Overview

The internationally recognized faculty of the German programme at Rutgers University offers a wide range of expertise in German intellectual history from the 18th to the 20th century; the Age of Goethe; Romanticism; Realism; German Jewish Studies; film and media studies; psychoanalysis; gender studies; 20th century avant-gardes; Frankfurt School; Holocaust studies and the poetics of witnessing; 21st century literature, pop literature, and contemporary German theater. Faculty research is complemented by regular distinguished visiting professors and scholars-in-residence.

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The graduate students cover a wide range of topics in their classes, and this variety is reflected in the breadth of their dissertations, which combine ethnography, postcolonialism, hybridity, visual culture, and the fluidity of gender roles with the analysis of literary texts. Students regularly host conferences; their foci in recent years have included “Ecstasy – Ekstase - Rausch,” “Shock,” “Apocalyptic Narratives,” “Economic HiStories,” and “Intermediality”; they invite fellow graduate students from neighboring universities in order to foster exchange and collaborations; they participate at the Festival for New Literature, an event that brings together Swiss, German, and Austrian writers of contemporary fiction with American audiences; and they have made good use of Rutgers’ membership in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium, building their network to faculty at Princeton, Columbia, NYU and the University of Pennsylvania.

Furthermore, students strengthen their teaching portfolio by assisting in large content courses taught by faculty and in the FUBIS summer programme in Berlin. Since 2018, the German Department and the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum offer a joint Summer Academy on “Media Philology” for graduate students and faculty from both Departments as well as selected guest speakers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Teaching Apprenticeship in German

Love, Labor, Capital (Poetics of Poverty)

The ... Unconscious

Poetic and Philosophical Encounters

History

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Brunswick, United States

Disciplines

Literature German and Scandinavian studies View 356 other Masters in Literature in United States

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General requirements

a statement of purpose which includes educational objectives and academic career goals, professional reasons for choosing German Studies, and explains why this can best be done at Rutgers;

a writing sample which demonstrates skills in reading literary or philosophical works (ca. 15 pp.);

three letters of recommendation;

B.A. or M.A. degree certificates or equivalent in German or a related field that includes evidence of advanced German language skills for non-native German speakers;

copy of academic transcripts;

for non-native English speakers or non U.S. citizens: TOEFL test results or equivalent

Tuition Fees

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37416 USD / year

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37416 USD / year

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23424 USD / year

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Living costs

New Brunswick

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1204 - 2963 USD / month

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