2020 Brochure
PROGRAM OVERVIEW & FUNDING
A PH.D. PROGRAM IN GERMAN Gender Studies, and the Center LITERATURE, MEDIA, AND THEORY for Philosophy, Arts, One of the leading programs and Literature. and largest faculties in German Studies in North America, the Historical Depth: we anchor Carolina-Duke Graduate Pro- intellectual development within gram builds our vibrant intellec- knowledge of German-language tual community around three literature and culture from the core commitments: medieval to contemporary peri- ods. Texts: we emphasize the careful interpretation of literature, film, Through close collaboration with and other media and discourses. faculty advisors, each student develops their individual research CALL FOR Theories and Methods: we offer agenda while receiving pre-pro- APPLICATIONS deep engagement with method- fessional guidance and mentored 2021-2022 ologies such as literary theory, pedagogical training at both an philosophy, intellectual history, elite private university and a top and science studies, as well as public university. affiliations across the disciplines with Jewish Studies, Literature GRADUATE FUNDING departments, History, Music, All students who matriculate to Philosophy, Divinity, Art History, the Carolina-Duke Program in Political Science, Women’s and German Studies receive funding CDG is located that covers tuition and health in North Carolina’s CDG insurance and provides a stipend Research Triangle. The city for six consecutive years. See of Durham, home to Duke, is 10 CAROLINA-DUKE GRADUATE PROGRAM miles from UNC-Chapel Hill. The website for details. Robertson Express Bus connects IN GERMAN STUDIES Duke and UNC every thirty minutes. Raleigh-Durham International TWO UNIVERSITIES, ONE DOCTORAL PROGRAM Airport is a convenient hub for The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies domestic and international flights with daily flights combines the resources of two great universities in a to Europe. curriculum that joins disciplinary rigor with interdisci- plinary flexibility to create an internationally acclaimed center of excellence for graduate training, research, teaching, and scholarly exchange. ion ab mat out r CD fo G in , e s r c o a n m r t h o i F s
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A PH.D. PROGRAM IN GERMAN Gender Studies, and the Center LITERATURE, MEDIA, AND THEORY for Philosophy, Arts, One of the leading programs and Literature. and largest faculties in German Studies in North America, the Historical Depth: we anchor Carolina-Duke Graduate Pro- intellectual development within gram builds our vibrant intellec- knowledge of German-language tual community around three literature and culture from the core commitments: medieval to contemporary peri- ods. Texts: we emphasize the careful interpretation of literature, film, Through close collaboration with and other media and discourses. faculty advisors, each student develops their individual research CALL FOR Theories and Methods: we offer agenda while receiving pre-pro- APPLICATIONS deep engagement with method- fessional guidance and mentored 2021-2022 ologies such as literary theory, pedagogical training at both an philosophy, intellectual history, elite private university and a top and science studies, as well as public university. affiliations across the disciplines with Jewish Studies, Literature GRADUATE FUNDING departments, History, Music, All students who matriculate to Philosophy, Divinity, Art History, the Carolina-Duke Program in Political Science, Women’s and German Studies receive funding CDG is located that covers tuition and health in North Carolina’s CDG insurance and provides a stipend Research Triangle. The city for six consecutive years. See of Durham, home to Duke, is 10 CAROLINA-DUKE GRADUATE PROGRAM miles from UNC-Chapel Hill. The website for details. Robertson Express Bus connects IN GERMAN STUDIES Duke and UNC every thirty minutes. Raleigh-Durham International TWO UNIVERSITIES, ONE DOCTORAL PROGRAM Airport is a convenient hub for The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies domestic and international flights with daily flights combines the resources of two great universities in a to Europe. curriculum that joins disciplinary rigor with interdisci- plinary flexibility to create an internationally acclaimed center of excellence for graduate training, research, teaching, and scholarly exchange.
