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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 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
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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…
May 11, 2022
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- 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
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- 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
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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
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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…
November 2, 2021
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- 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
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- 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
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Newly Published Book on Meanings of Modern Work, edited by Prof. Peter C. Pfeiffer and Nathan T. Tschepik
Congratulations to Professor Peter C. Pfeiffer and Georgetown alum Nathan T. Tschepik, editors of the recent publication of Meanings of Modern Work in Nineteenth- and Twenty…
October 12, 2020