German studies

{{Short description|Field of humanities related to German language, German literature, and German culture}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} '''German studies''' is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the language and literature component. Approaches to the discipline vary by country. Modern German studies is usually seen as a combination of two sub-disciplines: German linguistics alongside Germanophone literature and cultural studies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIP user site |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56&cipid=89535 |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>

Common names for "German Studies" for the field within German-speaking countries are {{lang|de|Germanistik}}, {{lang|de|Deutsche Philologie}}, and {{lang|de|Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft und Literaturwissenschaft}}. In English, the terms '''Germanistics''' or '''Germanics''' are sometimes used (mostly by Germans), but the subject is more often referred to as ''German studies'', ''German language and literature'', or ''German philology''. Academics who specialize in German studies are referred to as Germanists.

==German linguistics== German linguistics is traditionally called philology in Germany, though most German studies departments house linguists whose focus relates to German or Germanic language(s) in both their historic and present forms. The periods of German's philological development are roughly divided as follows: * Old High German (''Althochdeutsch'') 8th–11th centuries * Middle High German (''Mittelhochdeutsch'') 11th–14th centuries * Early New High German (''Frühneuhochdeutsch'') 14th–17th centuries * Modern German (Standard German, German dialectology) 18th–21st centuries

In addition, the discipline examines German under various aspects: the way it is spoken and written, i.e., spelling; declination; vocabulary; sentence structure; texts; etc. It compares the various manifestations such as social groupings (slang, written texts, etc.) and geographical groupings (dialects, etc.).

==German literature studies==

The study of German literature is divided into two parts: ''Ältere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft'' deals with the period from the beginnings of German in the early Middle Ages up to post-Medieval times around AD 1750, while the modern era is covered by ''Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Frenzel |first1=Herbert A. (Herbert Alfred) |url=https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130000798038236416 |title=Daten deutscher Dichtung : chronologischer Abriß der deutschen Literaturgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart |last2=Frenzel |first2=Elisabeth |date=1959 |publisher=Kiepenheuer & Witsch |edition=2., verb. und verm. Aufl}}</ref> The field systematically examines German literature in terms of genre, form, content, and motifs as well as looking at it historically by author and epoch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-29 |title=German literature {{!}} History, Authors, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/German-literature |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Important areas include edition philology, history of literature, and textual interpretation. The relationships of German literature to the literatures of other languages (e.g. reception and mutual influences) and historical contexts are also important areas of concentration.

German literature studies benefits from the particularly rich printing tradition of the German-speaking world. Given Johannes Gutenberg and thus the modern printing press originates from German-speaking Europe, Germanic texts have historically enjoyed a heightened status among scholars. Other prominent historical figures, such as Martin Luther have also marked the history of literature through his dissemination of the Bible and thereby an early and strong German-speaking reading culture compared to other European publics.

Much like other literature-centered fields, German literature studies is concerned with ecocriticism, hermeneutics, feminism, narratology, psychoanalytic criticism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, post-structuralism, reader-response, semiotics, sound studies, spatial theory, speech acts, structuralism, symbology, and queer theory.

== German cultural studies == The study of German culture encompasses issues related to German politics, German history, Holocaust studies, national identity, German art, art history, migration, film studies, museum studies, memory studies, German Literature, and media. The sub-field is highly interdisciplinary drawing from both the humanities and social sciences to examine issues related to contemporary German-speaking countries. Such approaches are often focalized through the lens of the German-speaking nation at present. Thus, the study of countries such as Austria and Switzerland, as well as other German-speaking groups, are often focalized not only through their shared German linguistic and cultural heritage, but for their distinct national and diasporic contexts. German cultural studies therefore incorporates the historical areas of German influence across Europe and overseas as it relates to both migration and colonization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIP user site |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56&cipid=89535 |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>

German cultural studies is most common in departments located outside of a German-speaking country, acting in many forms as a form of area studies related to the German Sprachraum. A heightened focus on German cultural studies became apparent following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and has increasingly been tied to the field of European Studies.