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Ruth von Bernuth: Richard Langston: David Pike: TWO UNIVERSITIES Students take seven electives in Early Modern Literature 20th- & 21st- Century 20th-Century Literature, Incoming students matriculate the program and two additional and Culture, Yiddish Literature, Modernism East German & Soviet fully at both the University of interdisciplinary courses outside Studies, Folly Literature, & Avant-Garde Studies, Culture & Politics. Disability Studies. Critical Theory, Film & North Carolina at Chapel Hill the program. Prior to the disser- Chapel Hill and Media Studies. Inga Pollmann: and Duke University. Classes are tation, students will take a prelim- Cori Crane: Durham occupy the west- Film & Media Theory & offered every semester on both inary exam, and an oral defense Applied Linguistics, ern half of central North Carolina’s Priscilla Layne: History, Early Cinema, Language Pedago- campuses and students travel is required upon submitting the Research Triangle. Home to roughly Film & Music, Subculture German Cinema, Film gy and Curriculum via an express bus that departs dissertation. Both UNC-Chapel two million residents, the Triangle is a Studies, Gender Studies, & Science, Aesthetic & Development, Systemic growing cosmopolitan hub for education Afro-German History Critical Theory. every half hour. Over the course Hill and Duke University offer Functional Linguistics, and research, culture and sports, business & Culture, Multicultur- of the program, students will graduate students ample study Language Teacher and government. Historically and culturally alism. Sarah Pourciau: acquire teaching experience in a and research opportunities in Education. Philosophy & Aesthetics, rich, Chapel Hill (as well as Carrboro to the private (Duke University) and a Berlin, Potsdam and Tübingen. west) and Durham have been repeatedly laud- Laura Lieber: Literary Theory, Mod- Eric Downing: ed as university towns that take pride in their Jewish History, Ancient ernism, Opera, German- public (University of North Caroli- 18th-20th-Century diversity and openness. Both cities are History, German & Jew- Jewish Studies. na at Chapel Hill) setting. THE DEGREE & THE PROFESSION Narrative Fiction, Lit- thriving with venues for live music, the- ish Relations. erary Theory, Realism, Students graduate with a diploma ater, the performing and the visual Aleksandra Prica: Aestheticism, An- REQUIREMENTS OF STUDY bearing the names of both Duke arts, and both enjoy a nation- Adi Nester: Medieval and Early cient-Modern Relations, ally renowned food 19th-20th-Century Ger- Modern Literature and The faculty offers seminars at University and the University of Modernism. scene. man-Jewish Literature Culture, Media Studies, the leading edge of research in North Carolina at Chapel Hill. and Thought, Music, Literature and the Bible, the field, designed to provide The faculty’s students have se- Stefani Engelstein: Political Theory, The- Literature and Knowl- students with a deep grounding cured jobs in German Studies at To apply to 18th-19th- Century ories of Language and edge, Poetology and Literature and Science, APPLY the Graduate Translation Hermeneutics. in German Studies and to prepare both public and private colleges Transnational Roman- Program, visit: them for their own innovative and universities big and small ticism, Gender Studies, Jakob Norberg: Paul Roberge: ADMISSIONS Aesthetics. dissertation research. throughout the United States. gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/ Postwar Literature & Historical Linguistics, The Graduate Program seeks Society, 20th-Century Pidgins & Creoles, prospective students who demon- Kata Gellen: Austrian Literature, Afrikaans, Language, During the first two years, stu- strate academic excellence. We Applications are due on Modernism, Film, Political Theory, the Ethnicity & Politics, dents complete five core semi- Fin-de-siècle & Post-War welcome applicants from diverse December 15, 2020 for Public Sphere. Origin & Evolution of nars: Foreign Language Pedagogy Austrian Literature, Human Language. academic and cultural backgrounds academic year (Theories and Practice); Founda- German-Jewish Studies. Thomas Pfau: from the U.S. and abroad. A bach- 2021– 2022. 