How is it that the culture of German-speaking Europe has so profoundly influenced and shaped Western civilization—and especially the culture of the United States—through the centuries and into today?

Chances are, if you live in Texas, especially Central Texas, the news of the world was once published in German not far from where you live. In fact, an ancestor of the Austin American-Statesman, home ...

“The howl of the cave man.” This is how a 1918 Los Angeles Times article described the music of Brahms and Bach. A year earlier the U.S. had declared war against Germany and waded into the tragedy of ...

Terre Haute boasted at least one German language newspaper almost continuously from 1859 until 1918. Though it is uncertain precisely when the first local German newspaper was founded, Frederick ...

With over 100 million speakers, German is one of the most important languages in the world for science and medicine, commerce, industry, culture and the arts. German-speakers occupy a prominent place ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. A New History of German Literature actually delivers far more than its title suggests. It consists of some 200 ...

Even without knowing he’s written an entire book on the subject you know right off the bat that University of Texas Permian Basin Associate Professor of History Roland Spickermann is passionate about ...

German Studies is a small student-focused program, providing courses in German language, culture, business, and history from the Middle Ages to the present. All students are encouraged to study abroad ...

Our students become well-rounded critical thinkers who understand German culture, history, literature, art, politics and philosophy, and who apply that knowledge to a range of careers. The minor in ...