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The 2005 Department Newsletter
Prof. Gregor Hens - Editor
TABLE OF CONTENTS- A Note from the Chair.
- In the Spotlight.
- Faculty and Staff 2004 ~ 2005.
- Lectures and Events 2004 ~ 2005.
- News and Notes.
- International Activities.
- Graduate Students in the Department.
- Alumni News.
- Alumna Profile.
- Student Activities.
- In Memoriam Hugo Bekker.
- Faculty Publications.
- Graduates of the Department, what have you been doing?
- Join the Friends of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
A note from the Chair
It has been a year of change and challenge, but above all, one of success. Beginning winter quarter 2005 the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, along with the other foreign language departments, Comparative Studies and Humanities Information Systems, opened for business in Hagerty Hall, which formerly housed the College of Business. The interior has been completely reconfigured with spacious rooms and large windows and appointed with bright colors and cutting-edge technological wonders to facilitate foreign language learning. Special thanks go to Brenda Hosey and Natascha Miller, our indispensable staff, for their patience and incredible organizational skills in making the move run smoothly! We brought with us from Cunz Hall many good memories we will cherish. I want to take this opportunity to remember in particular our dear colleague, friend, teacher and mentor, Professor Emeritus Hugo Bekker, who passed away last October. We sorely miss him, his keen aesthetic sensibility, his wit, humor and compassion: aeternum vale!Congratulations are in order to several colleagues for their accomplishments this past year. Nina Berman and Neil Jacobs both published monographs that are described in further detail in the spotlight section of this newsletter. Alexander Stephan brought out two volumes in connection with his "American Culture and Anti-Americanism" project, and Barbara Becker-Cantarino published no less than three volumes of scholarship. Gregor Hens continues to make his mark on the contemporary German literature scene with the appearance of his second novel. Harry Vredeveld's major editing and translation project of the poetic works of Helius Eobanus Hessus bore fruit with the appearance of volume one. Kathryn Corl received the coveted Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring for her tireless efforts with our undergraduate program. Kathy also won a major grant for her computer-adaptive placement testing program MultiCAT. John Davidson was awarded a Seed Grant for his research on German Film. A special thanks to John as well for his hard work in establishing OSU's Program of Film Studies, of which he will serve as the first director this coming autumn. Many of our students received awards and honors. A list of further awards and student accomplishments can be found toward the end of the newsletter.
This coming autumn we will welcome seven new promising graduate students. Francien Markx, who received her PhD from the University of Illinois, will join us again as a Senior Lecturer. We also welcome back Andy Spencer, who this summer directed our study abroad program in Dresden. In addition, the Department is currently conducting a search to fill a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position.
In spite of all of the packing and unpacking this past year, we continued our busy schedule of special events and lectures. For spring quarter 2005, Professor Edith Wenzel of the University of Aachen joined our ranks as Max Kade Visiting Professor and taught a very successful compact seminar on "Jews and German Literature." Next year the well-known theatre director, Dr. Alexander Stillmark will teach a seminar on drama and produce a play with students and faculty. Plans are underway for a conference this coming November "Looking Backward — Looking Forward," which will commemorate the centenary birth of Shlomo Noble (scholar of Yiddish linguistics and Ashkenazic culture, who completed his PhD at OSU in 1939). We are also planning to host a number of talks and other special events in the coming year. Please check our Web site for details as they become available.
Finally, I am happy to report that Bernd Fischer has agreed to stay on for a third term as chair of the Department. We will be glad to have him back in the chair's office this coming autumn after a well-deserved sabbatical!
Anna Grotans, Acting Chair
In the Spotlight
Neil Jacobs: Linguist with a passion
Having taught previously at Tel Aviv University, Jacobs came to Ohio State in 1987. He earned his B.A. at UCLA, his M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. Jacobs' work is extraordinarily interdisciplinary in scope; he has published and presented on Yiddish linguistics, Jewish geography, and Jewish cabaret, and taught a variety of courses in linguistics, Yiddish language and linguistics, Jewish cabaret, and other courses in the Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program in the Department. Notably, he organized the first professional conference devoted to the topic of Jewish Geography (1990) and has edited the collection "Studies in Jewish Geography," a special issue of the journal Shofar (1998). His most recent book is Yiddish: A Linguistic Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2005), in which he presents a comprehensive study of all aspects of Yiddish linguistics. The work is aimed at theoretical linguists as well as scholars in Germanic linguistics and Jewish studies.
Jacobs' new research projects center on his broader interest in the ethnography of speech. Having come, in his words, "full circle," Jacobs is planning research on the ethnography of speech among the Papiamentu-speaking Sephardic Jews of Curaçao.
Article adapted from Humanities Express, April 2005.
In the Spotlight
Nina Berman studies Germans in Africa
Berman received funding from the Mershon Center and the College of Humanities at the Ohio State University for research in Berlin in summer 2004, as part of her present book project, entitled "Beyond Orientalism: Germany and the Middle East, 900-2000." In the summer of 2005 she flew to Kenya to give a talk at Kenyatta University in Nairobi and conduct research on community-based organizations.
She also happily reports that Erol Boran successfully defended his dissertation, entitled "A History of Turkish-German Theatre and Cabaret." She is presently supervising Sai Bhatawadekar's dissertation on Indian thought in writings of Hegel and Schopenhauer, together with Professor Tom Kasulis from Comparative Studies. Among the new courses she taught in 2004-05 is a graduate seminar on "Comparative Empire Studies," which focused on the difference between universal and colonial empires through an analysis of travel writings. She also taught a new undergraduate course on "Problems of Literary and Cultural Translation." Professor Berman continues to be part of an initiative to get a major in World Literature on the books. She is also involved in developing a proposal for a new major in globalization studies which would draw on courses offered in different colleges.
