Raluca Cernahoschi
Associate Professor of German
Associations
German
Roger Williams Hall, Room 232
European Studies Department Chair
Roger Williams Hall, Room 232
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
Fall Semester 2025
Mountains and Modernity
Once regarded as impenetrable barriers dividing Europe, the Alps and Carpathian Mountains were transformed into international meeting places with the arrival of mass tourism in the late nineteenth century. At the same time, these mountain ranges began to be claimed in the constructions of national a…
Senior Thesis
This course involves research and writing the senior thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Students register for EUS 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for EUS 457 in the fall semester and EUS 458 in the winter semester.
Introduction to German Language and Culture I
This course, part of a yearlong sequence, introduces students to the German language and its cultural contexts. By emphasizing communicative skills, students learn to speak, build vocabulary, and develop their listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. GER 101 is only offered in the fall …
Literature and Film of the German Democratic Republic
This course explores the ways in which literature and film reflect and refract the social and political experiments of the GDR. Topics may include coming to terms with the past, the emergence and problematization of new gender models, youth culture and generational tensions, the role of the individu…
Senior Thesis
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 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both G…