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New Book by Paul Reitter
Paul Reitter’s latest book, Bambi’s Jewish Roots and Other Essays on German-Jewish Culture, was recently published in Bloomsbury Press. The collection showcases a rich sampling of Professor…
A salute to our 2015 departmental award winners
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proudly salutes the student recipients of its annual awards.
Wenxi Yang received the Dieter Cunz Award for the outstanding undergraduate…
Byram Publishes Monograph on Narrative Theory
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures is delighted to announce the publication of Katra Byram’s new book, Ethics and the Dynamic Observer Narrator: Reckoning with Past and Present…
An Education in German
Visiting Dresden, Germany with Alice Schlingman
by Jessi Jones
So each academic year, one student from the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures…
Davidson to Give Inaugural Lecture
Professor John Davidson, promoted to Full Professor last year, will be delivering his inaugural lecture on January 18 in the Faculty Club Grand Lounge at 5:00 PM. He will be speaking on “…
Reitter to Give Inaugural Lecture
Professor Paul Reitter, promoted to Full Professor last year, will be delivering his inaugural lecture on January 21. He will be speaking on “Bambi’s Jewish Roots.” The lecture will reconstruct…
Change in HR/Financial Staffing
After many years serving Germanic Languages and Literatures and, in more recent times, the departments on the fourth floor of Hagerty Hall, Brenda Hosey retired at the end of November. We all wish…
Natascha Miller Wins College-Wide Award
Natascha Miller, the Academic Program Coordinator for Germanic Languages and Literatures, has been awarded the “Above and Beyond Buckeye Prize” from the College of Arts and Sciences for November…
Das Kraus-Projekt is published
Das Kraus-Projekt, a collection of selected essays by Karl Kraus with commentary by the noted American novelist Jonathan Franzen and our own Paul Reitter, was published on November 28 by Rowohlt…