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The College of Arts & Sciences
We are a community of students, teachers, and scholars devoted to the cross-disciplinary study of language, literature, and culture within a transnational framework. Working in an environment that fosters cooperation and the pleasure of discovery, our programs include courses in German and English on subjects ranging from medieval to contemporary literature and from film and visual culture to philosophy, music, and postcolonial studies.
Cornell’s College of Arts & Sciences will honor Annetta Alexandridis Oct. 31 with a memorial, concert and reception celebrating her contributions to classical art, archaeology and teaching. She will be commemorated with an installation of plaster casts.
“Reactionary Worldbuilding,” a book co-edited by Cornell College of Arts and Sciences scholar Anindita Banerjee, explores how speculative fiction and worldbuilding have influenced extremist ideologies and political movements. The collection examines links between imagination, reactionary politics and real-world social change.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss ’94 will deliver a Cornell University Lecture examining links between misogyny and violent extremism. The leading scholar’s Sept. 30 talk, co-sponsored by departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, draws on her book “Man Up,” exploring gender-based violence as a predictor of radicalization.
Years after visiting Croatia while studying abroad, Penny Smith Eifrig ’90, an alumna of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences ,lives there. She teachies pickleball and ponders the power of saying ‘yes,' as she writes in a Chime In column for the Cornellians website.
18 veterans, including 10 studying STEM topics and eight in a college readiness cohort focused on American democracy participated in an academic boot camp at Cornell. Representing the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines, they ranged in age from 20 to 42, including active-duty personnel, reservists and veterans.
Niamh Gunning is a German studies major.
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Mari Jarris's article "Forms of the Mother Right: Marxism's Matriarchal Origins from Friedrich Engels to Lu Märten" won the Women in German Best Article Prize for 2025.
Click here to learn more about our 2023 graduates in German Studies.
Your support enables the program to enhance the experience for undergraduate students. Gifts can help fund lectures and conferences, student research, distinguished speakers, and other program priorities. We will greatly appreciate and immediately put into use any gift, no matter the amount.
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Cornell University
Box 37334
Boone, IA 50037-0334