Books, books, books
Besides Professors Berman and Jacobs, several other faculty members published books in 2004-2005. Harry Vredeveld published the first volume of Eobanus Hessus' Poetic Works, which covers the Neolatin poet's student years at Erfurt from 1504 to 1509. Ohio Eminent Scholar Alexander Stephan edited two volumes of criticism on The Americanization of Europe and Americanization and Anti-Americanism respectively. Gregor Hens published a novel entitled Matta verlässt seine Kinder, and his 2003 collection of short stories (Transfer Lounge, Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichten) appeared in paperback. Helen Fehervary continues her work as editor of the Anna-Seghers-Werkausgabe (Aufbau Verlag Berlin), with volume I-1.2, Die Gefährten, currently in press. Barbara Becker-Cantarino edited volume five of the Camden House History of German Literature (The Eighteenth Century), and she translated The Life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen and furnished an extensive commentary on the text. She also collaborated with Inge Stephan on an anthology about the writer Ingeborg Drewitz. For full bibliographical details of these and many other faculty publications, please take a look at the bibliography at the end of the newsletter.Faculty and Staff
Assistant Professor Paul Reitter
- Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Professor
- Nina Berman, Associate Professor
- Marilyn Johns Blackwell, Vorman-Anderson Professor for Scandinavian Studies, Director of Swedish/Scandinavian Studies
- Kathryn A. Corl, Associate Professor
- John E. Davidson, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
- Helen Fehervary, Professor
- Bernd Fischer, Professor and Chair
- Anna Grotans, Associate Professor and Acting Chair (2004-05)
- Kai Hammermeister, Associate Professor
- Gregor Hens, Associate Professor
- Brenda Hosey, Fiscal HR Officer
- Neil G. Jacobs, Associate Professor
- Steven Joyce, Associate Professor (Mansfield Campus)
- Francien Markx, Senior Lecturer
- David Neil Miller, Associate Professor
- Natascha Miller, Graduate Secretary
- Yüksel Pazarkaya, Visiting Professor (2004)
- Paul Reitter, Assistant Professor
- Andy Spencer, Senior Lecturer
- Alexander Stephan, Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar
- Harry Vredeveld, Professor
- Graham R. Walden, Professor and Librarian
- Edith Wenzel, Visiting Professor (2005)
Professors Emeriti
Chuck Hoffmann at the Max Kade German House
Ilsedore Edse.
Paul Gottwald.
Werner Haas.
Chuck Hoffmann.
Donald C. Riechel.
Heimy F. Taylor.
Gisela Vitt.
German: A Self-Teaching Guide 2nd Edition (John Wiley & Sons)
by Heimy Taylor, Werner Haas
The book combines the quick-reference virtues of a phrasebook with the in-depth
information found in a full-scale language course. Zeroes in on the topics, words,
and phrases used in everyday conversations and travel. Full of special drills
and exercises to reinforce new material, self-tests to measure progress, and exercises
to help readers practice the skills they've just learned. Culture Notes in each
chapter provide insight into German art, literature, and history as well as practical
"survival tips" on everything from finding overnight accommodations to dealing
with a sudden medical emergency.
Lectures and Events 2004-2005
An active year
We were fortunate to host two Lübeck lectures, both by professors from Princeton University: Professor Anson Rabinbach presented on "The Reichstag Fire and the History of a Conspiracy Theory," and Professor Emeritus Theodore Ziolkowski presented on "Modes of Faith: Secular Surrogates for Lost Religious Faith." Dr. Thomas Borgstedt lectured on Pop-Literature in Germany, and Mark Taggert presented on "Gerhard Richter's October 18, 1977 Paintings and the Baader-Meinhof Group." In February, together with the Dresden Sister City Organization, we co-hosted the "Puppentheater Böhmel" from Dresden, an event that was also of great interest to local high school students. Stan Workman, of the Department of Music, twice entertained us with music of Schubert and Schumann. This past spring Miriam Vlaming from Dresden presented her art work, and Barbara Becker-Cantarino organized a field trip to Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrunn and Zoar in connection with her new GEC course "The Germans in America" (see her full report in this newsletter). The Department also co-hosted several events, including the successful lecture series "Fundamentalism and the Media."Visit by Edith Wenzel
Professor Edith Wenzel
"brilliant — a very stimulating class"
(graduate student Annett Krause)
If you had a choice, in which century would you like to live?
EW: The twentieth, but after 1950.
Who is your favorite German author?
EW: Joseph Roth, Walther von der Vogelweide
Your favorite English lexical item?
EW: Smile...
What does Ohio mean to you?
EW: Friendly colleagues, a marvelous library with great service, dedicated
students... The setting: a country of extremes. I have lived in Seattle, St. Louis,
and in Berkeley, but this is certainly the most American place of all — it has,
alas, both the good and the bad.
What are your favorite American TV shows?
EW: I watch home improvement shows, decorating advice etc.
Who do you think will win the soccer world cup in 2006?
EW: Certainly not Germany!
Shall we discuss this?
EW: Well...
Let's not. What about your favorite dinner spot in Columbus?
EW: Not too thrilled about that, I'm afraid... The best dinner experiences
have been at the homes of friends and colleagues.
More lectures and events
Professor Theodore Ziolkowski with Professor Alexander Stephan
- Kadar Konuk (U of Michigan at Ann Arbor) talked on "German Philology in Turkish Exile: Leo Spitzer and Erich Auerbach" on October 17, 2003. The Departments of Comparative Studies and Near Eastern Studies were co-sponsors.
- Frederick A. Lubich (Old Dominion U) lectured on "Max Frisch's Voyage Imaginaire: Europa-America-Utopia" on October 20, 2003.
- The German Club hosted several Abendbrot evenings and Filmabende during the year: "Run Lola Run" and "Mostly Martha" were screened, giving students and members of the community the opportunity to watch German-language films.
- Helmut Peitsch (Universität Potsdam) gave a lecture entitled "Vergleichende Bewältigungsgeschichte - eine 'terra incognita'? Die Auseinandersetzung mit der Nazi-Vergangenheit in den Literaturen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der DDR" on February 11, 2004.
- A Poetry Reading on Love's Labor Gained and Lost "Liebeslust und Liebesfrust" was held at the Max Kade German House for Valentine's Day 2004.
- In May, Yüksel Pazarkaya, our 2004 Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, read from his works — "Die Heimat ist in mir: Gedichte und Geschichten."
- The 2004 Lübeck Lecturer was Anson Rabinbach (Princeton U). His lecture, "The Reichstag Fire and the History of a Conspiracy Theory," was given in October.
- Mark Taggart (Instructor, Department of Fine Arts, Ohio Wesleyan U) visited campus on November 3, 2004 to speak on "Gerhard Richter's October 18, 1977 Paintings and The Baader-Meinhof Group."
