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Sara Friedrichsmeyer (1943-2021, in memoriam)

Wiggies were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Sara Friedrichsmeyer at the end of August 2021. Sara was a committed and dynamic member of Women in German who contributed greatly to the field of…

Dr. Dinah Jane Dodds
May 29, 1943-Sept. 12, 2019

Professor Emerita of German Studies Dinah Dodds, a pinnacle of the Lewis & Clark community, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer at the age of 76. Dodds was beloved by generations of…

Dr. Linda Kraus Worley
Sept. 5, 1950 – Aug. 15, 2021

Dr. Linda Kraus Worley, professor of German Studies and Folklore/Myth in the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures and…

Born in Berlin, January 31, 1926, Lisa’s comfortable childhood was disrupted by the Nazis coming to power in Germany. In June, 1939, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, her mother was able to send her and her two sisters from…

Suzanne Zantop (1945-2001). Susanne was a valued and active member of WiG. She was an insightful scholar, whose book "Colonial Fantasies" remains relevant to postcolonial and transnational studies in German, and a dear friend to many in the German…