German Studies

The Department of German Studies offers a variety of programs in German language and linguistics, literature, culture, and thought. Courses are open to majors and all interested students. Candidates are accepted for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy.

By carefully planning their programs, students may fulfill the B.A. requirements for a double major in German Studies and another subject. An extended undergraduate major in English and German literature is available, as are coterminal programs for the B.A. and M.A. degrees in German Studies, and joint programs for the Ph.D. degree with Comparative Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Linguistics, and Modern Thought and Literature.

Special collections and facilities at Stanford offer possibilities for extensive research in German studies and related fields pertaining to Central Europe. Facilities include the Stanford University Libraries and the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Special collections include the Hildebrand Collection (texts and early editions from the 16th to the 19th century), the Austrian Collection (with emphasis on source material of the time of Maria Theresa and Joseph II, the Napoleonic wars, and the Revolution of 1848), and the Stanford Collection of German, Austrian, and Swiss Culture. New collections emphasize culture and cultural politics in the former German Democratic Republic. The Hoover Institution has a unique collection of historical and political documents pertaining to Germany and Central Europe from 1870 to the present. The department also has its own reference library.

Upcoming Events

June
2
Date
Friday, June 2, 2023, 3:00am - 4:30pm
Location:
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 312

Language Teaching is a core part of all the DLCL doctoral tracks.

June
18
Date
Sunday, June 18, 2023, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Dinkelspiel Auditorium & Oregon Courtyard at Pigott Hall

Congratulations to all our graduating students!
 
The Division will host our Diploma Ceremony and Reception on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
 

News

Here are the forms to submit papers to the DLCL Undergraduate Academic Prizes for Academic Year 2022-2023.
Congratulations to Meryem Deniz, Ph.D. student in German Studies, whose article, "Jean Paul’s Acoustic Romanticism and Aeolian Soundscapes in Vorschule der Ästhetik and Titan" was the most read article in the 2022 volumes of Monatshefte according to…
New York, NY – 7 December 2022 – The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its fifteenth Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures to Alys X. George, acting assistant professor…