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![Christian Schuetz Wins Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/1000040554_0.jpg?itok=jjXseO0B)
![The German Department wishes Mike Lützeler a Happy 80th Birthday!](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/paul-michael-luetzeler-in.jpg?itok=HKbSXJ3Q)
The German Department wishes Mike Lützeler a Happy 80th Birthday!
![Erin McGlothlin wins Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Erin McGlothlin wins Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize
![Christian Schuetz wins Austrian Studies Association Graduate Student Essay Prize](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/German_Schuetz_C-1055596.jpg?itok=ttOgw1H1)
Christian Schuetz wins Austrian Studies Association Graduate Student Essay Prize
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Williams awarded Sixteenth Century Society and Conference medal (2022)
![Four German Alumni Earn Fulbright Awards](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Four German Alumni Earn Fulbright Awards
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Congratulations, Class of 2021-2022!
![Four inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/peter_ogunniran.png?itok=ZPALObmg)
Four inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
![Nine recent Arts & Sciences alumni win Fulbright awards](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Fulbright_Association_logo_RGB-e1570222031481.png?itok=69zOyujO)
Nine recent Arts & Sciences alumni win Fulbright awards
![James McLeod Award and David Bronsen Prize go to promising undergraduates](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/2021prizes-thumb.png?itok=Yw-f0WUJ)
James McLeod Award and David Bronsen Prize go to promising undergraduates
![Cecily Hawksworth receives GSS Outstanding Staff Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/hawksworth-2021.png?itok=kOgZvdcm)
Cecily Hawksworth receives GSS Outstanding Staff Award
![Gahrs and Maurer to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/tyler%2Bpatricia_thumb.png?itok=CugQ3K_r)
Gahrs and Maurer to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
![Applications now open for the Detjen Study Abroad Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/stefan-widua-iPOZf3tQfHA-unsplash.jpg?itok=-nBCbzMP)
Applications now open for the Detjen Study Abroad Award
![Alumnae receive German and Swedish national honors](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/elisabeth%2Bgisela_thumb.png?itok=aD2NEtMZ)
Alumnae receive German and Swedish national honors
![Professor Beals wins Max Kade Prize for Best Article](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/kurt_beals.png?itok=uwTIUBVM)
Professor Beals wins Max Kade Prize for Best Article
![Professor McGlothlin's Edited Volume receives review in Los Angeles Review of Books](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Faculty%20Bookshelf/construction-testimony-103856.jpg?itok=GQlGT6tC)
Professor McGlothlin's Edited Volume receives review in Los Angeles Review of Books
![Professor Kita and Professor Beals featured in Perspectives](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Kita_HowIMadeThisBook.png?itok=vHBKIYxi)
Professor Kita and Professor Beals featured in Perspectives
![Applications now open for Gerhild Scholz Williams Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Calendar%20Events/gerhildwilliams_reception.png?itok=nqz7GrEV)
Applications now open for Gerhild Scholz Williams Award
![Professor Williams honored at Sixteenth Century Society & Conference](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Calendar%20Events/gerhildwilliams_reception.png?itok=nqz7GrEV)
Professor Williams honored at Sixteenth Century Society & Conference
Simone Pfleger, PhD ‘18, Receives Award
![Departmental Prizes go to promising undergraduate alumni](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Departmental Prizes go to promising undergraduate alumni
![Class of 2021 Kling Fellows Announced](https://humanities.wustl.edu/files/humanities/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Kling%20Class%20of%202021%20Group%20Shot%20Minus%20Elizabeth.jpg?itok=tn84g8Fz)
Class of 2021 Kling Fellows Announced
Bauder to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
![Patrick Goff (LA '18) awarded Fulbright Combined Grant](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/goff.png?itok=5emnbwyO)
Patrick Goff (LA '18) awarded Fulbright Combined Grant
Paul Michael Lützeler awarded Friedrich-Gundolf-Prize for 2019
![Winter 2018-19 Newsletter](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Stichworte19thumb.png?itok=yx5iQiiA)
Winter 2018-19 Newsletter
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2018 Faculty Updates
![Washington University Libraries dedicate Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Mike%20Lutzeler%20dedication.png?itok=sNQJCDtM)
Washington University Libraries dedicate Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection
![Patrick Goff (LA '18) selected for prestigious DAAD seminar](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/goff.png?itok=5emnbwyO)
Patrick Goff (LA '18) selected for prestigious DAAD seminar
![Professor Lynne Tatlock receives Arts & Sciences Faculty Leadership Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/lynnetatlock_cropped.jpg?itok=jawHsGzF)
Professor Lynne Tatlock receives Arts & Sciences Faculty Leadership Award
![Olsson Berggren to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/mikael-olssonberggren.png?itok=ciBgsVCQ)
Olsson Berggren to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
![Professor Erlin featured in Ampersand](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_matt_erlin_761.jpg?itok=LOwviIDP)
Professor Erlin featured in Ampersand
![Winter 2017-18 Newsletter](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Winter 2017-18 Newsletter
![2017 Faculty Updates](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/all%20faculty%20for%20article%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=WNjq1wxo)
2017 Faculty Updates
![Professor Williams & Professor Schneider recently published](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Calendar%20Events/knowledgeinmotion.png?itok=ZGtFCwsR)
Professor Williams & Professor Schneider recently published
![Recent Graduate Selected as US TA in Austria](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Recent Graduate Selected as US TA in Austria
![Best Wishes, Graduates](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Best Wishes, Graduates
![Two German Minors Awarded National Scholarship](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Two German Minors Awarded National Scholarship
![Professor Erlin Gives Lecture at Bowdoin College](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_matt_erlin_761.jpg?itok=LOwviIDP)
