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Claire Scott Elected VP of the Coalition of Women in German (WiG)

Feb. 14, 2024—Senior Lecturer of German Studies, Claire Scott, has been elected Vice President/President Elect of the Coalition of Women in German (WiG). Claire will also be organizing this year’s High School German Day on February 23, 2023. For more information, please send Claire an email! Learn more about Claire here.

Senior Lecturer Denis Zhernokleyev Receives 2023 Faculty Advising Award

Dec. 15, 2023—Denis Zhernokleyev, senior lecturer of German, Russian, and East European Studies, received the 2023 Arts & Science Faculty Advising Award in the Humanities. He is one of nine faculty members who received the award for demonstrating extraordinary teaching, advising, and dedication and commitment to their students. Recipients are chosen by a vote of graduating seniors,...

Visiting Max Kade Professor Elisa Ronzheimer Joins VU Spring 2024

Oct. 25, 2023— Elisa Ronzheimer is a scholar of German and comparative literature at Bielefeld University. In her research, she is interested in contemporary poetry and theories of the lyric, historical, and contemporary cultures of sensibility and practices of comparison in literature and literary theory. Currently, Elisa works on a book about the concept of style in...