- The Puppentheater Böhmel from Saxony, Germany performed "Das tapfere Schneiderlein" twice in early February, 2005. Dresden Sister City, Inc. co-sponsored this very special event!
- Franz Schubert's "Winterreise" with the poetry of Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827) was performed by Stan Workman (tenor) and Edward Bak (piano) on February 23, 2005.
- Thomas Borgstedt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main) gave a lecture entitled, "Nach dem Historismus: Zur deutschen Pop-Literatur der 1990-er Jahre" on February 28, 2005.
- The 2005 Lübeck Lecturer was Theodore Ziolkowski (below, with Ohio Eminent Scholar Alexander Stephan), Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages, Professor Emeritus of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature, and Dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University for 13 years. His lecture, "Modes of Faith: Secular Surrogates for Lost Religious Faith", took place on May 9th, 2005.
News & Notes
Hagerty Hall: The New Haunts
Reported by Natascha MillerA moving memory in the old departmental library in Cunz Hall: two tables topped with delectables -- graduate students, faculty and staff conversing around the other tables. We raise our glasses to a heartfelt toast made by Anna Grotans and to wonderful words spoken by Neil Jacobs, who points out that our dear Hugo Bekker will never know Hagerty Hall and brings home that we find ourselves at the end of an era.
From 1928 to 1969, most of the foreign language departments at Ohio State were housed in Derby Hall. In 1969, they were moved to a new building, named the Dieter Cunz Hall of Languages, on a road renamed Millikin Road in honor of the first man to teach German at this university (Joseph Millikin, M.A., was named professor of English and Modern Languages and Literatures in 1873). Ja, German was the first modern foreign language taught at Ohio State!
The amount of material to be packed after 35 years in the building was astounding! However, by mid-December, most of the work was done and paper cartons surrounded us like the ever-present construction noise and dust infiltrated every brain cell and crevice in dilapidated Cunz Hall. At times, I felt like the big bug oozing brown sticky goo in Kafka's world of Die Verwandlung.
My dawn walk to Hagerty Hall on December 20 will always be a special memory for me. There at the brightly lit southwest door stood Melinda Nelson, our Assistant Executive Dean, with a smile and a warm "Good morning!" The contrast of moving from the wintry darkness into the bright colorful new building was uplifting and I recalled that at the end of Die Verwandlung, the Samsa family went out into the sun -- "die größte augenblickliche Besserung der Lage mußte sich natürlich leicht durch einen Wohnungswechsel ergeben." -- Ah, a fresh new start!
GLL graduate student publications and conference presentations
Sanna Erhardt and Sara Luly, lectured at the "Women/ Knowledge Production/Sexual Difference" conference at Michigan State University in May of 2005, which was organized by our alumna Professor Karin Wurst. Sanna spoke on "Die weibliche Selbstverwirklichung in Das Leben der Hochgräfin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns." Sara Luly presented on "The Gothic Depiction of Sexuality in Sophie Albrecht's Graumännchen." Kristy Boney presented "James Joyce's Reception in the GDR and his influence on Uwe Johnson" at the James Joyce Centennial Conference in Dublin, June 2004. Josie Taylor presented "Kafka and Music" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Student Conference in March 2004, as well as "Fiction vs. History in the Works of Ricarda Huch" (Graduate Student Conference in Boulder, Colorado, April 2004). Annett Krause published "The Use of Media for Conceptualizing the Language within its Culture" in Humanities Exchange 20, Autumn 2004. Weijia Li published "Zukunftsorientierte Landeskunde - Der Erwerb landeskundlicher Kenntnisse und moderner Arbeitstechniken als Lernziele" in Didaktische Reflexionen: Berliner Didaktik und Deutsch als Fremdsprache heute, 2004. Li also presented "Ich scheitere, also bin ich. Das Motiv 'Scheitern' in Burkhard Spinnens Der schwarze Grat und Ingo Niermanns Minusvisionen" at the 33rd Annual 20th-Century Literature & Culture Conference at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in February, 2005.
Goings-On at the Max Kade German House
Based on reporting by Frederick Hadding
Since its dedication in 1996, the Max Kade German House has been a home away from home for our students. This is not your ordinary dorm... No concrete cells, no pizza orgies or nasty neighbors in sweatpants! We live in a renovated early-20th century house right on campus. Despite the fact that most residents do not stay for more than two years, the bonds that are established are quite strong. The community (ten people, roughly) is a bit like an "ersatz-family." We talk in the kitchen, watch movies in the living room, and there is a little porch for those who can't kick the habit, so it feels like home. And there is even the smell of German cakes and cookies wafting through the place because Annett Krause, our current RA, has a baking obsession! And she shares generously. We cook our own meals and sit down together whenever we can. We even speak German at the dinner table, learning about each other's strengths and weaknesses (the grammar!) in the process.
Until I attended a showing of the movie Der bewegte Mann, I had had no idea that the German House was literally across the street from my residence hall. Fortunately, in the last few years, students have discovered it and more apply to live here than can be accommodated. Since its re-establishment, the German Club has been holding its events at the House as well: We have organized poetry readings, German-language movies, and Abendbrot dinner gatherings. The Department has also held various events in the House, such as guest lectures and departmental banquets. These functions are always welcome because they allow us as residents to share the home atmosphere that we have created over the years.
Alexander von Humboldt Association of America to meet at OSU
Reported by Barbara Becker-CantarinoPlans are underway for the next national meeting of the AvHAA, the alumni organization for OSU recipients of Humboldt fellowships and awards, to be held on the main campus June 2-4, 2005. The theme of the meeting is "German-American Cross-Currents and Exchanges" and the program will feature lectures by Humboldtians on recent and current German-American interactions in literature, art, music, politics, and the sciences. The literature lecture will be delivered by Theodore Ziolkowski. The main address at the banquet will be given by Prof. Dr. Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe-Institut, past President of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (1994-2002) and former Senator for Justice in Berlin and professor of law at the Free University. The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn and in the new lecture halls of Hagerty Hall. Barbara Becker-Cantarino, President of the AvHAA (2005-2007), is organizing the meeting assisted by the Humboldt office in Washington. Humboldt Research Fellows in the Department have been Helen Fehervary and Bernd Fischer; Humboldt Research Award recipients have been Alexander Stephan and Barbara Becker-Cantarino.