== DAAD Centers for German and European Studies ==

In the years following the fall of the wall, the German federal government established Centers for German and European Studies throughout North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centers for German and European Studies |url=https://www.daad.org/en/about-us/network/german-centers/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.daad.org |language=en}}</ref> This effort sought to increase transatlantic political, cultural, and academic cooperation between the United States and post-Soviet Europe, with a strong focus on Germany's increased importance within the European Union as a reunified state. Sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), these [https://www.daad.org/en/about-us/network/german-centers/ Centers for German and European studies] mark a distinct departure from traditional German studies programs and are often housed within broader internationally oriented departments dealing with international affairs, area studies, or public policy within North America. The DAAD Centers for German and European Studies in North America are listed as follows:

* [https://cges.georgetown.edu/ BMW Center for German and European Studies] at Georgetown University

* [https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/ Center for German and European Studies] at Brandeis University

* [https://daadcenter.wisc.edu/ Centers for German and European Studies] at the University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota

* [https://ies.berkeley.edu/cges Center for German and European Studies] at the University of California, Berkeley

* [https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/cees/joint-initiative-german-and-european-studies Joint Initiative in German and European Studies] at the University of Toronto

* [https://cenes.ubc.ca/ Center for German and European Studies] at the University of British Columbia

* [https://cceae.umontreal.ca/ Le Centre Canadien d’Études Allemandes et Européennes] at the Université de Montréal

* [https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/open-forum-series/working-paper-archives/program-study-germany-europe-archive The Program for the Study of Germany and Europe] at Harvard University

DAAD Centers for German and European Studies beyond North America include the following:

* [https://spsir.tongji.edu.cn/spsiren/f5/bd/c18866a193981/page.htm Institute of German and European Studies], Tongji University, Yangpu District, Shanghai * [https://hcges.haifa.ac.il/ Haifa Center for German and European Studies] – University of Haifa * [https://ef.huji.ac.il/book/about-us European Forum at the Hebrew University] - at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem * [https://cdea.tche.br/site/?page%20id=4134 Center of German and European Studies] - [https://www.pucrs.br/en/ Pontifical University of Rio Grande do Sul] and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul * [https://www.desk.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/e/ Center for German and European Studies] at the University of Tokyo * [https://zedes.cau.ac.kr/english/index.php Center for German and European Studies] at Chung-Ang University in South Korea *

== German teacher education == At least in Germany and Austria, German studies in academia play a central role in the education of German school teachers. Their courses usually cover four fields:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institut für deutsche Sprache & Literatur |url=https://idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de}}</ref> * Linguistics of German (''{{lang|de|Sprachwissenschaft}}'') * German language and literature of up to about 1750 (''{{lang|de|Ältere Sprache und Literatur}}'') * German language and literature since approximately 1750 (''{{lang|de|Neuere Literaturwissenschaft}}'') * Specifics of the didactics of teaching German (''{{lang|de|Fachdidaktik}}'') Several universities offer specialized curricula for school teachers, usually called "''{{lang|de|Deutsch (Lehramt)}}''". In Germany, they are leading to a two step exam and certificate by the federated states of Germany cultural authorities, called the ''{{lang|de|Staatsexamen}}'' ("state exam").

==History==

As an unsystematic field of interest for individual scholars, German studies can be traced back to Tacitus' ''Germania''. The publication and study of legal and historical source material, such as Medieval Bible translations, were all undertaken during the German Renaissance of the sixteenth century, truly initiating the field of German studies. As an independent university subject, German studies was introduced at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Georg Friedrich Benecke, the Brothers Grimm, and Karl Lachmann.

The Nazi period, and immediate predecessor periods before and after World War I, left large parts of the field, which had drifted off more and more into race-biological thinking, greatly compromised and damaged, as major proponents on both the literature (e.g. Prof. Josef Nadler in Vienna) and the linguistics side (e.g. Prof. Eberhard Kranzmayer in Graz) were actively working for the Nazi Party (Kranzmayer, Höfler) and their racist goals (Nadler)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dollinger |first=Stefan |date=2024-08-07 |title=Eberhard Kranzmayer's dovetailing with Nazism: His fascist years and the 'One Standard German Axiom (OSGA)' |journal=Discourse & Society |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=147–179 |language=en |doi=10.1177/09579265241259094 |issn=0957-9265|doi-access=free }}</ref> While great efforts have been made in the denazification of the field, some biases are suggested by overseas Germanist to have remained.<ref>Hutton, Christopher. 1999. Linguistics and the Third Reich. Routledge, pp. 2-3.</ref> After all, post-war academia, with "Nazi party membership among university professors greatly exceed[ing] that of the population at large,"<ref>Kandel, Eric R. 2006. In Search of Memory. New York: W. W. Norton, p. 30</ref> was not a complete restart, least of all, in German philology, where 90% of university teachers were NSDAP members.<ref>Jandl M (2022) Die Germanistik in Graz in der Nachkriegszeit. In: Halbrainer H, Korbel S, Lamprecht G (eds) ''Der schwierige Umgang mit dem Nationalsozialismus an österreichischen Universitäten: Die Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz im Vergleich''. Graz: Clio, pp.157–194.</ref>

