News

Grasping Viking History - Report on the Summer School Program in Scandinavia

August 22, 2017

A field report on the Department's Summer Program in Scandinavia directed by Stephen Mitchell in collaboration with Aarhus University. Click here for the piece published in the Harvard Gazette.

Lisa Parkes receives the Massachusetts German Educator of the Year Award

January 13, 2017

Lisa Parkes is the 2016 recipient of the Massachusetts German Educator of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association in recognition of her exceptional accomplishments in language pedagogy.

Professor Judith Ryan has been named President of the Modern Humanities Research Association (UK) for 2017

November 27, 2015

Each year, the Modern Humanities Research Association chooses as President a scholar of international repute. The association has announced Professor Judith Ryan as President for 2017. She will deliver a keynote address at their October 2017 conference.

Lisa Parkes Co-Edits New Volume with Colleen Ryan (Indiana University) on Integrating the Arts in Foreign Language Curricula

November 25, 2015

Integrating the Arts: Creative Thinking about Foreign Language Curricula and Language Program Direction

Professor John Hamilton is the recipient of the 2015 Max Kade Prize

October 15, 2015

Professor Hamilton's "Repetitio Sentiarum, Repetitio Verborum: Kant, Hamann, and the Implications of Citation" has been awarded the 2015 Max Kade Prize for Best Article in The German Quarterly.

The Germanish Puppets Warmly Welcome All New Students and Colleagues and Wish You a Great Year!

September 02, 2015

Please enjoy our new show on YouTube: Wer Mag Mich? (Who Likes Me?), with English subtitles.

A Warm Welcome to Our New Faculty, Agnes Broomé and Dania Hückmann

July 12, 2015

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Agnes Broomé as our new Preceptor in Scandinavian Studies. Agnes comes to Harvard from University College London, where she recently completed her PhD with a dissertation on translations and the British book market. In...

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Professor Karl S. Guthke Publishes New Book: "Geistiger Handelsverkehr: Streifzüge im Zeitalter der Weltliteratur" (Tübingen: Francke, 2015)

June 01, 2015

"Geistiger Handelsverkehr: Streifzüge im Zeitalter der Weltliteratur" (Tübingen: Francke, 2015)

Congratulations to This Year's Harvard Internships in Germany and Austria!

May 23, 2015

Thanks to the outstanding efforts of Ruth Sondermann, our Department’s Work-Abroad councilor, a number of Harvard Students have received exciting summer internships in Western Europe: John Gilheany (Duff and Phelps, Frankfurt), Achim Harzheim (ECON...

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Original Puppet Show Produced for Beginner Learners of German

January 21, 2015

Produced by Mark Römisch, David Pister, and Gernot Waldner for Beginning German classes, "The Crocodile in Widener Library" is available on YouTube with English subtitles.

Racha Kirakosian Co-edits Special Issue of Oxford German Studies Journal

January 02, 2015

Eichenberger, N., Kirakosian, R., & Wareham, E. (Eds.). (2014). "The German Middle Ages in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Reception and Transformation" [Special issue]. Oxford German Studies, 43 (4).

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Judith Ryan Publishes New Volume: "The Cambridge Introduction to German Poetry

October 11, 2014

The Cambridge Introduction to German Poetry