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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.
Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
Rafaela Uzan is majoring in German studies and government.
Emily Hong is an economics & German studies major.
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.
The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
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.
The series features the voices and research of 13 Cornell faculty members, more than half from A&S.
Rebekka Kricheldorf will talk about writing comedy and more with Samuel Buggeln, the play’s director and artistic director of Cherry Arts, on Nov. 12 – one of several collaborations.
A crowdfunding campaign launched Nov. 1 to support a Cornell-based season of "Ways of Knowing,” a new podcast created by The World According to Sound.
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
To celebrate Cornell’s commitment to fostering global literacy and cross-cultural understanding, the Language Resource Center in the College of Arts and Sciences will host World Languages Day on Oct. 26.
Cornell, the only institution offering regular multilevel instruction in all six of the major Southeast Asian languages – Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Filipino (Tagalog), Thai and Vietnamese – will host a conference on the teaching of these languages on Sept. 19-21.
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
The field of game studies is growing at Cornell, including an expanded set of classes, workshops and symposia and a growing library collection of games.
Big names, Big ideas, and Big events are associated with German culture and thought
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Recently the faculty director of the Humanities Scholars Program, Ghosh brings to the Society scholarly background in the history of British colonialism on the Indian subcontinent; academic focuses on gender and sexuality and South Asia; and broad experience with interdisciplinary collaborations.
Lindy Liu is a History of Art & German studies major.
To honor the anniversary, the Society has produced a booklet chronicling the history of the A.D. White House as president’s home, art museum and locus for the humanities at Cornell.
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
Funding is available for faculty and students with projects related to rural humanities.
Students are experimenting with generative artificial intelligence in everything from essay writing to computer code creation.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 5:00pm to 6:30pm A.D. White House
The Institute for German Cultural Studies is pleased to announce its 2024 call for submissions for The Peter Uwe Hohendahl Graduate Essay Prize in Critical Theory.
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
Mari Jarris, German Studies
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.
Fabio Cabrera is a philosophy and German studies major.
Sophia Openshaw is an environment & sustainability studies major.
The panel was the centerpiece of Andrew Morse’s residency as Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College.
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).
The goal of this symposium is to provide students from across cohorts an opportunity to present their research, answer questions, and receive feedback on their work. It draws on the expertise of a variety of disciplines such as Romance studies, comparative literature, medieval studies, art history, visual and media studies, cultural studies, intellectual history and philosophy, gender studies, Jewish studies, and more.
A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
Congratulations to our colleague, Leslie A. Adelson, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of German Studies, whose work was honored at the recent German Studies Association 46th Annual Conference with a roundtable!
Lunch & Lyrics: The City Edition
Connect with alums (who will visit via Zoom) and talk about their career choices and what role their studies in German Studies have played in the process!
"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."
Lauren Bohm is a History and German Studies major.
Ariana Croese is majoring in Italian & German Studies.
Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Miller (Ph.D. in German Studies, 2017) on the recent publication of her first book, The Politics of Fandom. Conflicts That Divide Communities (McFarland, 2022).
On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
Five essays that explore how students created publicly-engaged projects are available online.
The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.
Apply to our PhD program. Accepting Applications Submitted by January 2, 2023