Germanic Languages and Literatures

We will discuss nominations and awards for recently published German language literature. Especially we will talk about the concepts, procedures and results of „Der deutsche Buchpreis“ and „Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse“. And together we will take a look into some awarded books of the past years (...

Noel Brindise, who completed the MA as well as the BA in German, has successfully defended her doctoal dissertation in Aerospace Engineering, also at the University of Illinois! Noel notes that GLL is "a fantastic department...endlessly supportive. It's also clear to me all the time how my...

We are pleased to present the SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship awardees for this year. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Evaluation criteria includes the quality of the proposal;...

Check out this page for more information about GLL's Fall 2025 offerings. Add a German major or minor, fulfill General Education...

Exploring 18th-century medicine's construction of individuals with non-standard sexual anatomy as “hermaphrodites”, this book focuses on the genre of the case history from three different languages and national contexts-British, French, and German. Medicalizing Difference...

This account of the “laboratory of radical democracy” in the months before East Germany’s absorption in the West challenges memories of Germany’s reunification. For many, 1989 is an iconic date, one we associate with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. The...