss their latest research as well as to renew old connections and past associations on April 7th and 8th. The diverse and…

New Robert F. Gagel/Margo Cox Endowment Fund Provides Scholarship to Honor Wolfgang Fleischhauer

The Department is grateful to learn of the Robert F. Gagel/Margo Cox Endowment Fund, established in November 2016 with gifts from Robert F. Gagel, MD (BA/MD 1971). The fund will provide a…

Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarships

The Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in April 2016 by the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University with a gift from the estate of Ms. Felice Marcus Grad.

Who…

At the Fringes of Humanity: GGSA conference 2017

In Memoriam

Heimtraut F. Taylor
(1939-2017)

We mourn the passing of Heimy Taylor, who died at her home surrounded by family on March 21, 2017. We remember her modesty, dedicated and committed…

Mr. Gaines in Berlin

John (Jay) Gaines, alumnus of the 2016 Dresden Summer Language Program, is currently an intern in the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin!  

He reports that work…

Birkhold awarded Universität Luzern Fellowship

Matthew H. Birkhold has been selected by the Universität Luzern as the 2017 visiting researcher at the Institute lucernaiuris. The Institute is an international hub for the…

An exciting learning adventure

Over the course of the Spring 2017 semester, Graduate Teaching Associate Carolin Müller is undertaking an exciting new teaching project that engages issues of migration in German language…