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Byram appears in ASC Voices of Excellence podcast
Katra Byram, Associate Professor, recently appeared on the College of Arts and Sciences Voices of Excellence podcast, speaking with host David Staley about her research and teaching.…

Mueller Defends Her Dissertation
Hearty congratulations to Caro for successfully defending on the 20th of August!
Carolin Mueller’s dissertation, From Musical Activism to Musical Citizenship: Dresden’s Banda…

Martin Defends Her Dissertation
Hearty congratulations to Carly for successfully defending on the 17th of August!
Carly Martin’s dissertation, Schöne Prose: Language Critique and Biography in the Early Herder, examines…

Professor Fischer Retires
After close to four decades at The Ohio State University, Bernd Fischer, professor of German, will retire this year. He chaired the department from the end of the 20th century into the beginning…

The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project & class design
A pedagogy piece written by Professor Gollance and Caitlin Hatten, a student in her spring semester Yiddish 3371 course, is live on the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project blog.
The…

Mergenthaler receives Fellowship and Research Award
Congratulations to May Mergenthaler, Associate Professor, who has received an 18-month Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers!
She will use the fellowship to…

Taleghani-Nikazm publishes volume
Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures, has published together with Emma Betz (University of Waterloo) and Peter Golato (Texas State University) the volume…

Birkhold wins 2020 Mentoring Award
Professor Matthew Birkhold has won a 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. Congratulations!
He was nominated for the award by Dieter Cunz award-winning senior Elena…

Davis's MA success!
Congratulations to Caleb Davis, who has passed his MA exam.
In his thesis, Caleb wrote about the role of nationalist narratives in commemorative monuments of the mythic character…