German Department Princeton
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Unser schreibzeug arbeitet mit an unseren gedanken. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our writing tools are also at work on our thoughts. (Friedrich Nietzsche in a letter to his secretary Peter Gast. February 1882)
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We Are German Graduate Students
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The Princeton German Department explores the language, literatures, intellectual history, arts and media of Germany and German-speaking cultures from the Middle Ages to the present. Our highly diverse and distinguished faculty employ the critical tools of multiple disciplines to investigate and appreciate the wide range of German cultural production, its significance for–and reception of–other cultures, and its continued importance for our current historical moment.
Read about the history of the Department
Events
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Goethe Seminar
The Routes of Poetry: Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan
February 27, 2026
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Spring 2026 Lecture Series
Reconstructing ‘Bioanalysis’: Freud, Ferenczi and the Discomfort with Heredity
March 23, 2026
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Film Screening
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
March 25, 2026
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Film Screening
Hitlerjunge Quex (1933)
April 7, 2026
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Spring 2026 Lecture Series
Political Leanings: The Queer Contrapposto of Hitler Youth Quex
April 13, 2026
News
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Art Exhibition
Special Exhibition Curated By Graduate Student Dennis Schäfer
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Faculty Award
Baylor Honors Princeton Professor with Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
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German Language Tables
German Language Tables - Come and start a conversation!
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Faculty Article
Sara S. Poor Elected Second Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America
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Student Award
Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship Recipient - Erica Passoni
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Summer Graduate Seminar
CFA: LMU_PU Summer Seminar - Lying and Deceiving in Poetics and Politics
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Faculty Distinction
"Two German Department faculty ranked as “The best German thinkers” by the FAZ"
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Alumni