An excursion to German settlements in eastern Ohio
Reported by Barbara Becker-Cantarino
On Saturday, May 7, 2005, students and members of the Department boarded a large OSU bus to historical German sites in Eastern Ohio near New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas County. The excursion was part of Barbara Becker-Cantarino's class "The German Experience in America" (a General Education Curriculum course offered every spring quarter). We had studied the cultural history of the area, reading about the Moravians and their interactions with the regional Indian cultures. We first visited the Gnadenhutten Historical Park, the original site of the first Moravian settlement established in 1772 by David Zeisberger -- who kept a diary (in German) for several decades and wrote a grammar and instructional manuals and hymns in Lenape (the language of the Delawares). We crowded into the small, old schoolhouse and later investigated tombstones in the historical cemetery and the Lenape Burial Mound commemorating the massacre of Christianized Delaware Indian converts in 1782. Barb McKeon, Director of the small but excellent Museum, led our tour as students viewed the many original Native American and Moravian artifacts in the Museum.
Our next stop was the nearby Schoenbrunn Village State Memorial, a careful restoration by the Ohio Historical Society of the original 1772 Moravian settlement, with its 19 log structures, planted fields, herb garden, Gottesacker (literally God's Acre, i.e., cemetery), and special wood fence. Our guide showed the town hall and explained the shared living and labor. Life in Schoenbrunn was a combination of customs and manners used by the Native Peoples and the settlers. As many as 400 Native Americans converted so that the towns of Lichtenau, Goshen, and Salem were founded nearby.
After a picnic lunch in beautiful Tuscarawas Park in New Philadelphia, we visited Historic Zoar Village with its original, stately brick buildings from the nineteenth century. In 1817 (religious) Separatists from Württemberg under the leadership of Joseph Bäumeler (now Bimeler) purchased 5500 acres in the Tuscarawas River Valley and created the settlement of Zoar (named after the Biblical town to which Lot fled seeking refuge from Sodom). Harsh living conditions made the group create a community of goods and efforts by which all individual property and earnings become common stock. The community of about 75 families lived there throughout the 19th century until economic and cultural changes forced the Society of Separatists of Zoar to disband in 1898.
Our guide vividly explained the communal farming, living, education of children, division of goods and supplies, and food preparation. From the laundry, to the bakery, the dairy, the wagon shop, the tin shop, and the blacksmith, all buildings are still functional and display the original crafts and activities. We watched the blacksmith make iron candle-holders and visited the historical plant and garden exhibit before heading back to Columbus.
The excursion was made possible by the generous support of the Max Kade Foundation.
International Activities
Many of the department's students, graduate and undergraduate, spent the year or a semester abroad in Berlin and Bonn, or took courses through our intensive summer program in Dresden, which was, again, administered and chaperoned by Andy Spencer. We asked some students to report back to us and let us know how they are doing.
At the Free University in Berlin
Reported by Doug GillStudying at the Free University has been a terrific academic experience, providing me with the opportunity to take courses on advanced academic and scientific writing, Reunification literature, Modernist Berlin as well as Middle High German and Minnelyrik. Additionally, I sat in on courses exploring the picaresque novel, epic humor and comic theory. Consequently, I just might have an area for my dissertation: Reunification and the rogue. This year, I lived at the International Student Center of Berlin (ISB), a residence for advanced undergraduate and graduate students from Germany, Republics of the former Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Nations, France and the United States. Throughout the year, the ISB has organized cultural enrichment activities including readings by contemporary Berlin authors; discussions with local, regional and national politicians; excursions throughout Berlin as well as Dresden, Leipzig and Potsdam. Consequently, I received quite a well-rounded picture of contemporary Berlin and modern German society.
A letter from Bonn
Reported by Daniela Sefz
Since you were wondering, let me tell about life here. My time is consumed with traveling, an internship, and classes. Pretty much every weekend, I have had the chance to visit places I never thought I would see: London, Cork, Budapest, Vienna, Heidelberg, Trier, Aachen, Paris and Amsterdam, just to name a few. And if I don't feel like leaving Nordrhein-Westfalen, there is plenty to do here, too! The river area (the Rhine runs through Bonn) is great for a stroll, a visit to the Biergarten, or -- on a sunny day -- a boat ride. Cologne is only a short (and free) train ride away, where you can visit the Dom, breweries and various museums, including a chocolate museum (with free samples!). Also for your sweet tooth: Haribo, makers of the original Gummibärchen, has a company outlet in nearby Bad Godesberg.
My internship involves contacting call centers in German- and English-speaking countries. Having the internship is not required for the study abroad program, but I have found it very useful and intriguing. I have met many wonderful people, improved my German greatly and gained some insight into what it is like to work for a German company. The differences in formality, especially on the phone, take a little getting used to.
As for classes, they are quite different than in America. Here, you are expected to be much more independent. There is no syllabus, but the instructors are good about letting you know when your assignments are due. You usually only meet once a week and you are expected to be prepared for class, even if you have't been assigned any homework. The teachers are very good; they are genuinely interested in teaching and are ready to answer any questions you may have. To alleviate the stress of school, almost the whole month of May is a holiday. I would definitely recommend studying here during the summer semester, which runs from April through July. It is the best time of year. See you soon!
Daniela won a 2004 Huntington International Fellowship, making it possible for her to study in Bonn. Congratulations!
From Humboldt Universität Berlin
Reported by Addie CheneyA year in Berlin. A year of adventure and irreplaceable experiences. A challenge, an opportunity of a lifetime. At least that's what they all told me nine months ago. They weren't wrong.
Although the adventures frequently appeared unexpectedly and in a less than pleasant form, they were adventures nonetheless. In an effort to maintain a positive attitude, I did what Americans do best: turn it all into a learning experience. For example, when my computer was stolen, recovered and damaged in the shipping process, forcing me to contact the police, find an attorney and make a number of confusing and frustrating phone calls, I decided that -- rather than viewing the situation as an major headache -- I would take advantage of it. This was an opportunity to not only learn new vocabulary (Postwegdiebstahl, for instance!), it was also an ideal chance to interact with native German speakers in a culturally unique experience.
With five weeks left in the semester, I am hoping there are more things I can learn. Give me opportunities, challenges...I can take it, I am an American in Berlin. I just don't want to have to deal with another dead computer.
