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MSU Professor Awarded for Research on Autism and Ableism

November 11, 2026

Sonja Fritzsche, Professor of German Studies in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures and Director of Teaching and Learning in Michigan State University’s College of Arts and Letters, received the 2026 Coalition of Women in German Best Article Prize for her research examining how societal expectations, ableism, and the experiences of parents raising autistic children intersect in contemporary German literature.

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LiLaC mentors support student research at UURAF 2026

April 8, 2026

Every year, LiLaC faculty and graduate students mentor undergraduate student research projects. Many of the students present their work at the annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). Here…

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German Studies Doctoral Student Reflects on Teaching and Learning at MSU

February 26, 2026

Temilade Adegoke, a doctoral student in German Studies and Graduate Teaching Assistant, came to Michigan State University in Fall 2022 to pursue an M.A. in German through the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. She previously earned a B.A. in German Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her master’s thesis examined Germany’s colonial violence in German Southwest Africa – present day Namibia.

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Study Abroad Offers Authentic Immersion in German Culture

August 14, 2025

Emma Steury, from Grand Haven, Michigan, is an MSU junior with a double major in English and German. She traveled to Germany this summer to participate in the German Language…

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Incoming First-Year Students Receive Prestigious Alumni Distinguished Scholarships

July 9, 2024

Two incoming first-year College of Arts & Letters students have been awarded Michigan State University’s highly competitive Alumni Distinguished Scholarships, which cover full tuition, room and board, and a stipend…

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Language Students View Planetarium Shows in German and Russian

September 22, 2023

Several language instructors from the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures have been teaming up with the Abrams Planetarium to offer planetarium shows to their students in German and in…

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Student Voices: Study Abroad in Germany and China

November 28, 2022

Students at MSU have many choices when it comes to studying abroad, and MSU offers many education abroad programs through which students can study languages. In this story, we will…

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German Program alumna launches conservation NGO

April 28, 2022

MSU and German Program alumna Kelsey Prediger recently established her own non-governmental organization, the Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation (PCRF).

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Germany and Climate Change: Energy Transition in a Multilateral Environment Campus Weeks 2021

February 28, 2022

Given recent climate and weather-related events in Germany and the COP 26 Climate Summit in Glasgow in November, the German Program selected “Climate Change and Multilateralism” as the special theme for its advanced skill building courses (GRM 420 Advanced German and GRM 311 Business German) in Fall 2021.

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Schuster-Craig publishes article on historical analogies in social media

September 9, 2020

With Professor Johannes von Moltke from the University of Michigan, German Professor Johanna Schuster-Craig has published "Like: Memetic Analogies in Social Media" in the online journal Geschichte der Gegenwart. Memes…