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German Studies End-of-Year Party Celebrates 2021-2

The department's annual End-of-Year party celebrates the accomplishments of its graduating class, all enrolled students, and student TAs.
Shelfie: What the Faculty is Currently Reading

Our Distinguished Max Kade Professor Ulrike Draesner recommends a current title from her bookshelf: Die Bergfahrt (Ascent) by Ludwig Hohl.
Faculty retreat with Ulrike Draesner

Scholars on contemporary literature from New England, the director of the Goethe-Institute in Boston and faculty from the German department discussed her latest novel.
Professor Kacandes in Wrocław, Poland

Kacandes gave the opening keynote address at a conference at the University of Wrocław, Poland.
Spring Term Visiting Professor Ulrike Draesner

The Spring '22 Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor is the German novelist, poet, essayist, and translator, Ulrike Draesner.
Mittagstisch

This spring, the German Club's Mittagstisch will take place every Tuesday from 12:00 to 1:30 PM in '53 Commons on the 2nd floor.
Thomas Mann and Democracy

Baker-Berry Library's current exhibit, "Democracy Will Win," depicts Thomas Mann's efforts to strengthen democracy after having found refuge from fascism in the U.S. in 1938.
In support of the Russian Department's statement on Ukraine

The Department of German Studies is in support of the statement by our friends in the Department of Russian concerning recent developments in Ukraine.
The German/Engineering FSP is being piloted in Berlin this spring

Green City is a joint foreign study program between the Department of German Studies and the Thayer School of Engineering.
"In the Wake of the Plague: Eros and Mourning" — a symposium

"In the Wake of the Plague: Eros and Mourning," a symposium taking place on April 21-24, 2022 (Click on the illustration for details).

Recent Publications

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The Fontane Workshop: Manufacturing Realism in the Industrial Age of Print.

Petra S. McGillen

New Directions in German Studies; 26. New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
On Being Adjacent to Historical Violence

Irene Kacandes

De Gruyter Verlag, 2022
Sovereignty in Ruins: A Politics of Crisis

Klaus Mladek, George Edmondson (eds.)

Duke University Press, 2017.
Toni Erdmann

Gerd Gemünden

Camden House, 2021

Study Abroad

Join one of our off-campus programs and immerse yourself in the diverse culture of Germany's capital Berlin, one example of our INCLUSIVE APPROACHES to German Study.

Learn more about LANGUAGE STUDY ABROAD (LSA/ LSA+) and FOREIGN STUDY PROGRAM (FSP), the GERM/ENGINEERING FSP, JEWISH STUDIES/GERM FSP, and more.

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