Congratulations to Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Professor Emerita, who was presented with a Festschrift at this year’s German Studies Association Conference in Denver.

"Wenn sie das Wort Ich gebraucht" Festschrift für Barbara Becker-Cantarino von Freundinnen, Schülerinnen und Kolleginnen (Chloe Band 47) Pustejovsky, John and Jacqueline Vansant (Eds) Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2013.

A panel in her honor was also held ~ Gendering Intersections: Violence, History, Work, and Language was moderated by Jacqueline Vansant (University of Michigan-Dearborn).

Gender, Violence and the Art of the Novella: Boccaccio, Schiller, and Kleist
Gaby Pailer (University of British Columbia Vancouver)

Eingemauert: Helga Schütz, Grenze zum gestrigen Tag
Marie-Luise Gaettens (Southern Methodist University)

“Mit der Wende kam der Appetit”: Work, Food, and Gender in Terézia Mora’s Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent
Monika Shafi (University of Delaware)

Living in the Moment, Reflecting on the Past: Exploring Loss, Language, and Identity in Martina Hefter’s Zurück auf Los and Die Küsten der Berge
Rachel J. Halverson (Washington State University)