All Posts: PhD Students
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SFS Proficiency Exams – September 10-12, 2025
REGISTRATION: August 27 – September 1, 2025 Once we know the exact number of examinees, you will be contacted on Tuesday, September 2, to provide your availability. The…
April 30, 2025
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- PhD Students
- Undergraduate Students
German Department Summer Courses
The Georgetown German Department will offer summer language courses (Levels I-III) through in-person instruction for the first and second summer sessions for Summer 2025.…
February 14, 2025
- Fall 2024
- PhD Students
Graduate Student News
Congratulations to Ekaterina Soloveva (PhD ’24) on the successful defense of her dissertation Post-Soviet Migrant Identity in Germany Through the Eyes of Generation 1.5:…
December 17, 2024
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- PhD Students
German Graduate Program Virtual Open House
On Thursday, November 21, the German Department will host a virtual Open House for any students interested in applying to the German Graduate Program! This event will be held…
October 29, 2024
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- 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
- PhD Students
- Spring 2024
Spring 2024 Graduate Student News
In February 2024, two German Department graduate students, Kristina Schauhoff and Katie Lightfoot, presented papers at the Southeast German Studies Workshop hosted by the…
May 18, 2024
- PhD Students
- Spring 2024
Graduate Defenses, Degrees, and Exams
On April 11, Shoshannah Lane successfully defended her dissertation “Developing L2 German literacy in the written mode at the introductory level through task-and genre-based…
May 18, 2024
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- PhD Students
Ph.D. Candidate Lorna McCarron wins 2023 WIGS Essay Prize
The UK Women in German Studies Awards committee unanimously decided to award Lorna McCarron the 2023 WIGS Essay Prize for her article entitled ‘Therapists, Vending Machines,…
November 8, 2023
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- PhD Students
Dr. Julia Goetze (PhD, 2018) Receives ACTFL Research Priorities Grant
German Department alumna Dr. Julia Goetze (PhD, 2018) has received an ACTFL Research Priorities grant, awarded to support empirical research on six priority areas that are…
October 13, 2023
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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