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Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Office location and address
New Cabell Hall, Room 227
1605 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Education
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin, 1992
M.A., German Literature, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.,1986
University of Tübingen, Germany, 1982-1983
B.A., English Literature, Tufts University, 1982
M.A., German Literature, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.,1986
University of Tübingen, Germany, 1982-1983
B.A., English Literature, Tufts University, 1982
Publications
Sponsored Awards
Max Kade Visiting Professor Spring 2020 (Hajo Funke)
Source: Max Kade Foundation
January 02, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Max Kade Visiting Professor Fall 2018
Source: Max Kade Foundation
August 20, 2018 – May 24, 2019
Max Kade Professor for Spring 2018
Source: Max Kade Foundation
January 10, 2018 – May 31, 2018
German Campus Weeks 2017-2018
Source: The Federal Republic of Germany
September 01, 2017 – December 15, 2017
AS-GERM Max Kade Professor for 2015-2016
Source: Max Kade Foundation
August 01, 2015 – January 31, 2016
AS-GERM DAAD Support for Student Conference Spring 2015
Source: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
January 01, 2015 – December 31, 2015
AS-GERM Max Kade Professor for 2014-15
Source: Max Kade Foundation
August 01, 2014 – January 09, 2015
AS-GERM Max Kade Professor for 2013-2014
Source: Max Kade Foundation
August 01, 2013 – January 09, 2014
Courses
Credits: 3
This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture, history & thought of German Jewry from 1750 to 1939. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and the lasting transformations in Jewish life in Europe and later North America. Readings of such figures as: Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxembourg, Walter Benjamin, and Freud.
Credits: 3
This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture and history of German Jewry from 1750 to 1939. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and the lasting transformations in Jewish life in Europe and later North America. Readings of such figures as: Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxembourg, Walter Benjamin, and Sigmund Freud.
Credits: 3
Analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative politics.
Credits: 3
Studies selected aspects of German culture, such as opera. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses.
Credits: 3
Reading and discussion of German texts compared to texts from other literatures (all in English translation), with the aim of illuminating a central theoretical, historical, or social issue that transcends national boundaries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses.
Credits: 3
Literary analysis for advanced students. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 and other literature courses.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in Translation.
Credits: 1–12
Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Credits: 1–12
For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1–12
Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Honors
DAAD Research Award (Re-Visitation Program), 2011
Sesquicentennial Research Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2010-2011
Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellow, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 2006-2007
NEH Fellow, Summer Institute, “German & European Studies in the U.S.: Changing World, Shifting Narratives,” organized by U of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005
Mead Endowment Teaching Award, 2003
Fulbright Fellow, German Studies Seminar: “History and Memory: Jewish
Present and Past in Germany,” 2000
Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1995-1996
Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Grant – Israel Junior Researcher Award (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), 1992-1994
University of Texas Continuing Graduate Fellowship, 1991-1992
DAAD - Dissertation Research in Federal Republic of Germany, 1989-1990
University of Texas Continuing Graduate Fellowship, 1988-1989