2024 GGSA Conference Schedule

Our finalized conference schedule: 16th Annual GGSA Conference Schedule! We are looking forward to seeing you all at 1:30pm on Friday, February 23rd in the Ohio Union.   PLEASE NOTE: Our Friday panels will now be held in the Ohio Staters Inc. Traditions Room, directly across the hall from the Senate Chamber.  

16th Annual Conference Call for Papers

Activating Margins:  Destabilizing the Canon from the Periphery  16th-Annual Germanic Graduate Student Association Conference at  THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY  February 23rd – 24th, 2024    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mari Jarris  Department of German Studies, Cornell University    In geology, active margins are where edges of tectonic plates meet and cause friction as well as develop… Continue Reading 16th Annual Conference Call for Papers

Photos from the 15th Annual Conference 2023 now available!

Dr. May Mergenthaler, The Ohio State University, presents her research on “Conflicted: Elisa Aseva’s Posts and Positions on Race and Racism in Germany”.   Dr. Matthew Johnson, The Ohio State University, presents his research on “Off-Translations: Bertha Pappenheim’s Yiddish-German”.   Marcel Foerster, The Ohio State University, presents his research project “The ‘Greenhorn Gaze’: The Construction… Continue Reading Photos from the 15th Annual Conference 2023 now available!

Call for Papers: 15th Annual Conference

Conference Title: Who are We? Questions of Germanic Identities. The concepts of national and linguistic identity have never been stable. Today, many English monolinguals in the US claim German identity while native German-speaking citizens question their place in German, Austrian, or Swiss society. The name “Germanic studies” seems to presuppose a shared concept of the… Continue Reading Call for Papers: 15th Annual Conference

15th Annual Conference: Who are We? Questions of Germanic Identities

We are happy to announce that our annual conference will return for the 15th time this year. March 24th and 25th 2023 The Ohio Union, Ohio Union Senate Chambers The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Keynote Speaker: Dr. Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona Call for Papers: See more information on CfP post.

14th Annual GGSA Conference 2022 (Now Online Only!)

Join us via ZOOM for the 2022 GGSA (Germanic Graduate Students Association) Conference Traditions: A Survey into the Past, Present and Future of German-speaking Cultures Please Send all Abstracts to: contact.ggsa.osu@gmail.com Deadline is January 20th via ZOOM – invitation and program forthcoming! Exact times each day tba. Dr. Ruth von Bernuth will give the Keynote Address!… Continue Reading 14th Annual GGSA Conference 2022 (Now Online Only!)