We are delighted to share that Mimi Hacking successfully defended her dissertation, titled "CAT/KIN: The Rhetoric of Racialized Ecology in Franz Kafka," on Friday, January 17.  Professor Vance Byrd supervised the dissertation and Professor Karen Redrobe, Professor Ian Fleishman and Professor Simo

In her recent article publication in Die Unterrichtspraxis, PhD student Braden Ross provides an evidence-based discussion of “Effective warm-ups in the German language classroom: Form and function” and argues that warm-ups ought to adhere to certain guidelines to be effective.

In a recent publication, Dr. Sibel Sayılı-Hurley and Claudia Baska Lynn examine the impact of digital social reading in fostering peer-to-peer learning and critical historical literacy in an advanced German course.

Omnia, the Penn Arts & Sciences magazine, published "Three Questions: On Enlightenment" about Professor Weissberg's recently opened exibit, “What is Enlightenment?

Check out this recent article from CURF, Penn's Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships, about Caleb Crain ('25), a History major, who researched how soccer influenced the political and cultural landscape in Germany from 1933 to 1954 under the mentorship of Dr.

On Friday, October 18, Professor Liliane Weissberg's exhibition "What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century" opened in Deutsches Historisches Museum.

Curated by Professor Liliane Weissberg, "What is Enlightenment? Questions for the Eighteenth Century" is open at the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) in Berlin through April 6.

On Friday, October 18, Professor Liliane Weissberg's exhibition "What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century" opened in Deutsches Historisches Museum. Check out fantastic photos from the opening celebration:

Professor Liliane Weissberg is busy in in Berlin giving interviews, for papers, radio shows, and TV news about her exhibit "What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century" opening tonight at the Deutsches Historisches Museum.

Penn students Branimir Gore and Terer C. Sharon are having a great time in Berlin this fall. Prof. Javier Samper is there, too. Have you considered studying abroad in Germany? You should!