18th- & 19th-Century Gabriel Trop: tions in German Studies I (1000- elor’s degree or the equivalent is Bryan Gilliam: Literary & Intellectual 18th-Century Studies, 1700); Foundations in German Modern Aesthetics and required in German Studies or a History, Philosophical Poetry & Poetics, Studies II (1750 - 1900); Music, Opera, Weimar Theology, Phenomen- Romanticism, Philoso- related field. Republic. ology, Aesthetics. phy & Aesthetics. Foundations in German Applications must include a state- CONTACT INFORMATION Studies III (1900 - pres- ment of purpose and a writing Questions regarding the Graduate Clayton Koelb: Henry Pickford: Christina Weiler: ent); and German Modern Literature sample. Application deadlines are Program can be addressed to: Philosophy and Litera- Pedagogy, 18th-19th- Linguistics. (Thomas Mann & Franz ture, Frankfurt School, Century Literature, generally in mid-December for the Kafka), Literary Theory, Critical Theory, Idealism, Transnational Roman- following academic year, which Dr. Henry Pickford Philosophy & Aesthet- Aesthetics. ticism, Environmental begins in August. Duke University ics, History of Criticism. Studies. For details about the required appli- [email protected] cation materials, visit: http://carolina-duke-grad.german. Dr. Richard Langston For more about the faculty, their research interests, and their publications, visit the website: duke.edu/apply UNC-Chapel Hill carolina-duke-grad.german.duke.edu [email protected] THE CORE FACULTY COURSE OF STUDY
Ruth von Bernuth: Richard Langston: David Pike: TWO UNIVERSITIES Students take seven electives in Early Modern Literature 20th- & 21st- Century 20th-Century Literature, Incoming students matriculate the program and two additional and Culture, Yiddish Literature, Modernism East German & Soviet fully at both the University of interdisciplinary courses outside Studies, Folly Literature, & Avant-Garde Studies, Culture & Politics. Disability Studies. Critical Theory, Film & North Carolina at Chapel Hill the program. Prior to the disser- Chapel Hill and Media Studies. Inga Pollmann: and Duke University. Classes are tation, students will take a prelim- Cori Crane: Durham occupy the west- Film & Media Theory & offered every semester on both inary exam, and an oral defense Applied Linguistics, ern half of central North Carolina’s Priscilla Layne: History, Early Cinema, Language Pedago- campuses and students travel is required upon submitting the Research Triangle. Home to roughly Film & Music, Subculture German Cinema, Film gy and Curriculum via an express bus that departs dissertation. Both UNC-Chapel two million residents, the Triangle is a Studies, Gender Studies, & Science, Aesthetic & Development, Systemic growing cosmopolitan hub for education Afro-German History Critical Theory. every half hour. Over the course Hill and Duke University offer Functional Linguistics, and research, culture and sports, business & Culture, Multicultur- of the program, students will graduate students ample study Language Teacher and government. Historically and culturally alism. Sarah Pourciau: acquire teaching experience in a and research opportunities in Education. Philosophy & Aesthetics, rich, Chapel Hill (as well as Carrboro to the private (Duke University) and a Berlin, Potsdam and Tübingen. west) and Durham have been repeatedly laud- Laura Lieber: Literary Theory, Mod- Eric Downing: ed as university towns that take pride in their Jewish History, Ancient ernism, Opera, German- public (University of North Caroli- 18th-20th-Century diversity and openness. Both cities are History, German & Jew- Jewish Studies. na at Chapel Hill) setting. THE DEGREE & THE PROFESSION Narrative Fiction, Lit- thriving with venues for live music, the- ish Relations. erary Theory, Realism, Students graduate with a diploma ater, the performing and the visual Aleksandra Prica: Aestheticism, An- REQUIREMENTS OF STUDY bearing the names of both Duke arts, and both enjoy a nation- Adi Nester: Medieval and Early cient-Modern Relations, ally renowned food 19th-20th-Century Ger- Modern Literature and The faculty offers seminars at University and the University of Modernism. scene. man-Jewish Literature Culture, Media Studies, the leading edge of research in North Carolina at Chapel Hill. and Thought, Music, Literature and the Bible, the field, designed to provide The faculty’s students have se- Stefani Engelstein: Political Theory, The- Literature and Knowl- students with a deep grounding cured jobs in German Studies at To apply to 18th-19th- Century ories of Language and edge, Poetology and Literature and Science, APPLY the Graduate Translation Hermeneutics. in German Studies and to prepare both public and private colleges Transnational Roman- Program, visit: them for their own innovative and universities big and small ticism, Gender Studies, Jakob Norberg: Paul Roberge: ADMISSIONS Aesthetics. dissertation research. throughout the United States. gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/ Postwar Literature & Historical Linguistics, The Graduate Program seeks Society, 20th-Century Pidgins & Creoles, prospective students who demon- Kata Gellen: Austrian Literature, Afrikaans, Language, During the first two years, stu- strate academic excellence. We Applications are due on Modernism, Film, Political Theory, the Ethnicity & Politics, dents complete five core semi- Fin-de-siècle & Post-War welcome applicants from diverse December 15, 2020 for Public Sphere. Origin & Evolution of nars: Foreign Language Pedagogy Austrian Literature, Human Language. academic and cultural backgrounds academic year (Theories and Practice); Founda- German-Jewish Studies. Thomas Pfau: from the U.S. and abroad. A bach- 2021– 2022. 