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Johnson to direct Yiddish program in GLL
GLL is delighted to welcome Matthew Johnson to its faculty. Johnson will be starting his appointment next fall and will have responsibilities for the Yiddish program, both as director of Yiddish…
Cynthia Porter to join the GLL faculty next fall
GLL is delighted to announce that Cynthia Porter will be joining the faculty next fall. Porter earned a Bachelor’s degree from Denison University in 2010, then went on to acquire two Master’s…
Education in an Embodied Internet (Metaverse)
Kevin Richards was recently interviewed by David Staley for the Voices of Excellence from Arts and Science podcast, in which they discuss the embodied experience of the internet, i.e. the…
LaVern J. Rippley, our 2019 Distinguished Alumnus, passes away
We have received the sorrowful news that Professor LaVern John Rippley died January 6, 2022 in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1965, Professor Rippley earned a PhD in German Studies from the then
Spencer publishes essay on Einstürzende Neubauten
Andy Spencer has published the essay "First World War Commemoration: Einstürzende Neubauten ‘Do It A Dada’” in the volume German Pop Music in Literary and Transmedial Perspectives, edited…
Newest volume in Anna Seghers Werkausgabe series released
The newest volume in the Anna Seghers Werkausgabe series has been published by Aufbau Verlag in Berlin. We congratulate Professor Emerita Helen Fehervary, the General Editor, on this…
Fairy Tales Exhibit in Hagerty Hall
Come visit the Hagerty Global Gallery on the first floor for The Grimms' Fairy Tales and their Afterlives with 36 panels on tales and topics drawn from the German 2254…
'Tracht' brought to life in German classes
It is early autumn. Time to wear Tracht in certain German-speaking regions and in spots right here in Ohio that were settled by German-speaking immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries (Columbus,…
Chicago Jewish Café interviews Prof. Holub
On 22 September Professor Robert C. Holub was interviewed by Alexander Gendler from the Chicago Jewish Café. The subject of the interview was Professor Holub’s 2016 book, Nietzsche’s Jewish…