==University departments and research institutions==

;Austria * Institute for German Studies (Institut für Germanistik), University of Vienna * Institute for German Studies (Institut für Germanistik), University of Graz, the first ''Germanistik'' in Austria<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Department - Department of German Studies |url=https://germanistik.uni-graz.at/en/about-the-department/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=germanistik.uni-graz.at}}</ref> founded at the request of Anton Emanuel Schönbach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abgeschlossene Projekte - Institut für Germanistik |url=https://germanistik.uni-graz.at/de/unsere-forschung/abgeschlossene-projekte/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=germanistik.uni-graz.at}}</ref> in 1873 ;Bénin *Département d'Etudes Germanique (DEG), Université d'Abomey-Calavi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/germanistikbenin/deutschabteilung-benin|title=Deutschabteilung Benin|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> ;Botswana * Department of Education and Language Skills, Botho University ;Brazil * Department of German Language and Literature Studies University of São Paulo, Brazil<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prpg.usp.br/en/enrolling-at-usp/list-of-courses/740-german-language-and-literature-studies | title=German Language and Literature Studies - Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação - Universidade de São Paulo }}</ref> ;Canada * Department of German Language and Literature, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/german/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209122045/http://www.queensu.ca/german/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2006|title=Department of German Language & Literature|date=9 February 2006}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://german.utoronto.ca|title=Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures - University of Toronto|date=20 February 2025|website=Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref>

;China * Department of German, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Haidian District, Beijing ;Czech Republic * Department of German and Austrian Studies, Charles University in Prague<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katedra německých a rakouských st. {{!}} IMS - Institut mezinárodních studií|url=https://ims.fsv.cuni.cz/institut/katedra-nemeckych-rakouskych-st|access-date=2021-02-21|website=ims.fsv.cuni.cz|language=cs}}</ref> * Department of German Studies, Palacký University in Olomouc<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katedra germanistiky|url=http://germanistika.upol.cz/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Katedra germanistiky|language=cs}}</ref> ;India * Jawaharlal Nehru University India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Academics/Schools/SchoolOfLanguage/GermanCenter.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060404184643/http://www.jnu.ac.in/Academics/Schools/SchoolOfLanguage/GermanCenter.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2006|title=Centre of German Studies|date=4 April 2006}}</ref> ;Ireland * Department of Germanic Studies, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/|title=German - Trinity College Dublin|website=university}}</ref> * Department of German, National University of Ireland – University College Cork, Cork, Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucc.ie/german|title=German - University College Cork|website=University College Cork}}</ref>

;Germany "German studies" is taught at many German universities. Some examples are:

