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Course of Study
Qualifying Requirements
Dissertation Overview
Study and Research Abroad
Annual Plan of Study
Graduate Guidelines
Graduate Seminars, Fall 2009
The sixteen core German Studies faculty represent all branches of research in the field, including medieval studies, gender and sexuality studies, literary theory and poetics, European intellectual history, modernism, realism, German-Jewish studies, Holocaust Studies, politics and culture in the twentieth century, media studies, and contemporary society. Faculty engage in innovative, interdisciplinary teaching and research projects involving other departments and programs and support close intellectual ties with major German universities.
Students take courses full time in their first year of study; in subsequent years they acquire teaching experience at both a private (Duke University) and a public (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) university. Multiple program options are available to students, from the study of historical periods and genres (medieval to contemporary) to literary criticism and theory. Interdisciplinary work is strongly encouraged.