Student volunteers work in Dresden
Reported by Frederick HaddingLate in the 2003-2004 school year, shortly after reading about a group of Texas college students who traveled to Eastern Europe to help after the flooding in 2002, I began to think about the possibility of OSU German students participating in their own volunteer work trip to Germany. I spoke with several faculty and staff members in the Department and began planning to make this a reality. First we had to decide where we would be volunteering our services. We quickly and unanimously settled on Dresden, Columbus' sister city. This trip would not only benefit our Ohio State students there but help strengthen existing bonds between the cities and Ohio State University and our German program.
We began to work through the Sister Cities Program to make connections and soon developed a list of possible work and volunteer locations ranging from schools and churches to medical and research centers. We also developed a list of individuals who would be willing to offer housing for the volunteers. Emails were flying back and forth and it was soon decided that the first trip, a test run, would take place during the winter break. Three students participated in the program. The trip was a great success. Since I lodged with a gentleman who spoke very little English, my German improved tremendously. And I, like my fellow volunteers, experienced German day-to-day life and everyday German culture in an absolutely unique way. One of the volunteers, Donna Villareal, liked the experience so much that she decided to return this summer. She is now teaching at a school in Dresden. We will definitely continue the program and hope there will be many more volunteers in the future!
Graduate Students in the Department
- Sai Bhatawadekar, ABD
- Niels Bohrmann, B.A.
- Kristy Boney, ABD
- Erin Cary, B.A.
- Addie Cheney, B.A.
- David Connally, ABD
- Sanna Erhardt, M.A.
- Doug Gill, M.A.
- Svetlana Gordon, M.A.
- Andrea Heitmann, ABD
- Saskia Kraemer, B.A.
- Annett Krause, M.A.
- Weijia Li, M.A.
- Sara Luly, M.A.
- Colleen McCallum-Bonar, ABD
- Jennifer Magro, B.A.
- Moises Mermelstein, M.A.
- Donovan P. Pavlik, B.A.
- Kevin A. Richards, B.A.
- Daniela Roschinski, M.A.
- Patricia Draga Sanda, ABD
- Jarrod Shepherd, B.A.
- Nicholas M. Spitulski, M.A.
- Josie Taylor, ABD
- Charlie Vannette, M.A.
- Sanjot Walawakar, M.A.
- Emily Walton, B.A.
- Wray Jean M. Withers, M.A.
The following graduate students are joining us in the new academic year. Welcome to Ohio!
- C.J. Brown from Hillsdale College
- Shelley Harten from Freie Universität Berlin
- Kristen Hetrick from the University of Cincinnati
- Ola Iwanik from Wroclaw University
- Katie Mader from Wake Forest University
- Neha Malshe the University of Mumbai
- Thomas Stefaniuk from Humboldt University
- Ulrike Stoll the Technical University of Dresden
Alumni News
Kathleen Hallihan (PhD 2005) defended her dissertation in April 2005. She now holds a full-time job as Professional Development Coordinator in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University.Alicia Carter (PhD 2002) has accepted a tenure-track position at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. While teaching at Miami University of Ohio she developed a course entitled "Milestones of the Twentieth Century", which traces historical and cultural developments in German through integrating literature, realia (in the form of newspaper and magazine articles), and film. She read a paper entitled "'Vom Sprengen des Gartens': The Garden of Engagement in Bertolt Brecht's Exile Poetry", at the Midwest Modern Language Association conference in 2004.
Jennifer William (PhD 2002) is now in her third year as Assistant Professor of German at Purdue University. Articles are forthcoming in German Studies Review and The Germanic Review, but her most important achievement in the past year, she reports, was the birth of her son, Aidan Marston William, on June 27th, 2004.
Joseph W. Moser (MA 1999). In Spring 2004, Joseph Moser received his Ph.D. in German literature at the University of Pennsylvania under direction of Prof. Frank Trommler with a dissertation entitled "Thomas Bernhard im Dialog mit der Österreichischen Öffentlichkeit: Zwischen Presse, Theater und Justiz". In the fall of 2004, he took up a two-year lectureship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Patricia Kerstin Feise (M.A. 1998). After receiving her M.A. in 1998 and working as a journalist at the Prager Zeitung, she completed the Media and Cultural Studies Program at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf' at Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, in 2003. She is now working on her PhD-Thesis "Gnosis und Gender in Cyburbia: Die Matrix-Trilogie im Auge der Zuschauer" at Humboldt University. She is also a member of the Graduierten-Kolleg 'Wahrnehmung der Geschlechterdifferenz in religiösen Symbolsystemen' at the University of Würzburg. Her book "Science, Sex, Gender in der Fernsehserie 'Akte X'. Analyse eines populärkulturellen Paradigmenwechsels" will be published at trafo-Verlag Berlin. She has also published several essays on gender theory in the past year. She is a co-editor of the online-magazine "Gender-Kritik", www.gender-kritik.de.
Agnes Risko (PhD 1998) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures at OSU teaching Hungarian.
Andrea Lese (MA 1997). Andrea Lese finished medical school at the University of Heidelberg and is getting ready to start residency in the United States in June 2005.
Gregory Wolf (PhD 1996) was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at St. Louis University. He has accepted a tenured position as associate professor at North Central College in Naperville, IL (West Chicago) and is moving to Chicago to be with his family. He recently married Margaret, who also teaches German in Chicago.
Mitchell Place (MA 1993). Mitch successfully defended his dissertation entitled: "Conversations about Composition: Investigating Writing Conference and Faculty Feedback on Writing in German as a Foreign Language" this semester at Michigan State University. He has accepted a position as adjunct assistant professor at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI and is currently looking for a tenure-track position. He and his wife, Connie, have three beautiful children: Henrietta, Iva, and Elijah. They are expecting their fourth in 2005.
Rebecca Thomas [Duplantier] (PhD 1992), Associate Professor of German at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC organized MALCA 2006, the annual international symposium on modern Austrian literature and culture, with the topic: "Illness, Madness and Criminality in Austrian Literature and Culture: Borders of a Different Sort." Visit malca.org for details.
Tom Baginski (Ph.D. 1990). He was promoted to Professor of German at the University of Charleston in Charleston, SC and has served as director of the German program since 2000. Among his recent publications is "Im Wirkungskreis C.G. Jungs und der Romantik: Oskar Loerkes Weltenbaum." Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 241.1 (2004).
