James Parente named Director of the DAAD Center for German and European Studies

James A. Parente, Jr., has been named the new Director of the University of Minnesota's DAAD Center for German and European Studies (CGES).

Paul Peterson to teach Swedish and German at Augustana College

Paul Peterson has accepted a two year position beginning in Fall 2014 as a teaching fellow in Swedish and German at Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) in the Department of World Languages, Literature, and Culture.

Adelia Chrysler and Moritz Meutzner win awards from the Center of Jewish Studies

Adelia Chrysler and Moritz Meutzner are each recipients of the Theresa and Nathan Berman Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies and the Leo and Lillian Gross Scholarship in Jewish Studies and used the funding to support their research during Summer 2014.

Christine Allen elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Christine Allen, a graduating senior with a dual degree in German Studies and Animal Science, has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa by the Alpha Chapter of the University of Minnesota.

Leo Riegert (Ph.D., 2005) awarded tenure

Leo Riegert, who earned his Ph.D. in our department in 2005, has been awarded tenure at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Melissa Wicker to participate in MN Goes to Berlin Program

Melissa Wicker, a double major with GSD and History, will participate in the Minnesota Goes to Berlin Program in Summer 2014.

Students awarded GSD Scholarships

The following students have been awarded GSD scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year.

• Alexandra Angoli: Finnish Connection Scholarship


• Riley Feldmann: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Evelina Knodel: Gerhard Weiss Memorial Scholarship


• Seth Moline: Mary Ann Wilson Hansen Scholarship for Scandinavian Studies


• Wensi Wang: Hirschbach Study Abroad Scholarship & a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Melissa Wicker: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Harry Wohl: a Max Kade Travel Grant