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The German Department wishes Mike Lützeler a Happy 80th Birthday!

The German Department wishes Mike Lützeler a Happy 80th Birthday!

Erin McGlothlin wins Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize

Erin McGlothlin wins Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize

Faculty Changes for the German Department

Faculty Changes for the German Department

Williams awarded Sixteenth Century Society and Conference medal (2022)

Williams awarded Sixteenth Century Society and Conference medal (2022)

The German Department Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

The German Department Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

Lynne Tatlock Featured in The Ampersand

Lynne Tatlock Featured in The Ampersand

Transnational literature in the age of nationalism

Transnational literature in the age of nationalism

New book reveals the connected histories of Vienna and Constantinople

New book reveals the connected histories of Vienna and Constantinople

Get to know the incoming vice dean of undergraduate affairs

Get to know the incoming vice dean of undergraduate affairs

McGlothlin named vice dean of undergraduate affairs in Arts & Sciences

McGlothlin named vice dean of undergraduate affairs in Arts & Sciences

Professor Beals wins Max Kade Prize for Best Article

Professor Beals wins Max Kade Prize for Best Article

A Statement on the Role of Humanities Research and Education in Times of Crisis

A Statement on the Role of Humanities Research and Education in Times of Crisis

Professor McGlothlin's Edited Volume receives review in Los Angeles Review of Books

Professor McGlothlin's Edited Volume receives review in Los Angeles Review of Books

Professor Kita and Professor Beals featured in Perspectives

Professor Kita and Professor Beals featured in Perspectives

Professor Williams honored at Sixteenth Century Society & Conference

Professor Williams honored at Sixteenth Century Society & Conference

Sarah Westphal-Wihl

Sarah Westphal-Wihl

New Assistant Professor to start in Fall 2019

New Assistant Professor to start in Fall 2019

Paul Michael Lützeler awarded Friedrich-Gundolf-Prize for 2019

Paul Michael Lützeler awarded Friedrich-Gundolf-Prize for 2019

Winter 2018-19 Newsletter

Winter 2018-19 Newsletter

2018 Faculty Updates

2018 Faculty Updates

Washington University Libraries dedicate Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection

Washington University Libraries dedicate Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection

Professor Erin McGlothlin featured in Center for the Humanities article previewing November 5 Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Professor Erin McGlothlin featured in Center for the Humanities article previewing November 5 Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Professor Lynne Tatlock receives Arts & Sciences Faculty Leadership Award

Professor Lynne Tatlock receives Arts & Sciences Faculty Leadership Award

New Postdocs for 2018-19!

New Postdocs for 2018-19!

Professor Erlin, Professor Kita, and Professor McGlothlin featured in Ampersand article about first ever Summer Humanities Institute

Professor Erlin, Professor Kita, and Professor McGlothlin featured in Ampersand article about first ever Summer Humanities Institute

Professor McGlothlin and Professor Walke take FOCUS Class on Study Trip

Professor McGlothlin and Professor Walke take FOCUS Class on Study Trip

Professor Kita interviewed: ‘How We Listen Shapes How We View the World’: The Radio Drama in Post-WWII Germany

Professor Kita interviewed: ‘How We Listen Shapes How We View the World’: The Radio Drama in Post-WWII Germany

Professor Erlin featured in Ampersand

Professor Erlin featured in Ampersand

Winter 2017-18 Newsletter

Winter 2017-18 Newsletter

2017 Faculty Updates

2017 Faculty Updates

We Welcome Two Postdocs!

We Welcome Two Postdocs!

Professor Kapczynski on NPR's All Things Considered

Professor Kapczynski on NPR's All Things Considered

Professor Williams & Professor Schneider recently published

Professor Williams & Professor Schneider recently published

October 4 - National Teach German Day

October 4 - National Teach German Day

Job Opening in German Department

Job Opening in German Department

Professor Erlin Gives Lecture at Bowdoin College

Professor Erlin Gives Lecture at Bowdoin College

Members of the Department Participated in St. Louis Go! Marathon Relay Event

Members of the Department Participated in St. Louis Go! Marathon Relay Event

Professor McGlothlin awarded Honorable Mention

Professor McGlothlin awarded Honorable Mention

Farewell to Egon Schwarz (1922-2017)

Farewell to Egon Schwarz (1922-2017)

Obituary for Egon Schwarz

Obituary for Egon Schwarz

Professor Kita selected as Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow

Professor Kita selected as Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow

Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter

2016 Faculty Updates

2016 Faculty Updates

Recent Keynote Addresses by Professor Lützeler

Recent Keynote Addresses by Professor Lützeler

Professor Erlin wins DAAD/GSA book prize

Professor Erlin wins DAAD/GSA book prize

Professor Christian Schneider's article appears in Seminar

Professor Christian Schneider's article appears in Seminar

Professor Erlin publishes article in inaugural issue of Digital Literary Studies

Professor Erlin publishes article in inaugural issue of Digital Literary Studies

 Professor Schneider organizes international symposium at Heidelberg University

Professor Schneider organizes international symposium at Heidelberg University

Professor Beals featured on St. Louis Public Radio

Professor Beals featured on St. Louis Public Radio

Interview with Professor Kapczynski on Postwar German film

Interview with Professor Kapczynski on Postwar German film

Professor Schneider awarded a Marie S. Curie FCFP Senior Fellowship from the University of Freiburg and the European Union

Professor Schneider awarded a Marie S. Curie FCFP Senior Fellowship from the University of Freiburg and the European Union

Professor McGlothlin organizes a collaborative research workshop

Professor McGlothlin organizes a collaborative research workshop

Fall 2015 Department Newsletter

Fall 2015 Department Newsletter

Professor Lützeler elected a new member of the Executive Committee of the Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik

Professor Lützeler elected a new member of the Executive Committee of the Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik

Professor Williams elected president of Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI)

Professor Williams elected president of Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI)

Professor Kita awarded a Franz Werfel Grant from the Austrian Exchange Service

Professor Kita awarded a Franz Werfel Grant from the Austrian Exchange Service

Professor Erlin delivers keynote address at Penn DH Conference

Professor Erlin delivers keynote address at Penn DH Conference

Professor McGlothlin interviewed by Humanities Center about current book project on Holocaust perpetrators

Professor McGlothlin interviewed by Humanities Center about current book project on Holocaust perpetrators

Professor Kurt Beals receives a 2014 PEN/HEIM Translation Fund Grant

Professor Kurt Beals receives a 2014 PEN/HEIM Translation Fund Grant

Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski awarded A&S Summer Faculty Research Grants

Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski awarded A&S Summer Faculty Research Grants

Professor Tatlock elected an honorary member of the AATG

Professor Tatlock elected an honorary member of the AATG

New Book Series: Dialogue and Disjunction

New Book Series: Dialogue and Disjunction

PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant

PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant

Papers at the German Studies Association (GSA) Conference

Papers at the German Studies Association (GSA) Conference

Weimar am Pazifik

Weimar am Pazifik

Professor Matt Erlin awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant

Professor Matt Erlin awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant

Professor Lynne Tatlock featured in WashU's "Hold That Thought" On Language Series

Professor Lynne Tatlock featured in WashU's "Hold That Thought" On Language Series

Professor Erin McGlothlin awarded the Mid-Career Faculty Fellowship by the Center for the Humanities

Professor Erin McGlothlin awarded the Mid-Career Faculty Fellowship by the Center for the Humanities

Professor Eva Russo nominated to receive the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award

Professor Eva Russo nominated to receive the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award

Professors Matt Erlin and Lynne Tatlock publish essay anthology "Distant Readings: Topologies of German Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century"

Professors Matt Erlin and Lynne Tatlock publish essay anthology "Distant Readings: Topologies of German Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century"

In Emeritus News...

In Emeritus News...

Professor Paul Michael Lützeler selected as a Summer 2014 Fellow by the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies of the University of Cologne

Professor Paul Michael Lützeler selected as a Summer 2014 Fellow by the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies of the University of Cologne

Professor Emeritus Egon Schwarz's most recent book, "Wien und die Juden. Essays zum Fin de Siècle," published by C. H. Beck in Munich

Professor Emeritus Egon Schwarz's most recent book, "Wien und die Juden. Essays zum Fin de Siècle," published by C. H. Beck in Munich

Professor Erin McGlothlin to co-chair upcoming seminar for the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies

Professor Erin McGlothlin to co-chair upcoming seminar for the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies

Professor Tatlock receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Professor Tatlock receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

"A New History of German Cinema" Chosen as Film Book of the Year

"A New History of German Cinema" Chosen as Film Book of the Year

Professor McGlothlin's "Hold That Thought" podcast episode featured on university Facebook page

Professor McGlothlin's "Hold That Thought" podcast episode featured on university Facebook page

New Faculty Join Department

New Faculty Join Department

Koepnick on the Role of Opera in the Films of Werner Herzog

Koepnick on the Role of Opera in the Films of Werner Herzog

Professor Erlin appointed Director of Graduate Studies

Professor Erlin appointed Director of Graduate Studies

Lützeler Elected President of the American Friends of the German Literary/Archives

Lützeler Elected President of the American Friends of the German Literary/Archives

Professor Tatlock Publishes Book: German Writing, American Reading

Professor Tatlock Publishes Book: German Writing, American Reading

Lützeler Co-Organizes International Conference on Hermann Broch

Lützeler Co-Organizes International Conference on Hermann Broch

Lützeler summer fellow at Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Lützeler summer fellow at Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Lützeler Honored at Portugal Conference

