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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…
Fischer Edits Special Issue: Transcultural Literary Studies
Bernd Fischer, professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures, has edited a special issue of Humanities 2016, 5(4), 86: "Transcultural Literary Studies: Politics, Theory, and Literary Analysis."…
Reitter is Co-Editor of New Book on the Research University
Paul Reitter, professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures and director of the Humanities Institute, is co-editor of The Rise of the Research University: A Sourcebook (University of Chicago…
Visit to the Goethe workshop
In November, several of our graduate students, Kathrin Frenzel, Caro Müller, Sarah Larson, Dennis Schäfer, and Gina Wrobel, attended the annual TA workshop hosted by the Goethe Institute Chicago…
Faculty Visits to the Kaffeestunde
On November 4, Professor Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Director of Undergraduate Language Instruction and Individualized Instruction, and her cute puppy visited our weekly German conversation table.…
An insightful Ohio German Studies Workshop
On October 22, faculty and graduate students from across the state came together in the Blackwell Conference Center on the Ohio State main campus to present, listen, and ask questions about…