* Germanistisches Seminar der Universität Bonn, Institut für Germanistik, vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germanistik.uni-bonn.de/|title=Germanistik Bonn|website=germanistik.uni-bonn.de}}</ref> * Institut für deutsche Sprache und Literatur I & II, Albertus-Magnus-Universität zu Köln<ref>{{Cite web|title=Institut für deutsche Sprache & Literatur|url=https://idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de}}</ref> * Institut für Germanistik I & II, Hamburg University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/Stuplan/DeutSprachLit_eng.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210181301/http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/Stuplan/DeutSprachLit_eng.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 December 2005|title=German Language and Literature|date=10 December 2005}}</ref> * Germanistisches Seminar, Heidelberg University Faculty of Modern Languages * Institut für deutsche Philologie, LMU Munich<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germanistik.uni-muenchen.de/index.html|title=Institut für Deutsche Philologie - LMU München|website=germanistik.uni-muenchen.de}}</ref> * Germanistisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/index.html|title=Germanistik - Germanistisches Institut|first=Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germanistisches|last=Institut|website=uni-muenster.de}}</ref> * Deutsches Seminar, Tübingen University Faculty of Modern Languages ;Greece * Faculty of German Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gs.uoa.gr/en/en.htm |title=Welcome Page |website=www.gs.uoa.gr |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902113508/http://www.gs.uoa.gr/en/en.htm |archive-date=2 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * School of German Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.del.auth.gr/index.php?lang=el|title=Αρχική σελίδα|website=del.auth.gr}}</ref> ;Russia * Department of Area Studies, Moscow State University<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Foreign Language and Area Studies |url=http://www.ffl.msu.ru/en/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.ffl.msu.ru}}</ref> ;South Africa * School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town<ref>{{cite web|url=http://humanities.uct.ac.za/school-languages-literatures/german-language-and-literature|title= German Language and Literature at UCT|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French, University of the Free State<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ufs.ac.za/afrikaans-and-dutch-german-and-french/afrikaans-and-dutch-german-and-french-home/unlisted-pages/divisions/division-german|title= Division German|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * School of Languages, North-West University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/german|title= NWU German|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * Ancient Modern Languages Cultures, University of Pretoria<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.up.ac.za/ancient-modern-languages-cultures/article/2912461/german|title=UP German|date=17 May 2023}}</ref> * School of Languages and Literatures, Rhodes University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ru.ac.za/germanstudies/|title= German Studies - What, why how? |date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * Department of Modern Foreign Languages, University of Stellenbosch<ref>{{cite web|url=https://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/german.htm|title= Stellenbosch German Studies Programme|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * Department of Foreign Languages, University of the Western Cape<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uwc.ac.za/study/all-areas-of-study/departments/department-of-foreign-languages/undergraduate|title= UWC German|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> * Department of Literature, Language and Media, University of the Witwatersrand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wits.ac.za/sllm/german/|title= Wits, Why study German?|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> ;Spain * Área de Filología Alemana, University of Salamanca<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://www.usal.es/aleman |url-status=dead}}</ref> ;Uganda * Department of European and Oriental Languages, German Studies, Makerere University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://llc.mak.ac.ug/content/european-and-oriental-languages|title= German Courses @ MAK|date=16 May 2023}}</ref> ;United Kingdom (UK) * Department of German, University of Oxford * Department of German, University of Cambridge * Department of German, University of Manchester * Department of German Studies, University of Warwick ;United States of America (USA) * Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.arizona.edu/|title=Department of German Studies - University of Arizona|website=Department of German Studies - University of Arizona}}</ref> * German Program of the Department of World Languages & Literatures, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.uark.edu/|title=German at the UofA - University of Arkansas|website=german.uark.edu}}</ref> * Department of German Studies, Brown University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/Departments/German_Studies/index.html|title=Department of German Studies - German Studies|website=brown.edu|date=29 April 2024 }}</ref> * Department of German, University of California, Berkeley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.berkeley.edu/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208194909/http://german.berkeley.edu/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2006|title=German Department, University of California, Berkeley|date=8 February 2006}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages, University of California, Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germanic.ucla.edu/|title=Home - Germanic Languages - UCLA|website=Germanic Languages - UCLA}}</ref> * Department of German Studies, University of Cincinnati * Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colorado.edu/gsll/|title=Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures|website=Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages, Columbia University<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Germanic Languages|url=https://germanic.columbia.edu/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=germanic.columbia.edu}}</ref> * Department of German Studies, Cornell University<ref>{{Cite web|title=German Studies {{!}} German Studies Cornell Arts & Sciences|url=https://german.cornell.edu/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=german.cornell.edu}}</ref> * Department of German Studies, Dartmouth College * Department of German, Duke University * Department of German, Georgetown University<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Page |url=https://german.georgetown.edu/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Department of German |language=en-US}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~german|title=DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES|website=fas.harvard.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL<ref>{{cite web |url= http://lcsl.las.uic.edu/germanic|title=Germanic Studies - University of Illinois at Chicago - UIC|website=lcsl.las.uic.edu}}</ref> *Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.germanic.illinois.edu|title=Home « Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |author= ATLAS - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |website= www.germanic.illinois.edu }}</ref> *Department of Germanic Studies, Indiana University * German and Scandinavian Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.umass.edu/germanic/index.html |title= German & Scandinavian Studies - LLC - UMass Amherst|website=umass.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german|title=Germanic Languages and Literatures - U-M LSA Germanic Languages and Literatures|website=lsa.umich.edu}}</ref> * Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch, University of Minnesota<ref>{{Cite web|title=German, Scandinavian & Dutch Department|url=https://cla.umn.edu/gnsd|access-date=2021-02-21|website=German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch {{!}} College of Liberal Arts|language=en}}</ref> * Department of German, New York University<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of German|url=https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/german.html|website=New York University}}</ref> * Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures|url=https://gsll.unc.edu/|access-date=2021-02-21|language=en-US}}</ref> * Department of German, Northwestern University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.german.northwestern.edu/|title=Department of German - Northwestern University|website=german.northwestern.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio<ref>{{cite web|url=https://germanic.osu.edu|title=Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures|website=Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german/|title=Germanic Languages and Literatures|website=ccat.sas.upenn.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.la.psu.edu/|title=Welcome! Willkommen! Добро пожаловать! Вітаємо! Witamy! — German|website=german.la.psu.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitt.edu/~germanic/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210144149/http://www.pitt.edu/~germanic/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2008|title=University of Pittsburgh: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures|date=10 February 2008}}</ref> * Department of German, Princeton University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.princeton.edu/|title=Department of German|website=german.princeton.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.utexas.edu/depts/german/main.html |title=Germanic Studie Website Redirect |access-date=17 March 2006 |archive-date=14 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114084322/http://www.utexas.edu/depts/german/main.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Department of Classical & Modern Languages, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri<ref>{{Cite web|title=Modern Language Major|url=https://www.truman.edu/majors-programs/majors-minors/modern-language-major/|access-date=2020-07-15|website=Truman State University}}</ref> * Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://as.vanderbilt.edu/grees/index.php|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Department of German, Russian and East European Studies|language=en}}</ref> * Department of Germanic and Russian, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of German and Russian|url=https://www.uvm.edu/cas/germanrussian|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.uvm.edu|language=en}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginia.edu/german/|title=german.virginia.edu -|website=virginia.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://depts.washington.edu/uwgerman/|title=Department of Germanics - University of Washington|website=depts.washington.edu}}</ref> * Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri<ref>{{cite web|url=http://german.wustl.edu/|title=Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures - Washington University in St. Louis|website=german.wustl.edu}}</ref> * Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic, University of Wisconsin – Madison * Department of German, Yale University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/german/german.html|title=Welcome |website=Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> *Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University<ref>{{Cite web|title=German|url=https://linglang.msu.edu/german/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages|language=en-US}}</ref>

