Derek Schaefer was selected and awarded a travel grant to attend the weekend seminar on “New East German Literature” from June 6-8, 2013 in the Deutsche Literaturarchiv (DLA) in Marbach, Germany. The seminar…
Germanic Studies PhD Candidate Michelle Reyes has been awarded a three-month research grant from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to conduct research in Germany on her dissertation project, “The Spiritual Self in the Age…
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Derek Schaefer, who has been awarded a 12-month scholarship for the Academic Year 2013-14 from the Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives (Studienstiftung des Abgeordneten Hauses von…
MA student Bianca Gavin has been selected as the UIC nominee for the 2013 Midwest Association of the Graduate. As an acknowledgment of her accomplishments and service, Ms. Gavin will also receive a…
Germanic Studies major Jeffrey Saba has been awarded one of two 2012-13 Delta Phi Alpha scholarships. The National German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha, founded in 1922, has over 250 campus chapters in…
Elizabeth Loentz, Associate Professor and Head of Germanic Studies, was selected for a 2013 Fulbright German Studies Seminar award. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) is the Presidentially appointed 12-member Board…
Congratulations to the following German majors! James Sit, a double major in German and French, studied in Berlin last summer then enrolled in a program through SAO for Paris this Fall. He decided…
Michelle Reyes and Helga Kauf-Berman were honored at the 17th annual LAS Recognition Dinner. Ms. Reyes, a Ph.D. student in Germanic Studies,received an award for her research scholarship and her benefactor, Helga Kauf-Berman,…
The German Language Society of Chicago’s first dinner program of the season was held under the motto “Never Forget” on November 13, 2012 at the Metropolitan Club in Chicago. Consul General Christian Brecht…
For the second year, Sara Hall is chairing the Chicago Film Seminar, which convenes faculty and graduate students in film, television and media studies from academic institutions in the greater Chicago area throughout…