Speakers and presenters included Per Urlaub, Director of MIT Global Languages, Dagmar Jaeger, Senior Lecturer in German, Abby MacKenzie, MIT Germany, Jörg Süßenbach, Director of the Goethe Institute Boston, and Elizabeth von Wagner, Consulate General of Germany.

The German Studies Excellence Award is sponsored by MIT Global Languages, MIT-Germany, and the Consulate General of Germany, Boston.

First Prize

Tamara Hinderman ‘25 won the First Prize of the German Studies Excellence Award 2025, a round-trip ticket to Germany, for her essay “Probier’s mal mit Gleichwertigkeit – Synchronisationsstrategien in Das Dschungelbuch und Aristocats”.  Her essay is a compelling analysis of the history and impact of German film synchronization, focusing on the exceptional commercial success of Disney animated feature films in the West German market during the 1970s and ’80s.

Second Prize

Angelo Farfan ‘28
Leticia Barbieri Stroeh ‘26
Vaibhavi Addala ‘27
Lili Wilson ‘25
Haris Imamovic ‘26
Yue Chen Li ‘26
Loreta Arzumanyan ‘26

Third Prize

Ekaterina Tiukhtikova ‘28
Yuchong Pan, G
Oceane Marescal, G
Art Zahar, G
Kristel Acuna Garcia ‘27
Diego Rivera ‘26
Jordan Tierney ‘25
Michelle Chong, G
Jacqueline Mitzenmacher ‘25

Haris Imamovic, second prize winner, with Elizabeth von Wagner, Consulate General of Germany, Boston

Lili Wilson, second prize winner

Leticia Barbieri Stroeh, second prize winner

Yue Chen Li, second prize winner

Loreta Arzumanyan, second prize winner

Vaibhavi Addala, second prize winner

Angelo Farfan, second prize winner