Dates

• Existence: 2006-

Biography

At the time of its founding in 1876, the Johns Hopkins University had no formal departments and languages were grouped together. In 1880, the Romance and Teutonic languages (including German) were separated. In 1888, German was separated from English to improve the German language instruction program. In 1984, the Department of Romance Languages was split into the Department of French and the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies. In 2000, these departments were again united and became the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. In 2006, the Department of German and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures were combined and became the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures.

Dr. William Egginton joined the faculty in 2006 and became chair in 2016.

Source: http://grll.jhu.edu/history/ Source: Teri Robinson, Administrative Manager

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