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We are a community of students, teachers, and scholars devoted to the cross-disciplinary study of language, literature, and culture within a transnational framework. We strongly believe the best academic work is produced 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. You will also find other opportunities for learning and collaboration, including lectures, workshops, conferences, and film series that we sponsor in conjunction with other departments on a regular basis.
Among our many resources, the department is home to New German Critique, a leading journal that is devoted to publishing research on German culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, along with Signale, a book series for English-language scholarship on the literature, culture, criticism, and intellectual history of the German-speaking world.
A professor of religious studies at Brown, Lewis will also hold a faculty appointment as a professor of religious studies and German studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
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Rafaela Uzan is majoring in German studies and government.
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A&S senior Rafaela Uzan is one of just 16 selected for the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
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Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
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The series features the voices and research of 13 Cornell faculty members, more than half from A&S.
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