Martin Sheehan, Associate Professor of German and Interim Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, has been named a Fellow of the Berlin Seminar on German Literary Institutions. Sponsored by the Max Kade Foundation and the University of Notre Dame in partnership with the University of Georgia, this prestigious program brings together scholars of German literary and cultural studies with experts and leading figures of Germany’s contemporary literary scene. Past fellows have come from all academic ranks and many different institutions, including Duke, Brown, Michigan State, UCLA, the Ohio State University, Virginia Tech, and Fudan University in China. As a Fellow, Dr. Sheehan will share his most recent research on German theater, disability studies, and digital humanities.