Professor Erlin Gives Lecture at Bowdoin College
Anna-Rebecca Nowicki to receive inaugural Liberman Leadership Award
![Claire Ross to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/claireross2.jpg?itok=_oiJIL_5)
Claire Ross to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
![Professor McGlothlin awarded Honorable Mention](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/erin-mcglothlin.jpg?itok=2Y_94ceq)
Professor McGlothlin awarded Honorable Mention
![Professor Kita selected as Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/caroline2.jpg?itok=dJGdcO65)
Professor Kita selected as Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow
![Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter
![2016 Faculty Updates](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/all%20faculty%20for%20article%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=WNjq1wxo)
2016 Faculty Updates
Recent Keynote Addresses by Professor Lützeler
![Professor Erlin wins DAAD/GSA book prize](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_matt_erlin_761.jpg?itok=LOwviIDP)
Professor Erlin wins DAAD/GSA book prize
Anna-Rebecca Nowicki Awarded Stefania Gray Graduate Presentation Award
![German Major Awarded Kling Fellowship](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
German Major Awarded Kling Fellowship
![Empress Sanders awarded GSS outstanding staff award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/empress.png?itok=6CvHaDDh)
Empress Sanders awarded GSS outstanding staff award
![Professor Schneider awarded a Marie S. Curie FCFP Senior Fellowship from the University of Freiburg and the European Union](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/christian.jpg?itok=H_YcGxWN)
Professor Schneider awarded a Marie S. Curie FCFP Senior Fellowship from the University of Freiburg and the European Union
![Fall 2015 Department Newsletter](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Fall 2015 Department Newsletter
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)](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/gerhild-williams.png?itok=Y_0i7zsF)
Professor Williams elected president of Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI)
![Professor Kita awarded a Franz Werfel Grant from the Austrian Exchange Service](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/caroline2.jpg?itok=dJGdcO65)
Professor Kita awarded a Franz Werfel Grant from the Austrian Exchange Service
![Professor Kurt Beals receives a 2014 PEN/HEIM Translation Fund Grant](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Kurt Beals receives a 2014 PEN/HEIM Translation Fund Grant
![Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski awarded A&S Summer Faculty Research Grants](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professors McGlothlin and Kapczynski awarded A&S Summer Faculty Research Grants
![Professor Tatlock elected an honorary member of the AATG](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Tatlock elected an honorary member of the AATG
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant
![Professor Matt Erlin awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_matt_erlin_761.jpg?itok=LOwviIDP)
Professor Matt Erlin awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant
![End of year awards go to promising undergraduate alumni](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
End of year awards go to promising undergraduate alumni
![Professor Erin McGlothlin awarded the Mid-Career Faculty Fellowship by the Center for the Humanities](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/erin-mcglothlin.jpg?itok=2Y_94ceq)
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](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Eva Russo nominated to receive the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award
![Professor Tatlock receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/lynnetatlock_cropped.jpg?itok=jawHsGzF)
Professor Tatlock receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
!["A New History of German Cinema" Chosen as Film Book of the Year](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_jennifer_kapczynski_721%20copy.png?itok=ey3hnnMh)
"A New History of German Cinema" Chosen as Film Book of the Year
Lützeler Elected President of the American Friends of the German Literary/Archives
Lützeler summer fellow at Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Lützeler Honored at Portugal Conference
![Department hosts "Distant Readings, Descriptive Turns" Symposium](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Department hosts "Distant Readings, Descriptive Turns" Symposium
![Mike Lutzeler speaks at international convention of ALEG (Latin American German Studies Association)](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Mike Lutzeler speaks at international convention of ALEG (Latin American German Studies Association)
![Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/lynnetatlock_cropped.jpg?itok=jawHsGzF)
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"](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_jennifer_kapczynski_721%20copy.png?itok=ey3hnnMh)
Kapczynski awarded GSA/DAAD Article Prize for “Postwar Ghosts: /Heimatfilm/ and the Specter of Male Violence"
![McGlothlin delivers faculty address at New Student Convocation on August 25](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/erin-mcglothlin.jpg?itok=2Y_94ceq)
McGlothlin delivers faculty address at New Student Convocation on August 25
![McGlothlin delivers "Ten Million Words" at Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/erin-mcglothlin.jpg?itok=2Y_94ceq)
McGlothlin delivers "Ten Million Words" at Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony
![Kapczynski receives Excellence in Mentoring award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_jennifer_kapczynski_721%20copy.png?itok=ey3hnnMh)
Kapczynski receives Excellence in Mentoring award
![Erlin receives NEH Grant for "Necessary Luxuries: German Literature and the World of Goods, 1770-1815"](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/130912_jaa_matt_erlin_761.jpg?itok=LOwviIDP)
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
![Tatlock receives Florence Steiner Award](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/lynnetatlock_cropped.jpg?itok=jawHsGzF)
Tatlock receives Florence Steiner Award
![McGlothlin appointed Director of Research for the Center for the Humanities](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/erin-mcglothlin.jpg?itok=2Y_94ceq)
McGlothlin appointed Director of Research for the Center for the Humanities
![Tatlock receives honorable mention for the Josephine Roberts prize for a Scholarly Edition](https://german.wustl.edu/files/german/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/lynnetatlock_cropped.jpg?itok=jawHsGzF)