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German Table

The German Table meets weekly on Tuesdays between 5:30 and 7:15 PM in the Pinette Dining Room in Thorne Hall.

Study Away

• Louise Ann Harbach Grant Supports deserving German majors who are studying in Freiburg »
• Bowdoin sudents have a long tradition of study in Geman-speaking countries »

Bowdoin Orient Article: Postcard from Hamburg, Germany

Program deadlines for study away in Germany »

Recent Alumni

Jordan Krechmer '07
Peter Rocco '07

The German Department offers a flexible German studies curriculum that embraces language and culture study as a humanistic endeavor while intersecting a range of academic, interdisciplinary, and personal interests; for example, art, history, and music, German film, politics and business, personal heritage, philosophy or world literature, European pop culture, study and work abroad. Students are strongly encouraged to study one or two semesters in a German-speaking country in order to become literate in the language and culture as well as to gain a better understanding of their own culture in a global context.

Welcome to the class of 2012!

Record Number of Bowdoin Students
Get Fulbrights
In the German department alone - where over 40 of Bowdoin's estimated 65 Fulbright Fellows have either studied or majored

Student Scholarship
Working with faculty, students design courses of study that allow them to read widely in an area not covered in the current curriculum or to pursue a topic from their coursework in greater depth.

Faculty Highlight
Professor Birgit Tautz examines 18th Century Views of Non-Western Ethnicity in her recent book.

Contact Information

Location: Sills Hall [ campus map » ]
Department Coordinator: Kate Flaherty
Dept. Phone: (207) 725-3357
Dept. Fax: (207) 725-3348