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Prof. Nicola Behrmann’s edited volume of the complete poems of Expressionist writer Emmy Hennings appeared with Wallstein Verlag

Prof. Nicola Behrmann’s edited volume of the complete poems of Expressionist writer Emmy Hennings appeared with Wallstein Verlag. The 698-pages annotated volume has been co-edited with Simone Sumpf with the assistance of Louanne Burkhardt. Thea Popko, Jessica Fitzner, and Mary Mehalick, undergraduate majors at the German Department, also supported the editors as Aresty Research Assistants.

Dr. Tanja Rommelfanger has successfully defended her dissertation

Dr. Tanja Rommelfanger has successfully defended her dissertation, “Wie bauen? Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Architektur der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit in Film, Radio und Zeitschrift,“ under the guidance of Prof. Fatima Naqvi. The dissertation committee with Professors Henry Sussman, Nicholas Rennie, and Nicola Behrmann was impressed by her unique approach and stellar research. Congratulations, Tanja!

Graduate Student Steven Weinberg received the 2020 German Jewish Studies Research Award

Graduate Student Steven Weinberg received the German Jewish Studies Research Award for 2020 from the Department of Jewish at Rutgers. Congratulations, Steve!

Program Coordinator Elizabeth deWolfe awarded the SAS Staff Excellence Award for 2019

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Congratulations to department Program Coordinator, Elizabeth deWolfe, who was awarded the SAS Staff Excellence Award for 2019. Click here for the press release!

Congratulations to Christiane Fischer, who has been awarded a fellowship at the CCA at Rutgers for 2020-2021.

Congratulations to Christiane Fischer who has been awarded a fellowship at the Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA) at Rutgers for the academic year 2020-2021. Christiane will be participating in an interdisciplinary seminar on “What is Photography” led by Professors Andrés Zervigón and William Galperin.