18th- & 19th-Century Gabriel Trop: tions in German Studies I (1000- elor’s degree or the equivalent is Bryan Gilliam: Literary & Intellectual 18th-Century Studies, 1700); Foundations in German Modern Aesthetics and required in German Studies or a History, Philosophical Poetry & Poetics, Studies II (1750 - 1900); Music, Opera, Weimar Theology, Phenomen- Romanticism, Philoso- related field. Republic. ology, Aesthetics. phy & Aesthetics. Foundations in German Applications must include a state- CONTACT INFORMATION Studies III (1900 - pres- ment of purpose and a writing Questions regarding the Graduate Clayton Koelb: Henry Pickford: Christina Weiler: ent); and German Modern Literature sample. Application deadlines are Program can be addressed to: Philosophy and Litera- Pedagogy, 18th-19th- Linguistics. (Thomas Mann & Franz ture, Frankfurt School, Century Literature, generally in mid-December for the Kafka), Literary Theory, Critical Theory, Idealism, Transnational Roman- following academic year, which Dr. Henry Pickford Philosophy & Aesthet- Aesthetics. ticism, Environmental begins in August. Duke University ics, History of Criticism. Studies. For details about the required appli- [email protected] cation materials, visit: http://carolina-duke-grad.german. Dr. Richard Langston For more about the faculty, their research interests, and their publications, visit the website: duke.edu/apply UNC-Chapel Hill carolina-duke-grad.german.duke.edu [email protected] THE CORE FACULTY COURSE OF STUDY
Ruth von Bernuth: Richard Langston: David Pike: TWO UNIVERSITIES Students take seven electives in Early Modern Literature 20th- & 21st- Century 20th-Century Literature, Incoming students matriculate the program and two additional and Culture, Yiddish Literature, Modernism East German & Soviet fully at both the University of interdisciplinary courses outside Studies, Folly Literature, & Avant-Garde Studies, Culture & Politics. Disability Studies. Critical Theory, Film & North Carolina at Chapel Hill the program. Prior to the disser- Chapel Hill and Media Studies. Inga Pollmann: and Duke University. Classes are tation, students will take a prelim- Cori Crane: Durham occupy the west- Film & Media Theory & offered every semester on both inary exam, and an oral defense Applied Linguistics, ern half of central North Carolina’s Priscilla Layne: History, Early Cinema, Language Pedago- campuses and students travel is required upon submitting the Research Triangle. Home to roughly Film & Music, Subculture German Cinema, Film gy and Curriculum via an express bus that departs dissertation. Both UNC-Chapel two million residents, the Triangle is a Studies, Gender Studies, & Science, Aesthetic & Development, Systemic growing cosmopolitan hub for education Afro-German History Critical Theory. every half hour. Over the course Hill and Duke University offer Functional Linguistics, and research, culture and sports, business & Culture, Multicultur- of the program, students will graduate students ample study Language Teacher and government. Historically and culturally alism. Sarah Pourciau: acquire teaching experience in a and research opportunities in Education. Philosophy & Aesthetics, rich, Chapel Hill (as well as Carrboro to the private (Duke University) and a Berlin, Potsdam and Tübingen. west) and Durham have been repeatedly laud- Laura Lieber: Literary Theory, Mod- Eric Downing: ed as university towns that take pride in their Jewish History, Ancient ernism, Opera, German- public (University of North Caroli- 18th-20th-Century diversity and openness. Both cities are History, German & Jew- Jewish Studies. na at Chapel Hill) setting. THE DEGREE & THE PROFESSION Narrative Fiction, Lit- thriving with venues for live music, the- ish Relations. erary Theory, Realism, Students graduate with a diploma ater, the performing and the visual Aleksandra Prica: Aestheticism, An- REQUIREMENTS OF STUDY bearing the names of both Duke arts, and both enjoy a nation- Adi Nester: Medieval and Early cient-Modern Relations, ally renowned food 19th-20th-Century Ger- Modern Literature and The faculty offers seminars at University and the University of Modernism. scene. man-Jewish Literature Culture, Media Studies, the leading edge of research in North Carolina at Chapel Hill. and Thought, Music, Literature and the Bible, the field, designed to provide The faculty’s students have se- Stefani Engelstein: Political Theory, The- Literature and Knowl- students with a deep grounding cured jobs in German Studies at To apply to 18th-19th- Century ories of