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We are very proud of German Studies PhD Candidate, Martin Schwartz, who has achieved so many milestones and distinctions over the past year (including the prestigious and coveted Dissertation Writing Fellowship from the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies) that he had to list them out in bullet-points:
We are very proud of German Studies PhD candidate Inga Schwemin, who has won a slew of awards this year for her ground-breaking dissertation research on eighteenth-century Women theater-makers!
Fri, Oct 3: 1:30 Faculty MeetingFri, Oct 3: 3:30 Welcome GatheringThu, Oct 16:  
Just Say Nein is a podcast about German thought-images, culture and language. Just Say Nein is not just saying no to say no. It’s saying no to say yes. And then saying no.
Thanks to the Simpson Center for the Humanities, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Los Angeles Review of Books workshop this summer. This experience offered more than just a deep dive into the world of publishing—it was a chance to refine skills that I will carry forward in my academic and professional journey.
Multiple ‘generations’ of UW German scholars were represented at the Atkins Goethe Conference in San Antonio, Texas in November. Both the current and incoming presidents of the Goethe Society of North America received their PhDs from the University of Washington. It was hosted by Trinity University, home of Prof.