Elizabeth Cushman Hamilton (Ph.D. 1998). She is currently Assistant Professor of German at Oberlin College, where she regularly teaches courses on East German cinema and the New German Cinema as well as German language and literature. She continues to work in Disability Studies and has developed a course on "Deviant Bodies in German Literature and Film." In addition, she is co-editing a study of disability and the foreign language classroom.
Nicholas J. Feison (BA 1976). He has been living in Central Florida for 25 years and is employed as a Senior Business Analyst for HSBC. He is also a Notary Public for the State of Florida.
Dear alumni/alumnae: Keep in touch! Please send us your news for the next issue of the newsletter. Visit our Web site at germanic.osu.edu, where you will find a submission form. As always, we look forward to hearing from you.
Bryan Wysong and Amy Starr with Professor Kathryn Corl
Alumna Profile
Folke-Christine Möller-Sahling
Then she earned an M.A. degree in German Studies from the University of Vermont, and in 2002 she received her Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from The Ohio State University. Since 2001, she has been an Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Southern Indiana.
In the past Professor Möller-Sahling has conducted research in areas including women's writing and gender studies, Holocaust literature, Eighteenth-century literature, and German-American studies. She is currently pursuing further research related to feminist theory and epistolary literature of the Eighteenth-century. These focal points, as well as her strong interest in interdisciplinary studies, were also the basis for her dissertation, "Unfaithful Messengers: The Epistolary Discourse of Love around 1800". Beyond her dissertation, Professor Möller-Sahling's publications reflect her interest in a variety of topics with interdisciplinary emphasis. As an example of her interest in German-American studies, she published a book chapter in 2001 on a Jewish author from Frisia, Meta Schoepp. She is currently revising a paper for publication on "Intimacy and Communication in the Correspondence of Sophie Mereau and Clemens Brentano". Dr. Möller-Sahling has had the opportunity to present her research on a range of topics both nationally and internationally, at conferences in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany.
At the University of Southern Indiana, Dr. Möller-Sahling teaches German language and literature courses including Business German, Modern German Drama, German Poetry, and a course on German Popular Culture. She is also a faculty member associated with the Humanities program. Through this program, she regularly teaches an interdisciplinary humanities course called "'Power and Passion: Women and Men.' Survey of Western Tradition". In the Fall of 2003, Dr. Möller-Sahling participated in the Oral Proficiency Tester Training Workshop at the ACTFL convention in Utah. Just this past year, she received the prestigious "Award for Innovative Teaching" from her university.
[Editor's comment: Well done, Christine. Don't forget to visit ...]
Dr. Brigitta Oberle (M.A. 1979)
We sadly report that Dr. Brigitta Oberle, who received her M.A. from Ohio State in 1979, passed away on May 21, 2004. She was the author, with Barbara Baumann-Eisenack, of the textbook Deutsche Literatur in Epochen (München: Hueber Verlag), which went through several editions and reprints.
Student Activities
Awards
The Ilsedore Edse Scholarship in 2004 went to Christina Whisler and in 2005, to Rachel Fouts and Nikolai Bogolomolov. The Dieter Cunz Award went to Sarah Elder in 2004 and to Claire Doughty in 2005. This year, Susan Frost received the award for Best Undergraduate Essay. The Diane M. Cummins Award for Outstanding Achievement in Yiddish went to John Arner and Lindsay Bornstein. Amy Starr won first place at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. We are happy to report that nearly half of our current German majors and minors are honors students!
The Department is proud of its three new doctores: Erol Boran, Kathleen Hallihan, and Michaela Peroutkova, and six new magistri: Susanne Behnke, Erin Cary, Kirsten Harder (pictured above), Annett Krause, Weijia Li, and Charlie Vannette. In the 2004 Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, Weijia Li won First Place and Susanne Behnke won Second Place. Annett Krause won the Research Paper award in 2005. She also received the 2004 Graduate Service Award, which in 2005 went to Kristy Boney. Congratulations to all!
Niels Bohrmann, Jarrod Shepherd, and Emily Walton
Sai Bhatawadekar won the first prize on April 17, 2004 in the 18th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum Competition with a paper entitled "Re-Configuring India: Inconsistencies in Schopenhauer's Referencing of Indian Thought." Sai was also selected for OSU's Graduate Associate Teaching Award.
She was recognized for her teaching record in German and Hindi, but most of all for the outstanding contribution she made to the university by developing the curriculum of the Hindi courses. Only ten graduate students (out of over 3000) are honored with this award each year. Congratulations Sai!
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Erol M. Boran, PhD „Eine Geschichte des Türkisch-Deutschen Theaters und Kabaretts: Fremd- und Eigeninszenierung des ‚Türken' im Wandel der Zeiten."(Advisor: Nina Berman)
Kathleen M. Hallihan, PhD "Envisioning an Ideal State: The Literary
Politics of Bettina von Arnim from 1830 to 1852"
(Advisor: Barbara Becker-Cantarino)
Kirsten Harder, MA "Dichten, Deuten, Denken. Die Stefan-George-Rezeption
von Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer und Theodor W. Adorno."
(Advisor: Kai Hammermeister)
Michaela Peroutkova, PhD „Literarische und mündliche Erzählungen
über die Vertreibung. Ein deutsch-tschechischer Vergleich."
(Advisor: Helen Fehervary)
in memoriam Hugo Bekker
We sadly report that Professor Emeritus of German Hugo Bekker died on October 11, 2004, at the age of 79. Because of activities in the Dutch underground he had to flee his native Holland during the German occupation in 1943, went to England, and served there in the Dutch Naval Air Force until the end of the war. In 1950 he came to the U.S. where he earned a B.A. from Calvin College and an M.A. and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His graduate study included a year at the University of Vienna. After three years of teaching at the University of Oregon, he came to Ohio State in 1961 and was named Professor in 1965.Bekker's first scholarship dealt with the literature of the Dutch and German Baroque. This interest continued in the form of a book, articles, and numerous reviews. But Bekker soon turned as well to medieval literature. Here he published five books: The Nibelungenlied (1971) which the Modern Language Association named the best book of literary criticism for the year; Andreas Gryphius: Poet between epochs. Canadian studies in German language and literature. (1973); Friedrich von Hausen: Inquiries into his poetry. Studies in the Germanic languages and literatures, no. 87. (1977); The Poetry of Albrecht von Johansdorf (1978); Gottfried Von Strassburg's Tristan: Journey Through the Realm of Eros. Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture (1987). Much of his later enthusiasm was for poetry in general and postwar poetry in particular. A book on the early poetry of the German-speaking Romanian Holocaust survivor Paul Celan is to appear soon.