Lützeler Honored at Portugal Conference

Lutzeler serves as fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) in Germany for Summer 2012

Lutzeler serves as fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) in Germany for Summer 2012

Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski present "Representing Medicine In and After the Holocaust" at Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski present "Representing Medicine In and After the Holocaust" at Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Department hosts "Distant Readings, Descriptive Turns" Symposium

Department hosts "Distant Readings, Descriptive Turns" Symposium

Mike Lutzeler speaks at international convention of ALEG (Latin American German Studies Association)

Mike Lutzeler speaks at international convention of ALEG (Latin American German Studies Association)

Lützeler co-organizes the international Hermann Broch symposium at the Austrian Literary Archive

Lützeler co-organizes the international Hermann Broch symposium at the Austrian Literary Archive

Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition

Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition

Kapczynski awarded GSA/DAAD Article Prize for “Postwar Ghosts: /Heimatfilm/ and the Specter of Male Violence"

Kapczynski awarded GSA/DAAD Article Prize for “Postwar Ghosts: /Heimatfilm/ and the Specter of Male Violence"

Tatlock presents paper at the "Metropole, Provinz und Welt" conference at Humboldt University in Berlin

Tatlock presents paper at the "Metropole, Provinz und Welt" conference at Humboldt University in Berlin

Luetzeler gives the President's Lecture at the University of Vermont on "U.S. Writers on Europe: The Competition Between the American and the European Dream"

Luetzeler gives the President's Lecture at the University of Vermont on "U.S. Writers on Europe: The Competition Between the American and the European Dream"

McGlothlin delivers faculty address at New Student Convocation on August 25

McGlothlin delivers faculty address at New Student Convocation on August 25

Lützeler gives lectures at universities and Goethe Institutes in Dublin, Brussels, Louvain, Augsburg, Mannheim, and Luxemburg

Lützeler gives lectures at universities and Goethe Institutes in Dublin, Brussels, Louvain, Augsburg, Mannheim, and Luxemburg

Kapczynski presents "Living, Memory: The Politics of Conservation in Robert Thalheim’s Am Ende kommen Touristen (2004)"

Kapczynski presents "Living, Memory: The Politics of Conservation in Robert Thalheim’s Am Ende kommen Touristen (2004)"

Lützeler leads weekend seminar on contemporary German literature at the Deutsche Literaturarchiv in Marbach

Lützeler leads weekend seminar on contemporary German literature at the Deutsche Literaturarchiv in Marbach

McGlothlin delivers "Ten Million Words" at Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony

McGlothlin delivers "Ten Million Words" at Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony

Lützeler delivers concluding lecture on "The Repercussions of the Modern Era" at an international Hermann Broch symposium at Yale University

Lützeler delivers concluding lecture on "The Repercussions of the Modern Era" at an international Hermann Broch symposium at Yale University

McGlothlin and Kafalenos host the 2011 International Conference on Narrative, April 7-10, 2011

McGlothlin and Kafalenos host the 2011 International Conference on Narrative, April 7-10, 2011

Paul Michael Luetzeler, Jennifer Kapczynski (Ed.) publish book

Paul Michael Luetzeler, Jennifer Kapczynski (Ed.) publish book

Kapczynski receives Excellence in Mentoring award

Kapczynski receives Excellence in Mentoring award

Williams elected president of SGRABL (The Society of German Renaissance and Baroque Literature)

Williams elected president of SGRABL (The Society of German Renaissance and Baroque Literature)

Erlin receives NEH Grant for "Necessary Luxuries: German Literature and the World of Goods, 1770-1815"

Erlin receives NEH Grant for "Necessary Luxuries: German Literature and the World of Goods, 1770-1815"

Lützeler elected member of the Strategy Commission of the German Research Council

Lützeler elected member of the Strategy Commission of the German Research Council

Kapczynski delivers paper, "The Uncanny Sames: Familiar Alterity in West German Crime Film of the 1950s"

Kapczynski delivers paper, "The Uncanny Sames: Familiar Alterity in West German Crime Film of the 1950s"

Tatlock receives Florence Steiner Award

Tatlock receives Florence Steiner Award

Lützeler publishes edition, Hermann Broch's study "Hofmannsthal und seine Zeit," Italian translation

Lützeler publishes edition, Hermann Broch's study "Hofmannsthal und seine Zeit," Italian translation

McGlothlin appointed Director of Research for the Center for the Humanities

McGlothlin appointed Director of Research for the Center for the Humanities

Lützeler gives keynote lecture at Germanistenverband

Lützeler gives keynote lecture at Germanistenverband

Williams publishes book: Mothering Baby: On Being a Woman in Early Modern Germany

Williams publishes book: Mothering Baby: On Being a Woman in Early Modern Germany

Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition

Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition