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Announcements

Soundtracks: New Global Perspectives on Sound Studies

Friday, September 15, 2023 – Rolf Goebel (University of Alabama): “…und die Schrift tönt.” Hölderlin’s “Mnemosyne,” Sound Studies and the Challenges of…

August 30, 2023

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

Fulbright Teaching Awards in Germany and Austria

Three (!) of our graduating students (COL ’22) – Helen Poe, Ben Gaver, and Steven Kingkiner – and one of our recently graduated German minors – …

September 30, 2022

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PhD Students

PhD Candidate J.B. Potter Wins Writing Competition

Current German Department PhD student J.B. Potter won first place in the 2022 General William E. DePuy Special Topics Writing Competition. His essay, entitled “Haunted by…

September 9, 2022

Announcements
PhD Students

PhD Candidate Sam Grayck Receives David Detjen Research Grant

Graduate student Sam Grayck was awarded the David Detjen Research Grant from the American Friends of Marbach to conduct summer research at the Marbach…

May 11, 2022

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

German Major Steven Kingkiner Receives Fulbright Award

This year’s German graduate Steven “Stefan” Kingkiner (COL ’22) received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship   for 2022-23. He will begin teaching in North Rhine…

May 3, 2022

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

Cindy Strizak (MSB’22) wins Award for College Minors from the German Society of Maryland!

The German Department is delighted to congratulate Cindy Strizak (MSB’22, German minor) for receiving the prestigious Award for College Minors by the German Society of…

April 20, 2022

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

Congratulations to Desmond Allen Ferrell, SFS’18, recipient of a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

When I arrived at Georgetown in the fall of 2014, I only intended to take enough German courses to satisfy the SFS language proficiency requirement. However, life had other plans…

December 6, 2021

Announcements
PhD Students

Dr. Douglas McKnight wins 2021 Herbert-Steiner-Preis

Congratulations to Dr. Douglas McKnight (PhD 2020), recipient of the 2021 Herbert-Steiner-Preis, awarded by the Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (D) …

November 2, 2021

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

German Major Benjamin Lang Receives Fulbright Award

This year’s German graduate Benjamin Lang (COL ’21) received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship for 2021-22. He will begin teaching in North Rhine Westphalia in early…

July 13, 2021

Announcements
Undergraduate Students

German Department Student Wins Dürrenmatt Essay Contest

Quentin Fidance, first year student in the School of Foreign Service (Major: International Affairs), has won first place in the Friedrich Dürrenmatt Centennial Essay Contest…

May 6, 2021