Advocating for the National Endowment for the Humanities

As is known to many of you, funding for future and even current NEH grants is under threat. The GSA recently signed on to the National Humanities Alliance statement supporting the NEH. If you have been impacted by cuts to NEH grants, please let the NHA know immediately. We also encourage you to contact your elected representatives to ask them to keep the funding for the NEH intact. Read more

GSR 48.1 Now Available to Members

Dear members of the GSA,

I am pleased to inform you that German Studies Review 48.1 is now available. A preview, including the cover and table of contents for 48.1 can be found at the end of this letter. Starting with this issue, GSR will be online only. Information on how to access the issue can be found here: 

1. Go to the Project Muse website – https://muse.jhu.edu/browse.
2. Click on the gold Log In button in the top right corner.
3. Enter the username and password for your GSA account in the boxes provided and click Log In.
4. If login was successful, your username will appear in the top right corner.
5. Click on Browse in the upper left corner and then scroll down and click on View more Journals. An alphabetical list of journals will appear.
6. Use the tools on the left to find the title for which you have a paid subscription.  There will be a green check next to the title(s) you can access.
7. Click on the journal and a list of available issues will appear.  Click on the issue you would like to access.  This will bring up a Table of Contents with a
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CfP: German Studies Review: The GSA Fiftieth Anniversary Issue

Call for Proposals: The GSA Fiftieth Anniversary Issue

German Studies Review is inviting contributions to a special issue on the 50th anniversary of the German Studies Association (GSA). We are looking for reflections both on the history and the future of German Studies in North America. The issue is asking: How has the study of German literature, culture, politics, and history shaped the intellectual landscape in the US and in Canada? Which future developments and changes can we see?

Contributions may address the following questions: 

• How does the study of literature, art, philosophy, and history of German-speaking countries diversify and enrich the cultural debates in the US and in Canada? Which trends and transformations has the discipline seen over the past decade and what does this tell us about its future?
• Which impact does German Studies have on higher education or international relations? What is the place for the study of German politics, history, and culture in a world marked by old and new international cooperations and diplomatic affiliations?
• How have German scholars, filmmakers, writers, and philosophers responded to challenges from political extremes on the left or the right?
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CfA: GSA Emerging Scholars Workshop 2025

December 15, 2024

Call for Applications: GSA Emerging Scholars Workshop (ESW) 2025

We are excited to issue this call for the next Emerging Scholars Workshop (ESW) to be hosted at the 49th Annual German Studies Association Conference in Arlington, Virginia, on September 25–28, 2025. This workshop is only open to graduate students.

The ESW will run parallel to the established seminars, panels, and roundtables. It will convene Friday through Sunday, 8am–10am. Participants must commit to participating in all three workshop meetings. For general conference information, visit the current conference page.

Over the past decade or so, graduate programs across the country have contracted. Now, fewer graduate students encounter fewer regular graduate courses, which have also become more general in content to meet satisfactory enrollment. As a result, much of the specialized yet crucial field training has moved into one-on-one tutorials and directed readings. The ESW gives an up-and-coming cohort of scholars access to leading faculty in their fields. It increases the advice and mentoring they receive and cultivates a sustained professional conversation. The goal is to enable the next generation of Germanists to produce their best possible work, be competitive... Read more

Call for Seminar Proposals GSA 2025

The 49^th German Studies Association Conference, to be held in Arlington, VA from September 25–28, 2025 will continue to host a series of seminars in addition to regular panel sessions and roundtables (general conference information is available here). Seminars meet for three sessions, that is, one session on each day of the conference (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). They explore new avenues of academic exchange and foster extended discussion, rigorous intellectual debate, and intensified networking. Seminars are typically proposed and led by two to three conveners and consist of a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 participants, including the conveners themselves. Seminars must be open to applications from interested participants, and conveners are expected to make every effort to aim for broad diversity and include scholars from different disciplines, types of institutions, and career stages, including graduate students. Seminars may enable

• extended discussion of (a) recent academic publication(s);
• exploration of a promising new research topic;
• feedback on ongoing academic projects through pre-circulated abstracts or works-in-progress;
• a debate among scholars with different approaches;
• in-depth discussion of a political or public policy issue, novel, film, poem, musical piece, painting, or other artwork; or
• non-traditional and experimental modes of
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