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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University June 26, 2006 | Vol. 35 No. 38
 
German, Romance Languages Departments to Merge

The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences announced last week the merger of the Department of German with the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, effective July 1. The combined unit will be called the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures.

Adam Falk, the James B. Knapp Dean of the school, said that the consolidation of the departments, in keeping with the interdisciplinary traditions of Johns Hopkins, will further strengthen graduate and undergraduate teaching and enhance research, particularly through increased opportunities for collaboration. "We expect all four of the department's graduate programs — in German, Spanish, French and Italian — to flourish within this new administrative structure," Falk said, adding that the arrangement will allow the Dean's Office to better support the students, faculty and programs within the department.

Stephen G. Nichols will chair the department.

Nichols, the James M. Beall Professor of French, calls the move a dynamic initiative. "It will allow us to undertake programs we've never been able to offer and to create the momentum to attract top people," he said.

Nichols, who joined the faculty in 1992, was instrumental in the 1999 merger of the French and Hispanic and Italian Studies departments, which became the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

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