Honors and Awards

Goethe Society of North America
UW and Goethe Studies
(November 14, 2024)
Goethe-Institut's Summer Academy in Dresden
Goethe-Institut's Summer Academy in Dresden
(November 4, 2024)
Congratulations to the 2024 German Graduates and Student Awardees
Congratulations to the 2024 German Graduates and Student Awardees!
(May 23, 2024)
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Chair's Letter Spring Newsletter 2024
(May 15, 2024)
Sammy McLeanAward
Sammy McLean Awards 2024
(May 14, 2024)
rafael balling
Prof. Rafael Balling has been awarded Jewish/Queer/Trans Fellowship at Frankel Institute
(May 13, 2024)
Annegret Oehme
I am First-Generation: Annegret Oehme
(November 10, 2023)
rachel lundeen
Rachel Lundeen wins prestigious Lederman Endowed Scholarship
(May 5, 2023)
Mushroom at the End of the World
Hanauer Seminar 2022-23 :: Environments in the 21st Century: Migration, Climate, Extinction, In/humanness, Non-Humans and Beyond
(May 3, 2023)
miah robert on a fulbright in dresden
News from our Alums: Miah Robert (BA 2022)
(October 21, 2022)
class of 2021-2022
Congratulations to the Class of 2022-2023!
(May 9, 2022)
Call for Submissions
German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase
(May 5, 2022)
Fantastic Fungi
Hanauer Seminar 2021-22 :: Environments in the 21st Century: Migration, Climate, Extinction, In/humanness, Non-Humans and Beyond
(May 4, 2022)
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Spring 2021 Convocation: Video Link
(July 13, 2021)
sabine wilke
Congratulations to the Class of 2020 - 2021!
(May 20, 2021)
matthew childs
Graduate Student Update: Matthew Childs
(May 17, 2021)
Praewpetch (Pattie) Unakul
McLean Prize for Excellence in German: Praewpetch (Pattie) Unakul
(May 6, 2021)
Sabine Wilke
Hanauer Seminar 2020-21: Environments in the 21st Century
(May 4, 2021)
Madeline Bonner UW Perspectives magazine article
Madeline Bonner (BA 2020), Dean's Medalist in the Humanities, featured in July Perspectives Magazine
(July 22, 2020)
“Witchcraft. From History to Pop Culture”
Annegret Oehme receives TTFI Fellowship
(June 9, 2020)
Aaron Carpenter
Congratulations to Aaron Carpenter: Hanauer Fellow 2020-2021
(June 9, 2020)
Madeline Bonner
Madeline Bonner Selected for Dean’s Medal in the Humanities! 
(May 25, 2020)
Congratulations to the Class of 2019-2020
Congratulations to the Class of 2019-2020!
(May 23, 2020)
The image is from Maurice Sendak's illustration of Penthesilea.
Hanauer Seminar Projects 2019-20: Environments in the Anthropocene: Migration, Climate, Non-Humans and Beyond
(May 21, 2020)
Student Ambassador Miah Robert
Our new Student Ambassador Miah Robert
(May 4, 2020)
Special Issue "Environmental Imagination and German Culture"
Call for Papers: Special Issue "Environmental Imagination and German Culture"
(April 29, 2020)
Sabine Wilke
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Featured Scholar: Professor Sabine Wilke
(December 10, 2019)
Burke
Debunking Spider Myths
(December 2, 2019)
Katja Petrowskaja
Katja Petrowskaja: "Vielleicht Esther"
(November 18, 2019)
Isiaih Back-Gaal
Viennese Inqueeries: Queer Politics in Translation
(October 23, 2019)
Vanessa Hester
Congratulations to Vanessa Hester: Hanauer Fellow 2018-19 and Bansleben Summer Dissertation Stipend
(June 14, 2019)
Binh Truong
Congratulations to Binh Truong: Fulbright Combined Grant in Austria
(June 14, 2019)
Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal Nominee Isaiah Back-Gaal
Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal Nominee Isaiah Back-Gaal Reflects on His Experiences in the Department of Germanics
(June 14, 2019)
Verena Kick
Newly Minted PhD and Dean’s Graduate Medalist: Verena Kick
(June 14, 2019)
Chase Emrys Stamper
Newly Minted PhD and Go-Map Scholar: Chase Emrys
(June 14, 2019)
Drumheller Fountain June 2019
Departmental Convocation: Congratulations to the Class of 2018 - 2019!
(June 14, 2019)
Justin Mohler
Congratulations to Justin Mohler: Hanauer Fellow 2019-2020 and Bansleben Award for Excellence in Teaching
(June 11, 2019)
Matthew Childs
Congratulations to Matthew Childs: Hanauer Fellow 2019-2020
(June 11, 2019)
Sara Koeck
Congratulations to Sara Koeck: Germanics Student Ambassador Award
(June 11, 2019)
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
(June 11, 2019)
jane brown
Emerita News: Jane K. Brown, Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor of Western Civilization, (Germanics and Comparative Literature)
(June 10, 2019)
Heather Sullivan
Rethinking Plant-Human Relationships in the Anthropocene: Meet our Alumna Heather Sullivan (PhD 1995)
(June 10, 2019)
NEH
Pablo Neruda in D.C. Office - Humanities Advocacy Day
(March 19, 2019)
Sam Hylton
Alum News: Interview with Sam Hylton (BA 2014)
(March 11, 2019)
Sabine Wilke
Hanauer Seminar 2018-2019 - Project Descriptions 
(February 20, 2019)
Aaron Carpenter
Newly Minted MA: Aaron Carpenter
(June 13, 2018)
Nathan Bates
Newly Minted PhD: Nathan Bates
(June 12, 2018)
class of 2017 2018
Congratulations to the Class of 2017-2018!
(June 11, 2018)
Isaiah Back-Gaal
Congratulations on Fritz Scholarship Award to Isaiah Back-Gaal
(June 11, 2018)
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference 2018
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference 2018 -Being a Hedgehog: Isolation, Creativity, and Destruction
(June 11, 2018)