;Zimbabwe *Department of Languages, Literature and Culture University of Zimbabwe<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uz.ac.zw/index.php/programmes-offered-modern-languages|title=Programmes Offered|website=www.uz.ac.zw|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== * BUBL Link (UK-based) [https://web.archive.org/web/20060218094937/http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/germanlanguage.htm Catalogue of Internet Resources Concerning the German Language] (well organized; covers many aspects of the language and the study of it) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050718171402/http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/hum/german/german_net.html University of Adelaide's categorized guide to German Area Studies online] * http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/wesslit.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618095907/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/wesslit.html |date=18 June 2009 }} (Dartmouth's German-Studies Web links, annotated and arranged by topic) * https://web.archive.org/web/20051104142631/http://libadm87.rice.edu/ref/german.cfm (Rice University's guide to German studies, including printed literature and links to German newspapers and magazines){{Dead link|date=November 2013}} * http://www.germanistik.net/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315211843/http://www.germanistik.net/ |date=15 March 2007 }} germanistik.net (tries to get the user straight to the best sources of help; in German) * Germanistik im Netz – Erlanger Liste (The 'Erlanger Liste' is currently{{as of?|date=September 2012}} the largest collection of links to the various aspects of G***, including such archives, publishers, etc.; in German) * Literaturwissenschaft online ("Literaturwissenschaft online" Kiel University's e-learning site with live and archived lectures; free of charge; in German.) * [http://www.bdsl-online.de Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft] ("BDSL Online" is the electronic version of the largest bibliography in the field of German language and literature studies. Access to report years 1985–1995 is free of charge.) * https://web.archive.org/web/20060418211215/http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=8 (DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, Literature and Languages) * https://web.archive.org/web/20060411030830/http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/Medienprojekt/Literatur/9.med.analy.html (University of Hamburg site with media studies bibliography) * [http://www.germanistik.net/universitaten.htm Categorical list of German Departments around the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526030509/http://www.germanistik.net/universitaten.htm |date=26 May 2019 }} * [http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&primary=10&secondary=174&bycat=Go Departmental Ratings] (USA) * [http://library.csun.edu/lhansen/subject-germany Directory of some German resources in libraries and research centers throughout California] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905203146/http://library.csun.edu/lhansen/subject-germany |date=5 September 2015 }} * [http://wessweb.info/index.php/German_Studies_Web American Library Association German Studies Web] ;Library guides * [http://library.leeds.ac.uk/german-and-russian University of Leeds German, Russian and Slavonic Studies] * [https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/german University of Wisconsin-Madison German-language Humanities]

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