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Please join us in congratulating Dhruv Sharma on the publication of his poems, “Frohe Weihnachten!” and “Das heilige Feuer” in Trans-Lit2, the journal of the Society for Contemporary American Literature in German (SCALD). Dhruv draws creative…

Dr. Peter Ecke's general education course “Becoming Multilingual: Learning and Maintaining Two or More Languages” was recently featured in a College of Humanities article! The article, titled "Becoming Multilingual", explores how faculty in the…

Please join us in congratulating Enock Omondi Amimo on the successful presentation of his dissertation proposal, A Study of German Language Learning by Migrant Adults with Emerging Alphabetic Literacies in Eastern Africa! He is participating in…

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Veronica Ostertag, who has been selected as one of the 2025 University of Arizona Athletics Top 10 Teachers of the Year! Dr. Ostertag is an alumna of the Department of German Studies and Second Language…

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Albrecht Classen, who won the Most Ambitious Researcher Award in the field of German Studies! This award was presented by Scientific Laurels. You can read more on their website.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Christina Becher-Tiessen on receiving the Offermann-Hergarten-Preis for her dissertation, now published as a book, "Zwischen Mensch und Pflanze. Vegetabile Hybride in literarischen und grafischen Texten des…

We are delighted to celebrate our graduate and  undergraduate students who are graduating this semester! Please join us in congratulating:Graduate students:Esther von Stosch (PhD)Adam Kirchner (MA)Undergraduate students (majors):Amira Beck⁠Nick…

Please join us in celebrating Adam Kirchner on the successful completion of his MA exam. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Adam!

Please join us in congratulating Matt Edwards on the successful completion of his Comprehensive Exam. He is part of our dual degree PhD program in Transcultural German Studies with the Universität Leipzig. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Matt!

Please join us in congratulating Esther von Stosch, who successfully defended her dissertation titled WEST-ÖSTLICHE DINGIMAGINATIONEN: PERSPEKTIVIERUNGEN MATERIELLER HYBRIDITÄT IN DEUTSCHEN UND PERSISCHEN ALEXANDERERZÄHLUNGEN DES MITTELALTERS, with…