The GGSA hosts and collaborates on a number of events throughout the academic year. Over the years, members have been involved in the planning and execution of Filmabend, the Alumni Speaker Series, German Day, Kaffeestunde, a graduate student conference, workshops, and more.
Filmabend
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Alumni Speaker Series
In collaboration with the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, the GGSA coordinates the Alumni Speaker Series. Invited speakers are alumni of the graduate program. They typically give a public research talk and a private GGSA-only Q&A.
Fall 2024: Lea Pao (2017)
Lea Pao is an Assistant Professor of German Studies at Stanford and a 2017 graduate of the Comparative Literature Ph.D. program at Penn State. She researches and teaches German and Austrian poetry, global poetics, and the history of information and its theories. Her talk is entitled: “Making a Poet: The Case of Hertha Kräftner.”
Spring 2024: Nick Henry (2015)
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Fall 2023: Mallory Bubar (2015)
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Fall 2023: Hyoun-A Joo (20.. )
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Kaffeestunde
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Internal Social Events
We often meet up off-campus! Typically we hold a weekly Bierstunde, and additional past events have included roller skating in Lewistown, holiday cookie decorating evenings, and outings to the Christkindl Market in Mifflinburg.
German Day
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2021 Conference
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