Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs
Germanic Languages and Literatures
MA
- Fields:
- German Literature, Culture and Theory;
- Yiddish Studies
Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory
PhD
- Field:
- Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory
Collaborative Specializations
The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
- Book History and Print Culture
- Germanic Languages and Literatures, MA
- Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory, PhD
- Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- Germanic Languages and Literatures, MA
- Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory, PhD
- Jewish Studies
- Germanic Languages and Literatures, MA
- Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory, PhD
- Women and Gender Studies
- Germanic Languages and Literatures, MA
- Germanic Literature, Culture and Theory, PhD
Overview
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto is the oldest and largest department of German in Canada encompassing 11 full-time faculty who contribute to a curriculum that speaks to our traditional strength in literary and intellectual history. Our faculty and students conduct research in German cinema, critical theory, language pedagogy, Yiddish studies, medieval studies, travel literature, as well as post-colonial, psychoanalytic, and transnational studies.
Past graduates have secured tenure-track teaching positions as well as employment in the arts, in cultural programming, the publishing industry, and educational administration. We are committed to providing our graduate students with exposure to a diversity of methodological approaches among our faculty and those of affiliate units. We also emphasize early progress towards professionalization through participation in faculty research projects, attendance at local and international conferences, and enrolment in campus writing workshops. We cultivate a departmental climate of mutual respect and collegiality in the shared pursuit of critical inquiry.
The department offers a graduate program of study leading to two degrees: Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. The MA degree usually takes eight months (September to April) to complete, while the PhD degree is normally completed in four to five years.
Contact and Address
Web: german.utoronto.ca
Email: german.gradadmin@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 926-2321
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
3rd Floor, 50 St. Joseph Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4
Canada