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The Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures offers Ph.D. students a generous funding package that is guaranteed for five years. Sixth-year students are eligible for a doctoral completion grant. We are also able to fund many students in our one-year MA program with a combination of teaching opportunities and internal fellowships. Applications to the Graduate Program in German Literature, Culture and Theory must be submitted through the School of Graduate Studies online application website. The complete application includes: the online form submission of transcripts (please submit electronic transcripts, originals are only required after admission) letters of recommendation (MA:2, PhD:3) a brief resume a sample of written work a statement of up to 700 words outlining your research interests and reasons for embarking on graduate study Please consult the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Calendar and the departmental Graduate Handbook for details on eligibility criteria. Additional information may be obtained from the SGS Admissions page, the SGS Degree Progams Quick Facts (MA) and Degree Programs Quick Facts (PhD), and the SGS application FAQ. The deadline for online application and payment of the application fee is 15 January 2025. We look forward to receiving your application and wish you much success in ... Read More »

Prof. Willi Goetschel has been elected to the fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Membership in the Royal Society of Canada is one of the most prestigious honours that a Canadian academic can receive. This distinction recognizes Prof. Goetschel’s many scholarly contributions, particularly his impactful work in the fields of Jewish thought, and German Enlightenment and idealism. As an internationally acclaimed philosopher, literary historian, and leader in the field of German Jewish thought, Prof. Goetschel has advanced research on the deep nexus between thought and literary imagination. Situated at the interface between philosophy and literature, in particular in modern Jewish thought, his work has helped to recover marginalized approaches to critical thinking thereby articulating emancipatory strategies that reimagine the terms of difference, alterity, and identity anew. Discover more about Prof. Goetschel’s research and achievements. Read More »

Marlo A. Burks (PhD, 2016) has published her most recent book, Aesthetic Dilemmas, with McGill-Queen's University Press... Read More »

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Please check out our exciting topic courses offered in the Winter Semester of 2024! Read More »

Submissions are due 19th May 2024. Read More »

John Noyes has been elected President of the International Herder Society, founded in 1985 in Monterey, California... Read More »

In her talk, Professor Anna Shternshis shares the stories of lost Yiddish songs she discovered at the Ukrainian National Library in Kyiv... Read More »

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