Beth Kautz awarded a DAAD grant

Beth Kautz has been awarded a DAAD grant to attend the 41st annual Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Conference of the Association for German as a Foreign Language ) and the DAAD workshop „Lernkulturen in der Sprach- und Kulturvermittlung DaF" (Learning Cultures in the Instruction of Language and Culture in German as a Foreign Language) at the University of Münster, March 20-22, 2014.

Leslie Morris receives Imagine Fund Award and named Residential Fellow in IAS

Congratulations to Leslie Morris, who has received an Imagine Fund Annual Award for AY 2014-15 and will also be a Residential Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) in Spring 2015. She will be working on Lacunae: Loss After Loss.

Anja Shepela defends dissertation

Anja Shepela successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "'Meine kühnsten Wünsche und Ideen': Women, Space, Place, and Mobility in Late Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Germany," in December 2013.

Lindsay Lawton defends dissertation

Lindsay Lawton successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Marketing Authenticity: Production & Consumption of 'Muslim' Women's Memoirs in Germany & Austria," in December 2013.

Roger Skarsten (Ph.D., 2012) Accepts Position as Lecturer

Roger Skarsten (Ph.D., 2012) has accepted a two-year position as Lecturer for English in the language center at the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (HAWK) in Hildesheim, Germany, beginning Fall 2013.

MIrko Hall (Ph.D., 2006) Named Chair of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures at Converse College

Mirko Hall (Ph.D., 2006) has been named Chair of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures at Converse College, starting Fall 2013.

Sydney Norton (Ph.D., 1998) Accepts Position as Assistant Professor

Sydney Norton (Ph.D., 1998) has accepted a position as assistant professor at the Saint Louis University.