On his sixty-fifth birthday Bekker was honored by his students and colleagues with the Festschrift Fide et Amore. We remember him as a dedicated teacher, inspiring senior colleague, and friend.
Faculty Publications
Becker-Cantarino, Barbara, ed. The Eighteenth Century: Enlightenment and Sensibility. The Camden House History of German Literature 5. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2005.----- and Inge Stephan, eds. Von der Unzerstörbarkeit des Menschen: Ingeborg Drewitz im literarischen und politischen Feld der 50er bis 80er Jahre. Publikationen zur Zeitschrift für Germanistik 10. Bern: Peter Lang, 2005.
-----, ed. and trans. The Life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, Written by Herself. Pietism and Autobiography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
-----. "Reliquien empfindsamer Freundschaft: Sophie von La Roche, Julie Bondeli und die Schweiz." Freundschaft und Empfindsamkeit. Achim Aurnhammer, ed. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2004: 115-140.
-----. "Johann Beers 'Weiber-Hächel' und die Tradition der Frauensatire.' Johann Beer. Schriftsteller, Komponist und Hofbeamter 1655-1700. Ferdinand van Ingen and Hans-Gert Roloff, eds. Berlin: Weidler, 2004: 443-457.
-----. "Die neue Frau und die Frauengestalten Carl Hauptmanns," Carl Hauptmann (1858-1921). Leben und Werk. Hans-Gert Roloff and Miroslawa Czernecka, eds. Berlin: Schmidt, 2004: 85-99.
-----. "Elite-Universität--die Lösung des Problems?" Non Nobis 20 (2004): 28-30.
-----. "Sophie von La Roche." Metzler Autoren Lexikon, 3rd ed. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2004: 525-27.
-----. "Dr. Faustus und die Landstörzerin Courasche: Zum Geschlechter--und Ehediskurs in der deutschen Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit." Regionaler Kulturraum und intellektuelle Kommunikation vom Humanismus bis zum Zeitalter des Internet. Axel E. Walter, ed. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005: 53-70.
-----. "'Welche Leistung, literarisch, menschlich, sozialpolitisch.' Zum frauenpolitischen Engagement von Ingeborg Drewitz." Von der Unzerstörbarkeit des Menschen. Ingeborg Drewitz im literarischen und politischen Feld der 50er bis 80er Jahre. Publikationen zur Zeitschrift für Germanistik 10. Bern: Peter Lang, 2005: 13-38.
-----. Rev. of Beatrice Dumiche: Weiblichkeit im Jugendwerk Goethes. Die Sprachwerdung der Frau als dichterische Herausforderung. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2002. In: Goethe-Jahrbuch 12 (2004[=2005]), pp. 333-35.
-----. Rev. of Kurt Bernais: Stiller Heimatentzug 1941-1945. Mainz: Dr. Gisela Lermann Verlag, 1999. In: Colloquia Germanica 36 (2003 [=2005]), pp. 360-62.
-----. Rev. of Elisa Müller-Adams: "dass die Frau zur Frau redete." Das Werk der Caroline de la Motte Fouqué als Beispiel für weibliche Literaturproduktion der frühen Restaurationszeit. St. Ingbert, 2003 (Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft, 74). In: Germanistik 44 (2003[=2004]), p. 829-30. (appeared in 2004).
-----. Rev. of Caroline Pross: Kunstfeste. Drama, Politik und Öffentlichkeit in der Romantik. Freiburg: Rombach, 2001. In: Germanistik 45 (2004), S. 281-82.
-----. Rev. of Birte Giesler: Literatursprünge. Das erzählerische Werk von Friederike Helene Unger. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2003. In: Germanistik 45 (2004), S. 336.
-----. Rev. of Horst Brunner et al.: Dulce Bellum Inexpertis. Bilder des Krieges in der deutschen Literatur des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2002. In: Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik 36,2 (2004=[2005]), pp. 135-37.
Berman, Nina. Impossible Missions? German Economic, Military,
and Humanitarian Efforts in Africa. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press,
2004.
-----. "Thoughts on Zionism in the Context of German-Middle Eastern Relations."
German Orientalism. Jennifer Jenkins, ed. Spec. issue, Comparative
Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 24.2 (2004): 133-46.
-----. Rev. of Judith Caesar, Writing Off the Beaten Track: Reflections on
the Meaning of Travel and Culture in the Middle East. Syracuse: Syracuse
UP, 2002. International Journal of Middle East Studies 37.1 (February
2005): 131-33.
-----. Rev. of Flora Veit-Wild, ed. Nicht nur Mythen und Märchen: Afrika-Literaturwissenschaft
als Herausfordung. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2003. Research
in African Literatures 35.4 (Winter 2004): 179-80.
-----. Rev. of Miehe, Gudrun et al. Kala Shairi: German East Africa in Swahili
Poems. Archiv Afrikanistischer Manuskripte, vol. 6. Köln: Köppe, 2002. Research
in African Literatures 35.1 (Spring 2004): 191-92.
-----. Rev. of N'guessan, Béchié Paul. Primitivismus und Afrikanismus: Kunst
und Kultur Afrikas in der deutschen Avantgarde. Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang, 2002. Research in African Literatures 35.1 (Spring 2004): 192-93.
Blackwell, Marilyn, trans. "Excerpt from Där stäppen tar slut (Where the Steppe Ends)" by Peter Mosskin; "Motti, Excerpt from Stenarnas döttrar (Daughters of the Stones)" by Anita Goldman. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Sweden, ed. Peter Stenberg (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004): pp. 325-358.
Davidson, John. "'Against Rushing Through Places Which Ought
To Be Dwelt In': Kracauer, Wenders, and the Post-Turnerian Impulse." Studies
in European Cinema 1.2 (2004): 91-104.
-----. Rev. of "Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lillis' Volker Schlöndorff's
Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the 'Movie Appropriate,'" The German
Quarterly 77.1 (WI 2004): 113-14.
