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German 118 presents Die Dreigroschenoper in Cabot House Theater

July 10, 2026

Senior Lecturer Dr. Lisa Parkes’ German 118 (German Drama and Theater) presented two performances of Die Dreigroschenoper on April 24 and 25, in the Cabot House Theater. In the first half of the course, students study a short selection of German plays...

Simone Stirner Receives Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award

December 03, 2025

Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Simone Stirner has been awarded a 2025 Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award, administered by the Association for Jewish Studies for her book Poetic Grief: Form and Remembrance after...

Pascal LaFountain, Harvard PhD 2011, has been awarded a national Outstanding German Educator award

September 18, 2025

The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) has awarded their highest honor to Pascale LaFountain, PhD 2011. Pascale has won the Outstanding German Educator Award in the college/university category, in recognition of her "demonstrated excellence...

Professor Hamilton's New Book on Reception Studies

September 03, 2025

We are delighted to announce the publication of Director of Graduate Studies, Professor John T. Hamilton's new book, Without Within: Parenthetic Interferences in Reception History.

Welcome, Professor Stirner!

August 20, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Simone Stirner, Ph.D. Berkeley, has just joined the German Department, coming from Vanderbilt University via a Research Fellowship in Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She is a scholar and teacher of...

PhD Alum wins Excellence in Teaching award at Montclair State University

May 19, 2025

Pascale LaFountain, PhD 2011, has been honored by Montclair State University for her excellence in teaching. Read more here: https://www.montclair.edu/university-communications/2025/05/09/red-hawk…

German Concentrator hired for Summer 2025 job in Germany!

March 13, 2025

GLL concentrator Margot Cerbone has got a job teaching English at the Sommerschule Wust , a Summer School for English, Literature, Theater, Art, and Music in Germany for summer 2025! Congratulations, Margot!

German Literature featured in the Crimson

March 06, 2025

Read what The Harvard Crimson says about reading like a German concentrator.

Peter Horowitz '24 wins a place in IPP

December 16, 2024

Peter Horowitz (German AM/AB, 2024) has won a place in the INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (IPP). The German Bundestag, in cooperation with Berlin's universities, offers a unique opportunity to complete an internship lasting several months...

Senior Concentrator elected to Phi Beta Kappa

December 12, 2024

Addie Esposito, a senior concentrator in German and Government, has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha of Massachusetts at Harvard College. She joins two concentrators in German from the class of 2024 – Zachary Lech and Dhruv Goel – who were...

'Made in Germany?' Exhibit Features in Harvard Crimson

September 27, 2024

One of our concentrators, Dailan Xu, has written about the Harvard Art Museum's 'Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation' exhibit. Read her article here!

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Abraham Wieland '24 awarded a Fulbright

May 21, 2024

Abe has a USTA Fulbright Teaching Assistantship and is teaching at the Höhere technische Bundeslehranstalt (Higher Technical College) in Klagenfurt, Austria.