Master of Arts in German and Higher Education Administration. Several weeks ago, we received the final approval from the Graduate School about a plan that had been in the works for 18 months or so: a new terminal master's degree that combines work in German Studies with coursework and internships in Higher Education Administration.
Knowledge in Motion: Constructing Transcultural Experience in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods (1200–1750) was recently published in DAPHNIS. Zeitschrift für die Mittlere Deutsche Literatur und Kultur (1400-1750): 46 (2017), 3-4.
Sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), today is the first annual National Teach German Day.
This fall, we welcome four new PhD students, as well as our four exchange students, two Max Kade research assistants, and a new master's student. We are so happy to have you all!
Heidi Grek, one of our PhD students in German & Comparative Literature, was this past summer's graduate student liaison to our intensive language program in Göttingen. She gave us the following report about this year's group of students.
Claire Meyer began as the department's Business Coordinator on July 5, 2017. As a native St. Louisan, she is very pleased to return to her hometown.
Congratulations to recent graduate Ben Greenho, who has been awarded a US Teaching Assistantship (USTA) fellowship in to Austria for the 2017-18 academic year.
Stay in touch! We wish you all the best. Click the link for names of the spring 2017 graduates.
Congratulations to Hannah Olsen and Emma Streff, two of our minors who were recently awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2017-18.
We invite applications for a one-year position as Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, beginning in fall 2017.
Our department Chair, Professor Matt Erlin, gave a lecture at Bowdoin College on April 5, 2017.
Six members of the department successfully completed the St. Louis Go! Marathon Relay on Sunday, April 9, 2017.