Department of German

Please congratulate Prof. Poor on her award for “The Curious Multilingual Prehistory of French and German Monolingualism,” voted the best article in the journal German Studies Review in 2017-2018! The laudation for the award, which was presented at the conference of the German Studies Association this weekend, reads as follows: “Sara Poor’s article reinterprets the […]

“Ambiguous Aggression in German Realism and Beyond: Flirtation, Passive Aggression, Domestic Violence” “Our main words defining emotional states suggest that we have clarity about them: expressions like “love,” “hatred,” “anxiety,” or “sorrow” seem clear enough. The reality, however, tends to be more complicated. We are often faced with gestures and utterances that are difficult to […]

Congratulations to Brigid Doherty, Associate Professor of German and Art and Archaeology Brigid Doherty’s colleagues in the departments of Art and Archaeology and German call her a rigorous scholar, natural teacher and model mentor. A member of the faculty since 2003, her research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of 20th-century art and literature, with special […]

The East Pyne Languages Open House was held during Princeton Preview on Tuesday April 9th and Monday April 15th. Department staff, faculty and students represented the French and Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, German, Slavic and Classics Departments. Accepted students and parents sampled international food delicacies while they learned about the exciting opportunities each department offers […]