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Raluca Cernahoschi

Associate Professor of German

Associations

German

European Studies Department Chair

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207-786-6285 rcernaho@bates.edu

About

Raluca Cernahoschi is Associate Professor of German. She teaches courses in German and European Studies and specializes in 19th through 21st-century German and East-Central European literatures and cultures.

Professor Cernahoschi’s courses and scholarship often pursue questions of ethnic, class, gender, and generational experience and identity. Her teaching interests include German and East-Central European literature and film, the literatures and cultures of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, poetry, film adaptation, and literary geography.

Professor Cernahoschi was co-organizer of the International Poetry Festival and Conference Translations 2011: Cross-Cultural Awareness through Poetry.

Expertise

Current Courses

Winter Semester 2026

Intermediate German Language and Culture II

GER 202

This course, offered in the winter semester, is a continuation of GER 201. Students further expand their skills through sustained interactive practice in reading, writing, listening and speaking, as well as their cultural knowledge about the German-speaking countries through wide-ranging, authentic …

Senior Thesis

GER 458

A capstone project, which may take the form of a written research paper, community-engaged project, translation project, or digital portfolio, designed in consultation with the faculty advisor. Students register for German 458 in the winter semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both…