German Studies

Welcome

/uploadedImages/MenzelTafelrunde.jpgWelcome to Rice University's Department of German Studies. The department provides an ideal interdisciplinary setting for the study of German literature, history and culture in a wider international context.

Spoken by more than 120 million people, German is one of the main European languages; Germany, Austria and Switzerland are leading members of the international community, not only in terms of economy and politics, but also with regard to cultural and scientific achievements. 

Faculty Spotlight

WeissenbergerKlaus Weissenberger

Like few others, Klaus Weissenberger, Professor of German Studies, is familiar with the key elements that distinguish Rice University from its peer institutions: close contact between students and senior faculty, small classes, and a genuine college environment.

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Student Spotlight

WisemanUnderground_smSarah Wiseman

It is only fitting that many of the images on the new German Studies web page should come from Sarah Wiseman who double majors in German Studies and Visual Arts. During a trip to Germany in Summer 2008, sponsored by a Focus Europe Fellowship and a grant from Visual Arts...

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News & Events

Blumenthal-BarbyMartin Blumenthal-Barby joins the Rice German Studies department from Yale as a new Postdoctoral Fellow in Fall 2008.»

SteinerBenjaminEditionTo much media attention in Germany, Uwe Steiner has just published his edition of Walter Benjamin's Der Begriff der Kunstkritik in der deutschen Romantik.»

EmdenNietzschePoliticsHistoryJust published by Cambridge University Press: Christian J. Emden's Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of History. »

John Richardson

On February 20, 2009, John Richardson of New York University will come to Rice for a lecture on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, sponsored by the History of Philosophy Workshop. Watch this space for further details.»

Modern Austrian LiteratureModern Austrian Literature, edited by Maria-Regina Kecht, switched to a new and exciting design, highlighting the journal’s position as the leading publication in Austrian Studies in the U.S.»

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Current Courses

History Through German Cinema, GERM 122»

Women and National Socialism, GERM 130»

German Through Cultural Texts, GERM 304»

Enlightenment to Romanticism, GERM 305»

Current Affairs in the Media of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, GERM 308»

The German Fairy Tale—Old and New, GERM 326»

German Politics and Culture after 1945, GERM 420»

Honors Thesis, GERM 493»

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