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…
Sara Hall’s essay “May 1931: With Premiere of M, a Gala Hit Becomes a Cultural Controversy” has just been published in A New History of German Cinema, edited by Jennifer M. Kapczynski and…
Patrick Fortmann, Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, edited a collection of essays on Georg Büchner, which came out in August 2012. Further information and a picture of the cover can be…
Announcing the German Studies Undergraduate Conference Indiana University, Bloomington Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2012 An opportunity for promising undergraduates to present a 15- to 20- minute paper on any aspect of German…