Welcoming AI into the classroom
Students are experimenting with generative artificial intelligence in everything from essay writing to computer code creation.
Apply to Our PhD Program
Apply to our PhD program. Accepting Applications Submitted by January 2, 2023
Blackness as a Universal Claim: Holocaust Heritage, Noncitizen Futures, and Black Power in Berlin
Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 5:00pm to 6:30pm
A.D. White House
The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
New Faculty: Mari Jarris
Mari Jarris, German Studies
Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
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.
'I feel like I am leaving a family of friends, mentors and loved ones behind'
Fabio Cabrera is a philosophy and German studies major.
'I've gained a wide array of quantitative skills that I'll use to solve climate issues'
Sophia Openshaw is an environment & sustainability studies major.
Professor Emeritus Arthur Groos publishes new book on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
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).
Symposium: New Directions in German Studies
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.
Wondering what to read in 2023? A&S faculty offer ideas
A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
Students can now choose new minor in data science
The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
Nexus Scholar applications open for summer 2023
The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
“Tales That Touch”: Leslie Adelson’s Work Honored With Essay Collection and A Roundtable
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
Lunch & Lyrics: The City Edition
Meet German Studies Alums!
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!
Community read launches Society for the Humanities’ ‘Repair’ theme
"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."
'I’m amazed at how much I developed as a writer'
Lauren Bohm is a History and German Studies major.
'I participated in a summer research program with anthropologists from Brazil'
Ariana Croese is majoring in Italian & German Studies.
Hannah Miller (Ph.D. '17) explores the "States of Fandom" in New Book
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).
More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours
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.
Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16
Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities
A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
Rural humanities projects explore NYS past and present
Five essays that explore how students created publicly-engaged projects are available online.
Nexus Scholars Program applications now open
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
Apply to our PhD program. Accepting Applications Submitted by January 2, 2023
Patrizia McBride recognized with article prize
Professor Patrizia McBride won the 2021 Max Kade prize for best article in The German Quarterly.
New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
Applications now open for Klarman postdoc fellowships in A&S
Applications are now being accepted for the third cohort of the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships program in the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for submission is Oct. 15.
Congratulations from the Department of German Studies!
Congratulations from the Department of German StudiesCongratulations to Dr. Matthias Müller, graduating Ph.D. in German Studies! The Department of German Studies warmly congratulates Matthias Müller who defended his dissertation The Loser's Edge: Writing from the Vantage Point of the Vanquished, 1918-1945 during the past academic year and...
'I feel prepared to learn how to tackle any new challenges'
Skyeler McQueen is a German studies and mathematics major.
Alumnus shares public health messages through comic illustrations
What began as a class project exploring a fraught period of Ithaca history has transformed into a COVID-related comic that Leo Levy ’20, hopes can reach people with a lesson from the past and an accessible message about public health.
Jacqueline Tackett selected as a 2021 National Humanities without Walls Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Workshop Fellow
Jacqueline Tackett, a graduate student in German Studies has received a 2021 National Humanities without Walls Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Workshop Fellowship (link) after having been selected as Cornell’s candidate for the national Humanities Without Walls competition in a nomination process conducted through the Society for the Humanities (...
Student Spotlight: David Dunham
After earning an undergraduate degree from New York University, David Dunham, doctoral student in Germanic studies from Springfield, Virginia, chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the strength of the Germanic studies field and the university’s location in Ithaca.
Leslie Adelson, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of German Studies, awarded "Prize of the Association for Intercultural German Studies"
Germany’s Association for Intercultural German Studies (Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik e.V.) announced in December 2020 that Professor Leslie A. Adelson of Cornell University has been awarded the Prize of the Association for Intercultural German Studies for Experienced Scholars 2019. She is one of two senior scholars to be selected...
From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching
Through two semesters of remote learning, Cornell's archivists, curators and librarians are finding virtual ways to help instructors teach research, using gems from Cornell University Library’s rare and distinctive (RAD) collections.
Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership
Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership
Cornell faculty featured on ‘The Academic Minute’
The program, airing on 70 stations, covers new and emerging topics in higher education.
Franz Peter Hugdahl Memorial Awards in German Studies
Franz Peter Hugdahl (1968-2013) was a valued member of the German Studies community at Cornell University, with primary interests in 20th-century German literature, radio, film, and intellectual history, who cared deeply about his fellow students at all levels and about educational opportunities to study German language, literature, culture, and...
Hannah Miller, Ph.D. ’17, returns to Cornell as Managing Editor of diacritics
Dr. Hannah Miller, who received her Ph.D. in German Studies at Cornell University in 2017, has recently accepted the position of Managing Editor of the renowned theory journal diacritics here at Cornell. After finishing her dissertation, Dr. Miller taught at Hunter College, NYU, and Drew University in New York City and then held a position as...
Ari Linden, Ph.D. ’13, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at University of Kansas; Published First Book in May
Ari Linden, who received his Ph.D. in German Studies at Cornell in 2013, has recently been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Kansas, where he has been teaching in the German Department since his degree, first as Visiting Assistant Professor and then as Assistant Professor.His first book, Karl Kraus and the...
Carl Gelderloos, Ph.D. ’14, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure; First Book receives Honorable Mention for DAAD/GSA Book Prize
Carl Gelderloos, who received his Ph.D. in German Studies at Cornell in 2014 and started teaching the same year as Assistant Professor in the Department of German and Russian Studies at Binghamton University (SUNY), was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure this last September.His first book Biological Modernism: The New Human in Weimar...
30 Arts & Sciences faculty honored with endowed professorships
The College is able to bestow these honors to outstanding faculty thanks to generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
Applications open for Klarman fellowships
The three-year fellowships are available to early-career scholars conducting leading-edge research in any of the College’s discipline areas.
Festschrift in honor of Art Groos, Avalon Foundation Professor in Humanities Emeritus, published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
The volume explores the theme of ambiguity in medieval and early modern literature in essays honoring the life and work of Arthur Groos, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, USA, emeritus. The famous expression diz vliegende bîspel from Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival is its watchword. In the poem the black and...
Rural Humanities initiative to focus on Black lives
The “Rural Black Lives” theme for 2020-21 will concentrate on the visibility of Black lives in rural central and western New York state.
Professor Emeritus David Bathrick: In Memoriam
In MemoriamDavid Bathrick Memorial Statement, Dean of Faculty Office Memorial Booklet 2020
Congratulations from the Department of German Studies
Congratulations from the Department of German Studies Dear Graduating PhDs in German Studies,The entire Department of German Studies warmly congratulates Jette Gindner and Stephen Klemm, both of whom submitted their dissertations during the past academic year and completed their PhD degrees in German Studies! Dr. Gindner’s scholarship is...
Recent grads start program to help high schoolers explore the humanities
"It’s a perfect time to start this because college grads have been left with canceled jobs and high school students are trying to figure out what to do when school is out.”
Goethe Prize 2020
Goethe Essay PrizeEndowed in 1935 by Ludwig Vogelstein, is awarded annually for the best essayon any topic in German literature or culture. Originally it was awarded for essays on Goethe—no surprise there!—and was only open to graduate studentsand seniors. We thought that more of you deserved recognition for your effectsand so we have...