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“Perspicuity, Acuity, and Illuminating Vision: Medieval and Early Modern Optics, Religion, and Literary Reflections of the Gaze in Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, Walter Map, Hartmann von Aue, the Melusine Romances (Jean d’Arras), and Froben Christoph von…

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Joela Jacobs, who is the new editor for the interdisciplinary journal Plant Perspectives! She will be taking over for Dr. John C. Ryan. This journal, with which Dr. Jacobs has already been working as an Editorial…

Our graduate students have been active on the conference circuit this spring, presenting their innovative research spanning digital media, modern fiction and children’s literature.Harriet Olulo traveled to Pittsburgh for the 57th Northeast Modern…

In a recent feature by the College of Humanities, Dr. Janice McGregor, an Associate Professor in the Department of German Studies, discussed the significance of study abroad programs for language students. In the article, Dr. McGregor noted that…

Please join us in congratulating this year’s undergraduate scholarship recipients! We would like to extend an extra special herzlichen Glückwunsch to our undergraduate students in German Studies:Cade Young was awarded the Oskar Grunow Scholarship…

This month, hear from Darius Brown about his experiences in the Department of German Studies and apply for the Summer Study in Leipzig program!

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…