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March 19, 2026
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…
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March 16, 2026
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…
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March 10, 2026
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…
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Feb. 24, 2026
This month, hear from Darius Brown about his experiences in the Department of German Studies and apply for the Summer Study in Leipzig program!
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Feb. 10, 2026
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…
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Feb. 9, 2026
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…
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Jan. 23, 2026
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…
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Dec. 22, 2025
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…
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Dec. 22, 2025
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.
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Dec. 21, 2025
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…