Language and edge, Poetology and Literature and Science, APPLY the Graduate Translation Hermeneutics. in German Studies and to prepare both public and private colleges Transnational Roman- Program, visit: them for their own innovative and universities big and small ticism, Gender Studies, Jakob Norberg: Paul Roberge: ADMISSIONS Aesthetics. dissertation research. throughout the United States. gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/ Postwar Literature & Historical Linguistics, The Graduate Program seeks Society, 20th-Century Pidgins & Creoles, prospective students who demon- Kata Gellen: Austrian Literature, Afrikaans, Language, During the first two years, stu- strate academic excellence. We Applications are due on Modernism, Film, Political Theory, the Ethnicity & Politics, dents complete five core semi- Fin-de-siècle & Post-War welcome applicants from diverse December 15, 2020 for Public Sphere. Origin & Evolution of nars: Foreign Language Pedagogy Austrian Literature, Human Language. academic and cultural backgrounds academic year (Theories and Practice); Founda- German-Jewish Studies. Thomas Pfau: from the U.S. and abroad. A bach- 2021– 2022. 18th- & 19th-Century Gabriel Trop: tions in German Studies I (1000- elor’s degree or the equivalent is Bryan Gilliam: Literary & Intellectual 18th-Century Studies, 1700); Foundations in German Modern Aesthetics and required in German Studies or a History, Philosophical Poetry & Poetics, Studies II (1750 - 1900); Music, Opera, Weimar Theology, Phenomen- Romanticism, Philoso- related field. Republic. ology, Aesthetics. phy & Aesthetics. Foundations in German Applications must include a state- CONTACT INFORMATION Studies III (1900 - pres- ment of purpose and a writing Questions regarding the Graduate Clayton Koelb: Henry Pickford: Christina Weiler: ent); and German Modern Literature sample. Application deadlines are Program can be addressed to: Philosophy and Litera- Pedagogy, 18th-19th- Linguistics. (Thomas Mann & Franz ture, Frankfurt School, Century Literature, generally in mid-December for the Kafka), Literary Theory, Critical Theory, Idealism, Transnational Roman- following academic year, which Dr. Henry Pickford Philosophy & Aesthet- Aesthetics. ticism, Environmental begins in August. Duke University ics, History of Criticism. Studies. For details about the required appli- [email protected] cation materials, visit: http://carolina-duke-grad.german. Dr. Richard Langston For more about the faculty, their research interests, and their publications, visit the website: duke.edu/apply UNC-Chapel Hill carolina-duke-grad.german.duke.edu [email protected] PROGRAM OVERVIEW & FUNDING
A PH.D. PROGRAM IN GERMAN Gender Studies, and the Center LITERATURE, MEDIA, AND THEORY for Philosophy, Arts, One of the leading programs and Literature. and largest faculties in German Studies in North America, the Historical Depth: we anchor Carolina-Duke Graduate Pro- intellectual development within gram builds our vibrant intellec- knowledge of German-language tual community around three literature and culture from the core commitments: medieval to contemporary peri- ods. Texts: we emphasize the careful interpretation of literature, film, Through close collaboration with and other media and discourses. faculty advisors, each student develops their individual research CALL FOR Theories and Methods: we offer agenda while receiving pre-pro- APPLICATIONS deep engagement with method- fessional guidance and mentored 2021-2022 ologies such as literary theory, pedagogical training at both an philosophy, intellectual history, elite private university and a top and science studies, as well as public university. affiliations across the disciplines with Jewish Studies, Literature GRADUATE FUNDING departments, History, Music, All students who matriculate to Philosophy, Divinity, Art History, the Carolina-Duke Program in Political Science, Women’s and German Studies receive funding CDG is located that covers tuition and health in North Carolina’s CDG insurance and provides a stipend Research Triangle. The city for six consecutive years. See of Durham, home to Duke, is 10 CAROLINA-DUKE GRADUATE PROGRAM miles from UNC-Chapel Hill. The website for details. Robertson Express Bus connects IN GERMAN STUDIES Duke and UNC every thirty minutes. Raleigh-Durham International TWO UNIVERSITIES, ONE DOCTORAL PROGRAM Airport is a convenient hub for The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies domestic and international flights with daily flights combines the resources of two great universities in a to Europe. curriculum that joins disciplinary rigor with interdisci- plinary flexibility to create an internationally acclaimed center of excellence for graduate training, research, teaching, and scholarly exchange.
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