German Studies Professor Gerd Gemunden recommends a title from his bookshelf: Abdulrazak Gurnah's Afterlives, 2020, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that makes African voices heard.

Green City is a joint foreign study program between the Department of German Studies and the Thayer School of Engineering.

Jonah Hirsch '22 will pursue graduate study in Germany with a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service.

At noon on June 2, in the foyer of Baker-Berry Library, Profs. Irmela von der Lühe and Veronika Fuechtner introduced the current exhibit of Thomas Mann's antifascist activities. A reception followed.

The department's annual End-of-Year party celebrated the accomplishments of its graduating class, all enrolled students, and student TAs.

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

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.

Kacandes gave the opening keynote address at a conference at the University of Wrocław, Poland.

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