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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.
The Institute for German Cultural Studies is pleased to announce its 2023 call for submissions for The Peter Uwe Hohendahl Graduate Essay Prize in Critical Theory.
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Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
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This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Fabio Cabrera is a philosophy and German studies major.
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Sophia Openshaw is an environment & sustainability studies major.
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Congratulations to Arthur Groos, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, on the recent publication of his book Madama Butterfly/Madamu Batafurai: Transpositions of a “Japanese Tragedy” (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
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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.
Please consider a donation to the German Studies Gift Account.
Or send checks payable to (include a note that indicates that the gift should be directed to the German Studies Program):
Cornell University
Box 37334
Boone, IA 50037-0334