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Fulbright Teaching Awards in Germany and Austria
Helen Poe and Ben Gaver in Kärnten/Austria, where they have begun their adventures as Fulbright Teaching Assistants in Wolfsberg and Feldkirchen, respectively. Three (!) of our graduating students
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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 Clausewitz’s Ghost: Moral Fo
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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 literary archives. The Marbach literary archives
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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 Westphalia in early September. Congr
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Reception for 2022 Graduating Students
Graduating students of German should join the faculty of the German Department for a graduation reception, held Friday, May 20, 2022, in ICC 462. Family and friends are welcome to attend, and ple
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Congratulations to Cindy Strizak (MSB’22), recipient of the Award for College Minors from the German Society of Maryland!
Cindy Strizak (MSB'22, German minor) The German Department is delighted to congratulate Cindy Strizak (MSB’22, German minor) for receiving the prestigious Award for College Minors by the German So
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Congratulations to Desmond Allen Ferrell, SFS’18, recipient of a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Desmond Allen Ferrell, SFS'18 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
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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 (DÖW) and the International Conf
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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 September. Congratulations,
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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 organized by the Emba
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