Faculty

German Department faculty combine research strengths in 18th-21st century literature and culture, literary and cultural theory, and Second Language Acquisition with a high level of dedication to teaching and advising.

All German Department faculty teach at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate programs, from first-year instruction to graduate courses in their areas of specialty, and participate in the education of graduate students as teachers.

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Affiliated Faculty

Students of German, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, also benefit from Georgetown professors in a range of other disciplines who have research expertise pertaining to “things German” (incl. history, literature, art history, philosophy, political science) or in Applied Linguistics.

Faculty News & Announcements

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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, GA, from September 26-29,…

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 contributions to the…

May 18, 2024

Announcements, Faculty, Undergraduate Students

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-First-Century German…

October 12, 2020