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Winner of the 2021 Alexander Stephan Prize in German Studies
We are excited to announce the winner of the national 2021 Alexander Stephan National Essay Prize in German Studies! This year's prize has been awarded to Sofia Patino Duque, who is…
Mergenthaler accepted as fellow of the Akademie für Lyrikkritik at the Haus für Poesie in Berlin
We congratulate May Mergenthaler, Associate Professor in the department, who has been accepted as fellow of the Akademie für Lyrikkritik at the Haus für Poesie in Berlin for the first 6…
Birkhold Book wins WCGS Prize for "Best First Book Published in 2019 "
Characters before Copyright: The Rise and Regulation of Fan Fiction in Eighteenth-Century Germany, published by Oxford University Press, was selected from a shortlist of seven excellent…
Q&A with German Club Co-President Dani Blumenfeld
When Dani Blumenfeld, a junior marketing student in the Fisher College of Business, took over as co-president of German Club last year, she faced the unexpected challenge of …
Richards recognized as a "Buckeye Access All-Star"
Kevin Richards has been recognized as a Buckeye Access All-Star by a student served by Student Life Disability Services. Congratulations and thank you, Kevin!
Cheryl L. Lyons,…
Birkhold Book receives honorable mention from the MLA
The MLA has announced that Matthew H. Birkhold, associate professor of German at The Ohio State University, Columbus, will receive an honorable mention for the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for…
Gollance receives Cashmere Subvention Grant from AJS
Sonia Gollance, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies, is one of three recipients of this year's Cashmere Subvention Award in Jewish Gender,…
Birkhold to collaborate with Sustainability Institute partners
Associate Professor Matthew Birkhold has secured a grant from the Sustainability Education and Learning Committee to lead a campus-wide effort to create a new Environmental Arts & Humanities…
Yiddish class bridges Big 10 rivalry
Students in Prof. Gollance's Yiddish 1101 class exchanged beginning of the year greetings in Yiddish with the first semester Yiddish class at the University of Michigan that were inspired by…