All Posts: Fall 2025
11 Articles
- Fall 2025
- Past Events
Department Events: Fall 2025
The German Department had a strong presence at this year’s German Studies Association (GSA) convention, which was held on September 25-28 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
- Undergraduate Students
Georgetown-in-Trier Summer 2025
From June 7 to July 12, 2025, 13 students from Georgetown University traveled to Trier, Germany, for the annual Georgetown-in-Trier summer study abroad program. Situated at the…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
- PhD Students
Graduate Student News
Congratulations to Mel Hardy (PhD ’25) on the successful defense of their dissertation Literary Case Studies in the Social Power Dynamics of Non-Normative…
December 9, 2025
- 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
- Fall 2025
- Undergraduate Students
German Club Updates
The German Club wrapped up the semester on December 7 with a wonderful European Christmas Market hosted alongside the European Club. Although the semester flew by, we packed in…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
Notes from the Classroom
Students in GERM 3001 (Issues and Trends) took part this semester in a tandem-style virtual exchange with pupils from the Berufliche Schule Bad Oldesloe in Germany. Through peer…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
Alumni News
Tom Callahan (SFS, 1965) shared the following remembrance of Georg von Ihering, instructor of German at Georgetown University. My German teacher at Georgetown was Georg von…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
Farewell from Visiting Researcher Patrick Graur
From September to December 2025, I had the great fortune to be a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University’s German Department. The exchange came about primarily through…
December 9, 2025
- Fall 2025
Looking Ahead to Spring 2026
The German Department is looking forward to hosting Max Kade Writer-in-Residence Alexander Schimmelbusch for the Spring 2026 semester. Mr. Schimmelbusch has written five novels,…
December 9, 2025