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Please join us in congratulating Christina Becher on the successful completion of her Comprehensive Exam. She is participating in our dual degree PhD program in Transcultural German Studies with the Universität zu Köln, and this milestone means that…

This month, it's all about scholarships and other funding opportunities!

You can apply for three scholarships to support study abroad and/or language immersion programs. Below is a brief overview of the available scholarships. For more details about eligibility, application materials, and scholarship values, see here.…

For about 12 years in the middle of the 14th century, an anonymous writer from Germany lived in Cairo, producing a detailed text about the Muslim world. Last fall semester, on a Fulbright grant to conduct research and teach at Cairo University,…

We are proud to announce that Prof. Chantelle Warner’s achievements were honored with the Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award! We are celebrating this prestigious recognition of her scholarly contributions to applied linguistics, German…

On the last day of the workshop “Multilingualism in a Globalized World”, thirteen graduate students and faculty from the University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley, and Universität zu Köln, Germany, explored Tucson, its surroundings,…

You can apply for three scholarships to support study abroad and/or language immersion programs, or apply to spend a whole year in Germany. Below is a brief overview of the available scholarships. For more details about eligibility, application…

When Ajla Mujezinović participated in our summer study abroad program in Leipzig, Germany, a few years ago, she met Susanne Elze, and they became fast friends. After Ajla's return to the US, the two of them developed a lasting friendship across the…

The 2023 MLA Annual Convention will take place from January 5-8 in San Francisco, and a lot of German Studies faculty members will participate.  As part of the panel "Plants in Nineteenth-Century German Culture," Dr. Joela Jacobs, founder of the…