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The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University announces a new initiative for German Studies involving all faculty at colleges and universities throughout the state…

The Department received encouraging news about enrollment this past week. The number of students in elementary and intermediate German (1101-1103) has increased by over 20% over the past two years…

Germanic Languages and Literatures is delighted to welcome eleven new graduate students this fall. Three of them come from Germany, two from the TU-Dresden (Carolin Müller and Frauke Senckel), one…


On August 1 Robert Holub began a four-year term as chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Holub joined the faculty at Ohio State in 2012 after resigning as Chancellor…

The Department extends its heartfelt congratulations to John Davidson and Paul Reitter, both of whom were promoted to full professor this year.

Professor Davidson is widely known for his…

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proudly salutes the student recipients of its annual awards.

In a somewhat rare turn of events that speaks to the excellence of both…

Bernhard Malkmus was awarded a fellowship at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften in Vienna (IFK) for winter semester 2014-5. He will be working and lecturing on the research…

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Two graduate students have won fellowships to study in Germany in the coming year. Mary Ellen Rutemeyer (photo left) will be in Berlin for two semesters at the Freie Universität.…

GLL students had great success on the job market this year.

Sylvia Fischer, who will be defending her dissertation this year, received a position at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota…