The UNC-Visegrad Studies program is designed to bolster and complement the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures (GSLL) interdisciplinary major in Central European studies. Read the full story here.
47 undergraduates have graduated this spring, brining the total number of graduates from GSLL to 56 if one includes August 2015, December 2015, and May 2016. Of those 56, 14 graduated with Distinction; another 14 graduated with Highest Distinction; and … Read more
Six doctoral students have graduated with a Ph.D. in May 2016: Rory Bradley, Matt Feminella, Janice Hansen, Heidi Hart, Steffen Kaupp, and Annegret Oehme. This year’s graduating class was also significant because it included the last UNC-only doctoral student. Eighty … Read more
Launched in Fall 2013, the Global Partnership Awards help University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students sustain and develop partnerships with international institutions, with preference given to proposals that include designated UNC strategic or emerging partners. … Read more
Siegfried Mews is an Emeritus professor of German at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who retired in 2007. Each year since his retirement, an award has been given in his honor. Based on the nominations of undergraduate students, … Read more
Each spring, the Carolina – Duke Graduate Program in German studies presents an award in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement. The Ria Stambaugh – Frank Borchardt Essay Award, presented for best writing proficiency review essays, is given in honor of … Read more
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted 296 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members during the 2015-2016 academic year. Seven of these students were majors or minors in … Read more
The Department congratulates the following students who are majoring or minoring in German, who were inducted into the Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society on April 15, 2016:
The following graduating Seniors in Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures were chosen by our Faculty to receive Chancellor’s Awards on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The Paul Debreczeny Prize in Slavic Languages and Literatures: Andrew J Thompson The Ria … Read more
Stanislav Shvabrin’s translation of Brian Boyd’s Nabokov’s Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery (Princeton University Press, 1999) was published by the Ivan Limbakh Publishing House of St. Petersburg, Russia, in November 2015. Follow this link to read Shvabrin’s interview with … Read more
