All Posts: Faculty
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- Faculty
- Spring 2026
Auf Wiedersehen!
A fond farewell from Prof. Astrid Weigert upon her retirement With the end of this academic year comes the end of my 27-year career as a faculty member in the Department of…
May 14, 2026
- Faculty
- Spring 2026
Faculty News
On February 27, Professor Verena Kick presented her research at the Newberry Library’s German Studies Seminar, sharing the introduction to her upcoming book, Photobook: …
May 14, 2026
- Faculty
- Spring 2026
Recent Faculty Publications
Professor Mary Helen Dupree’s book The Speaking Muse: Literary Declamation in Germany 1750-1920 was published by Bloomsbury Academic last year, as part of the “New Directions…
May 14, 2026
- Faculty
- Fall 2025
Faculty News
This past summer, Prof. Friederike Eigler attended the conference of the IVG (Internationale Vereinigung der Germanistik) in Graz, Austria and presented on her research on…
December 9, 2025
- Faculty
- Fall 2025
- Undergraduate Students
Faculty-in-Residence Program
As Reynolds Hall’s new Faculty-in-Residence in Fall 2025, Prof. Verena Kick engaged roughly 200 residents through programs that blended reflection, culture, and community. The…
December 9, 2025
- Announcements
- Faculty
- PhD Students
German Department at the 2025 GSA Conference
As always, current members and alumni of the German Department will be present and presenting at this year’s German Studies Association Annual Conference held in Arlington, VA,…
September 12, 2025
- Faculty
- Spring 2025
Faculty News
Prof. Joe Cunningham has been elected to a two-year term as Vice President of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). His term will begin at the…
May 14, 2025
- Faculty
- Spring 2025
Recent Faculty Publications
Professor Mary Helen Dupree’s essay “Inventorying the Audible Past: German-Language Recitation Anthologies in the Nineteenth Century” appeared in the anthology Taking. …
May 14, 2025
- Announcements
- Faculty
- PhD Students
German Department at the 2024 GSA Conference
As always, current members and alumni of the German Department will be present and presenting at this year’s German Studies Association Annual Conference held in Atlanta,,…
August 29, 2024
- Announcements
- Faculty
- Spring 2024
Dr. Astrid Weigert receives 2024 Distinguished Service Award
This year Professor Astrid Weigert was recognized with the 2024 Distinguished Service Award, presented annually to a member of the FLCLS faculty who has made extraordinary…
May 18, 2024