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Senior Thesis Presentations

Honors students Maggie Hamel and Thomas Lane will showcase their research on Tuesday, May 28, from 3:40 to 4:40 PM in 208 Dartmouth Hall.
German Studies major reflects on how police violence bookended his studies

Thomas Lane'24 writes poignantly about how police violence bookended his college years—the last episode arriving on May 1 on the order of his alma mater's senior leadership.
German Studies Discussion workshop on student mental health in foreign languages

German Studies faculty and FLOW iniators Heidi Denzel and Nick Ostrau, with LauraBeth White (Student Wellness Center), lead an across-language faculty workshop to support mental wellness in the foreign language curriculum.
German LLC Students Learn the Art of Pretzel Making in Baking Workshop

Students from the German Language Learning Community (LLC) had the opportunity to participate in a soft pretzel making workshop at King Arthur's Bakery.
A conversation with the two novelists Saskya Jain and Christopher Kloeble on April 30, 4 PM, Wren Room

Join the German Studies Department for a conversation with two novelists: the current Max Kade Visting Professor Saskya Jain and the former Max Kade Visting Professor Christopher Kloeble on April 30, 4 PM, Wren Room in Sanborn.
German Studies Faculty Help Comparative Literature Graduate Program Shine at 30

Dartmouth's Comparative Literature M.A. program continues to graduate illustrious alumni who go on to become or continue as writers, translators, or academics.
Reel Review: Berlinale's Favoriten film is a favorite with Gerd Gemünden

"I just returned from the Berlin Film Festival. Among the many films I saw, one clearly stuck out: Favoriten, by Austrian director Ruth Beckermann." - Gerd Gemünden, Professor in German and Film & Media Studies
Jeannette Oholi talks about Black European Authors

"Postdoctoral scholar Jeannette Oholi researches and introduces students to Black German and Black European writers, poets, and literary scholars." - Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Conversation with Literary Translator and Assistant Professor of German at the University of Michigan Jon Cho-Polizzi

Jeannette Oholi and Marie Larose will have a conversation with Jon Cho-Polizzi on Tuesday, Feb. 6, reading at 7pm, Norwich Bookstore, VT.
Impressions from our LSA+/FSP Berlin Off-Campus Program 2023

Like every year, our FSP Off-Campus Program students had an amazing time during our FSP/LSA+ in Berlin and explored many facets of the city's rich history and culture.

Recent Publications

The Fontane Workshop: Manufacturing Realism in the Industrial Age of Print.

Petra S. McGillen

New Directions in German Studies; 26. New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
On Being Adjacent to Historical Violence

Irene Kacandes

De Gruyter Verlag, 2022
Sovereignty in Ruins: A Politics of Crisis

Klaus Mladek , George Edmondson (eds.)

Duke University Press, 2017.
Toni Erdmann

Gerd Gemünden

Camden House, 2021

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Join one of our off-campus programs and immerse yourself in the diverse culture of Germany's capital Berlin, one example of our INCLUSIVE APPROAC HES to German Study.

Learn more about LANGUAGE STUDY ABROAD (LSA/ LSA+) and FOREIGN STUDY PROGRAM (FSP), the GERM/ENGINEERING FSP , JEWISH STUDIES/GERM FSP , and more.

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Our Courses

The German Studies Department offers a wide range of LANGUAGE AND TOPICS COURSES in German and English.

Look up UPOMING COURSES for your course schedule planning and find out more about your FACULTY INSTRUCTORS .

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MAJOR AND MINOR DEGREES

Learn about the requirements for completing a GERMAN MAJOR OR MINOR DEGREE .

Consider WHY STUDY GERMAN? is a rewarding experience for your personal, academic, and professional goals.

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Senior Thesis Presentations

German Studies major reflects on how police violence bookended his studies

German Studies Discussion workshop on student mental health in foreign languages

German LLC Students Learn the Art of Pretzel Making in Baking Workshop

A conversation with the two novelists Saskya Jain and Christopher Kloeble on April 30, 4 PM, Wren Room

German Studies Faculty Help Comparative Literature Graduate Program Shine at 30

Reel Review: Berlinale's Favoriten film is a favorite with Gerd Gemünden

Jeannette Oholi talks about Black European Authors

Conversation with Literary Translator and Assistant Professor of German at the University of Michigan Jon Cho-Polizzi

Impressions from our LSA+/FSP Berlin Off-Campus Program 2023

Recent Publications

The Fontane Workshop: Manufacturing Realism in the Industrial Age of Print.

On Being Adjacent to Historical Violence

Sovereignty in Ruins: A Politics of Crisis

Toni Erdmann

Study Abroad

Our Courses

MAJOR AND MINOR DEGREES

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