Maryann Piel, Ph.D. student in Germanic Studies, has garnered a prestigious DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) research fellowship for the 2021-22 academic year. Maryann will spend the coming academic year conducting research in…
Zach Fitzpatrick, a Ph.D. candidate in Germanic Studies, recently published an article with the Berlin-based Asian German organization Korientation. It highlights 10 underrated German films of the last 10 years centered on a…
Sara Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and director of the Moving Image Arts program, has been elected Vice President (2021-2022) and President-Elect (2023-2024) of the German Studies Association (GSA). The German Studies…
The Department of Germanic Studies joins the international community in condemning the senseless and cruel murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other victims. We support the world-wide protest movement…
Heidi Schlipphacke, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, has been named as the 2019-2020 recipient of the Graduate Mentoring Award for the Arts and Humanities division. This award is conferred by UIC Graduate College…
Lucas Riddle, a PhD student and Max Kade Fellow in the Department of Germanic Studies, has been awarded a Provost’s Graduate Internship Award. This award, given through the UIC Graduate College, aims to…
Sara Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Director of the Moving Image Arts program, has won the annual Society for Cinema Studies Central/East/South European Cinemas Outstanding Essay Award competition for her essay…
Sara Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Director of the Moving Image Arts Program, has been selected to receive funding through the UIC Awards for Creative Activity Program for her project “Police Projections:…
A book by Dagmar Lorenz, professor emerita of Germanic Studies, has been featured on Choice magazine’s 2019 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Her book, Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature (2018, Brill), argues that…
Zuka’a Joudeh, who double majored in Germanic Studies and Political Science (Class of 2019), reached the finalist stage in the incredibly competitive competition for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious post-graduate…