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Join us in congratulating Juan-Jacques Aupiais, who has edited Damion Searls' translation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, A Story of India, which has been published by W.W. Norton &…
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures congratulates Dr. Cynthia Porter on the publication of three new scholarly and public-facing works during the summer of…
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Kramer on his successful dissertation defense!
Joshua presented and answered questions about his dissertation research, "A Gaze Upon the Colonized:…
Join us in congratulating Katra A. Byram on her latest book release.
Gender, Genre, and the Evolution of Memory: Insights from Postwar German Literature, 1945–2015 illuminates how…
Check out the 2026 Dresden Summer Language Program Blog, with photos and posts created by the fifteen students who participated.
While a course requirement, the blog is also an opportunity…
We congratulate Rop, who has successfully passed his candidacy exam!
Rop advanced to candidacy presenting his dissertation work entitled Addressing Archival Gaps and…
We congratulate Marcel Foerster, PhD Candidate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, on being selected as the 2026-27 Max Kade Dissertation Fellow!
Last…
Paul Reitter has been selected to a be a Member for Term II of next academic year (spring 2027) at the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.
John Davidson has been selected as a 2026 recipient of the President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service! Three faculty members were chosen to receive this honor…
We’re thrilled to share that GLL’s Assistant Professor Cynthia D. Porter has published her second chapter contribution to an edited volume! Co-authored with long-time collaborator Amy Lynne Hill …
Join us in congratulating Dr. Budimka Uskokovic on publishing
»Ich habe eine Frage«:
Die Fragestellung als Fenster zur Kultur in videobasierten…
Join us in congratulating Matthew H. Birkhold on his latest book release, published by Bloomsbury.
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden…
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Cynthia D. Porter, Assistant Professor of German, took part in the 2025-2026 faculty exchange program with the Germanistik department at the University of Bonn. Cynthia was well-paired with Dr…
Congratulations to Dr. Caleb Davis, who successfully defended his dissertation on August 20!
Caleb Davis’s dissertation, Reading Double: Focalization, Myth and Master Narrative…
Cynthia D. Porter has been named as one of 20 scholars receiving a Career Enhancement Fellowship for the 2025-2026 cycle. Funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered by Citizens & Scholars,…
We are thrilled to announce the wonderful news!
Our esteemed faculty, Paul Reitter, has been named the Ohio Eminent Scholar of German.
This is a huge honor and a well-deserved…
Over the course of the two months which we will spend in Dresden, our students participating in this year's program will be posting in both English and German as well as sharing their pictures. …
The U.S. Department of State and Cultural Vistas have announced that Ethan Moore (Finance / German) is one of 65 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of the…
In January 2025, the freely accessible online journal for poetry criticism/reviews zæsur. poesiekritik went live, with the help of a generous grant by the city of Berlin, Germany, and private…
Congratulations to Trevor for advancing to candidacy! His exam centered on Thomas Mann’s radio addresses, a rich and underexplored topic in which Trevor has already acquired formidable expertise…
We congratulate Alexa Mendez, who has successfully passed her candidacy exam!
Alexa advanced to candidacy with a stellar exam whose focus was evocations of Blackness in…
Paul Reitter, the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize…
We congratulate Haley Grubb, who has successfully passed her candidacy exam!
Haley's dissertation research focuses on a longitudinal study of learners of German and their…
Our esteemed faculty, Paul Reitter, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
This recognition places Prof. Reitter among the distinguished 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows…
Saatvika Vyakaranam (photo right) was selected to receive the Wolfgang Fleischhauer Award, established in honor of a professor of German linguistics at Ohio State from…
Andrew Morgan successfully defended his MA Thesis “Motivation in German Language Learning: A Study on the Motivations of Undergraduate German Learners for Majoring/Not Majoring in German” on…
Join us in congratulating the following Ohio State Students recently inducted into the Delta Phi Alpha National Academic Honor Society for College Students of German!
Jillian Drinnon World…
Congratulations to Paul Reitter on being named College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. The title of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor serves to honor full professor…
Greenland has been much in the news at the start of 2025. Donald Trump wants to buy the world's largest island for its natural resources and strategic position. In fact, as Matthew Birkhold writes…
Students and faculty congratulate Haley Grubb on receiving the GATA, Ohio State's highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as Graduate Teaching…
On Monday, March 17, GLL's Cynthia Porter delivered the keynote lecture at the annual induction ceremony of Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society at the University of Arkansas.
We are proud to announce that two of our junior faculty members, Cynthia D. Porter and Juan-Jaques Aupiais, have contributed book reviews to the latest issue of the German Studies Review…
Professor John Davidson's efforts in representing the scholastic work of intercollegiate football have been recognized. He has been named as the 2024 Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Honoree…
As part of the Bonn-Ohio State Exchange, GLL will welcome Marius Reisener to campus this spring. He will co-teach with Cynthia Porter and plans to deliver a talk on March 18th (details forthcoming…
We are thrilled to share the highlights of the Germany on Campus-Kafka events that took place during the autumn 2024 semester. These events provided a rich tapestry of cultural and literary…
We are thrilled to report that a large group from GLL attended this year's ACTFL conference in Philadelphia! The theme was "Connect for the Love of Languages" and our students and faculty found it…
Merrill Kaplan, Associate Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies & Director of both the Center for Folklore Studies and the Scandinavian Program, appears on the latest…
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Kafka's death. Learn more about the life & works of this
German-language novelist and writer through
the…
Paul Reitter, with Paul North (Editor), has been working on an annotated English edition of Marx Capital (Vol. 1), now set to be released by Princeton University Press in September 2024. …
Welcome to the blog
of the
2024 Dresden Summer Language Program!
Over the course of the two months which we will spend in Dresden, the 21 students…
The entire department is pleased to congratulate Marcel Foerster, our third ABD in 2023-24!
Marcel Foerster successfully passed his candidacy exam on May 2, 2024! In his dissertation, he…
Ben Beese wrote a brilliant MA thesis that draws an archival research in exploring the life of Gretel Adorno and forcefully challenges the reigning paradigms in biographical writing about the…
On Friday, March 29, 2024, Assistant Professor Cynthia D. Porter presented as a part of the 2023/2024 Digital Humanities (DH) Showcase, which featured the research and pedagogy projects…
The entire department is pleased to congratulate our two newest ABD's!
Jorge Clavo Abbass successfully passing his Candidacy Exam on December 5th, 2023! Broadly speaking, Jorge’s…
Students and faculty congratulate Marcel Foerster on receiving the GATA, Ohio State's highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving…