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The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures within
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the largest and
most distinguished of such departments in the United States.
Its faculty, representing all areas of study in German literature
and Germanic philology and linguistics, as well as in Scandinavian
literature and German language pedagogy, has achieved international
recognition for scholarship through individual research and
through its cooperation in the editing of the Journal of English
and Germanic Philology (University of Illinois Press), one
of the oldest journals in its field. The Department's first
Ph.D.'s were granted in 1908; the first M.A., in 1900. The
B.A. was first offered in that same pre-World War I period,
while the B.A.T. and M.A.T. degrees in the teaching of German
were instituted at the end of World War II (both 1945).
The Department has a solid reputation for
excellence in teaching on both the undergraduate and graduate
levels. It is known for the congenial atmosphere that prevails
among faculty and students and for a working climate conducive
to learning and productive scholarship. Read what some of
our alumni say about their GLL experience here.
The
University
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The
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, with approximately 36,500 students,
is located in the twin cities of Champaign
and Urbana
(combined population ca. 100,000), which offer the advantages
of small-town life with cultural and recreational opportunities
normally found only in the larger metropolitan centers.
Particularly noteworthy are the Krannert
Center for the Performing Arts (a complex of four
modern theaters and concert halls for the presentation
of local, national, and international theatrical and
musical events), the impressive Assembly
Hall (designed for both athletic and cultural events,
with a seating capacity of about 17,000), the Krannert
Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, and the Spurlock
Museum.
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The
Library
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University Library is the third largest academic collection
in the nation after those at Harvard and Yale, with its more
than 9 million volumes. The German collection, with some 63,500
volumes, is especially extensive. In addition, the University
Library houses some 23,500 volumes in the Scandinavian languages
and literatures. Among the library's world-renowned holdings
are those dealing with Rainer Maria Rilke, German Baroque
literature, emblem books from France, Germany, Italy, and
Spain, and theoretical and applied linguistics. Authors strongly
represented in the collections include Luther, Droste-Hülshoff,
Hebbel, Brecht, Strindberg, Ibsen, and Hans Christian Andersen.
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