Fehervary, Helen. "Heiner Müller's Representations of Hitler:
The Bunker as topos for the Endpoint and the Terror of the New." Unmasking
Hitler: Cultural Representations of Adolf Hitler from the Weimar Republic to the
Present. Klaus Berghahn and Jost Hermand, eds. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2005:
117-139.
-----. "The Wilderness Beyond the Netzestadt: Brecht and Seghers Before 1933."
The Brecht Yearbook 29 (2004): 171-189.
-----. "History as Catastrophe and the Redemptive Power of Art: The Case of the
German-Jewish Writer Anna Seghers." Die Insel vor Augen: Festschrift für
Frank Hörnigk, ed. Michael Opitz. Berlin: Theater der Zeit, 2004: 55-65.
-----. "Anna Seghers im Werk Heiner Müllers." Heiner-Müller-Handbuch.
Hans-Thies Lehmann and Patrick Primavesi, eds. Stuttgart: Metzler Verlag, 2003.
-----. "Anna Seghers." Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics. M. Keith
Booker, ed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishers, 2005.
-----. "Das siebte Kreuz." Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics. M.
Keith Booker, ed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishers, 2005.
-----. Rev. of Contemporary Jewish Writing in South Africa: an Anthology,
ed. Claudia Bathsheba Braude (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001), lxxxvi
+ 168 pp., in Research in African Literatures, ed. John Conteh-Morgan,
vol. 35, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 184-186.
Hammermeister, Kai. "Natural Law and Enlightenment Thought from Leibniz to Kant and Its Influence on German Literature." The Camden House History of German Literature, vol. 5. Barbara Becker-Cantarino, ed. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2005.
Hens, Gregor. Matta verlässt seine Kinder. Frankfurt/Main:
S. Fischer Verlag, 2004.
-----. Transfer Lounge. Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichten. München: btb
2005. (paperback edition).
-----. "Notiz über die Halbwertszeit der Liebe." Beste Deutsche Erzähler 2004.
Hubert Winkels, ed. München: DVA, 2004: 120-131; and in: Das Magazin,
August 2004: 32-35; and in: DeLi 4 (2005): 62-71 (Japanese translation).
-----. "Dein Land unter." Neues aus der Heimat: Literarische Streifzüge durch
die Gegenwart. Petra Gropp et. al., eds. Frankfurt/Main: S. Fischer Verlag,
2004: 115-117.
-----. "Verliebt, gehörnt, gerächt, gefallen. Warum wir den Professor Unrat
nicht verachten dürfen." Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Jan.
9, 2005: 20.
-----. "Ablichten. Essay." Edit. Papier für neue Texte 26 (2004): 54-57.
-----. "Zwischen Zeche und Zoo." Die Welt, May 21, 2005: 3.
-----. Afterword. Professor Unrat oder das Ende eines Tyrannen. By Heinrich Mann. Frankfurt: Fischer, 2004.
-----. "Abenteurer im Ölteppich. Thor Heyerdahls tragische letzte Reise." Volltext
6 (2004): 35.
-----. "Cortés." Monopol 5 (2004): 142-144.
-----. "Easton, Ohio." Stint 33 (2004): 7-12.
-----. "Elftausend Meter Höhe. Ein Dialog." Stadt Ansichten 11 (2004): 50-52.
-----. "Der Tag hat 48 Stunden." Die Zeit. Spring Travel Special (2004): 26-30.
Jacobs, Neil. Yiddish: A linguistic introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
-----. "Syncope and foot structure in Pre-Ashkenazic Hebrew." Diachronica 21:2 (2004): 307-327.
Reitter, Paul. "Heinrich Heine," The Literary Encyclopedia. Robert Clark, ed. (www.litencyc.com).
Spencer, Andy. "Publizistik und Historiographie über die Zerstörung Dresdens." Die Zerstörung Dresdens - Antworten der Künste. Walter Schmitz, ed. Dresden: W.E.B. Universitätsverlag, 2005: 27-41.
-----. Rev. of Maria Ritter, Return to Dresden," H-German, H-Net Reviews,
March, 2005. (www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=212091117567852).
Stephan, Alexander, ed. The Americanization of Europe: Culture,
Diplomacy, and Anti-Americanism after 1945. New York: Berghahn Books, 2005.
-----, ed. Americanization and Anti-Americanism. The German Encounter with
American Culture After 1945. New York: Berghahn Books, 2005.
-----. "'Physical surveillance.' Lion Feuchtwanger und die Villa Aurora im Visier
des FBI Field Office von Los Angeles." Die Insel vor Augen. Ein Buch von Freunden
zum 60. Geburtstag von Frank Hörnigk. Recherchen 19. Berlin: Theater der
Zeit, 2004: 39-54.
-----. Reprints from previous publications in Anna Seghers. Das siebte Kreuz.
Erläuterungen und Dokumente. Sonja Hilzinger, ed. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2004:
92-3, 106, 110-111, 113-115.
-----. Rev. of Richard Nate. Amerikanische Träume. Die Kultur der Vereinigten
Staaten in der Zeit des New Deal. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2004.
Zeitschrift für Germanistik 15.1 (2005): 217-219.
Vredeveld, Harry, ed. The Poetic Works of Helius Eobanus
Hessus. Vol. 1: Student Years at Erfurt, 1504-1509. Renaissance
Text Series 18; Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 215. Tempe, AZ, 2004.
-----. "Some Notes on the Vernacular Texts in Sebastian Brant's 'Kleine Texte,"
Daphnis 31 (2002): 391-412.
-----. Editions of texts by Helius Eobanus Hessus in: DFG-Projekt CAMENA: Neulateinische
Dichtung im WWW (www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/start1.html): 1. Venus triumphans
(Nürnberg, 1527); 2. In Hypocrisim vestitus Monastici ekphônêsis [Nürnberg,
1527]; 3. De Tumultibus horum temporum querela (Nürnberg, 1528); 4. Imp.
Caes. Carolo. V. ... Urbis Norimbergae gratulatoria acclamatio (Nürnberg,
1530); 5. Podagrae ludus (Mainz, 1537); 6. Descriptio Calumniae.
... In morte Barbarae ... consolatio (Marburg, 1539); 7. Epithalamion
... in nuptiis ... D. Iusti Studaei (Frankfurt am Main, 1539); 8. Theocriti
Syracusani Idyllia triginta sex (Haguenau, 1531); 9. Homeri Ilias
(Basel, 1540).
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