MSU Education Sparks a Life Abroad
January 1, 2018
After spending a year in Germany on the Academic Year in Freiburg Program, alumna Caroline Murawski knew she was meant to live abroad. Graduating from Michigan State University in 2009…
Scholarship Helps Lead Student to Germany
December 18, 2017
When Evan Dunbar, a senior Management major and German minor, first heard he received the Languages Engaged Scholarship through the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages,…
Interning and Researching Abroad in Two Areas of Study
November 14, 2017
After spending more than a year in Germany in both research and internship positions, senior double-major Jake Blythe gained invaluable knowledge in both his areas of study: German and Urban…
Improving Language Skills from a Year Studying Abroad
October 17, 2017
Instead of spending her junior year in East Lansing, Honors College student Nicole Koenigsknecht took her studies abroad to Freiburg, Germany, with MSU’s Academic Year in Freiburg study abroad program.…
Graphic Narratives Symposium Sponsored by German Studies
April 14, 2017
Reinhard Kleist’s presentation The German Program-sponsored symposium “Drawing Lives, Writing Worlds”, on April 14-15, 2017, explored how graphic narratives – from comics and graphic novels to animation and film –…
World Languages Day Celebrates 10th Year
March 13, 2017
Michigan State University will host its 10th annual World Languages Day on Saturday, March 25, bringing more than 600 participants, presenters, and volunteers to campus for a conference on world…
Fritzsche Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration
December 15, 2016
Sonja Fritzsche, Professor of German and Chair of MSU’s Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, has been appointed Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration for the…
Schuster-Craig invited to speak at Global Education Forum
October 31, 2016
Professor Johanna Schuster-Craig was invited to speak at the Global Education Forum at American University in 2016. You can watch Professor Schuter-Craig's talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLurrWC12ak&t=1832s&ab_channel=AUcollege https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLurrWC12ak&t=1832s&ab_channel=AUcollege Read more about…
Contemporary German Literature: Live!
October 1, 2016
Contemporary German Literature: Live! Ulrich Peltzer and Kerstin Hensel In fall 2016, the German Program hosted two contemporary German authors: Ulrich Peltzer and Kerstin Hensel. Several events, linked to undergraduate…
Wolff’s book on Sebald’s Hybrid Poetics now in paperback
June 20, 2016
Professor Lynn Wolff's monograph, W.G. Sebald’s Hybrid Poetics: Literature as Historiography, has been released in paperback (2016). Originally published in 2014, Sebald's Hybrid Poetics appeared in the series Interdisciplinary German…