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Germanic Languages and Literatures
Germanic Languages and Literatures offers a diverse and challenging program of study in the language, literature, and culture of German-speaking countries. Undergraduate and graduate students study the German language intensively and explore German literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. In its presentation of literature, the department strives for a broad coverage and a variety of approaches aimed at a healthy balance of history and theory with a special emphasis on interdisciplinary, multicultural, and gender studies.
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Liederabend
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva in concert Oct. 18
Oct. 8,
2009 --
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Graham Chapel. Literally translated as "evening of song," Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include examples by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.
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'An accomplished professor, experienced leader'
WUSTL's new Arts & Sciences dean to be installed as the Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Sept. 11,
2009 -- Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined Washington University in St. Louis July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Wihl, who also is a professor in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, came to WUSTL from Rice University, where he was dean of its School of Humanities and the Francis Moody Newman Professor of the Humanities.
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'Right mix of qualities, values and experience'
Gary Wihl to become dean of faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Jan. 21,
2009 --
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Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., dean of Rice University's School of Humanities and a highly respected scholar and academic leader, will become dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis on July 1, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "Gary Wihl brings his many talents as both an accomplished scholar and an experienced administrator to Washington University at a very important time in our history," Wrighton said.
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Paul Lützeler
Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities
Lützeler teaches in both the German Department and the Comparative Literature Program. His research and teaching interests include German and European Romanticism, German exile literature, contemporary scholarly discourses (postmodernism, postcolonialism, globalization), and cultural studies in general. ...
Expertise: German Romanticism, European Romanticism, German exile literature, contemporary scholarly discourses, postmodernism, postcolonialism, globalization, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-4784
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jahrbuch@wustl.edu
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Gerhild Williams
Barbara Schaps Thomas and David M. Thomas Professor in the Humanties in Arts and Sciences
Williams's research interests include the literature of early modern witchcraft and magic, the radical reforming movements, the 17th century polyhistor Johannes Praetorius and early modern science and literature. Her research has been supported by grants from the Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, ...
Expertise: German Literature, witchcraft, magic, early modern science, early modern literature
Direct contact: (314) 935-5106
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gerhildwilliams@wustl.edu
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Stephan Schindler
Chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Stephan K. Schindler, associate professor of German, Comparative Literature and Film Studies Schindler's interests include 18th and 20th Century German literature and culture, German intellectual history, film studies, Holocaust studies, gender studies and contemporary German political and social issues. ...
Expertise: 18th & 20th century german literature and culture, German intellectual history, film studies
Direct contact: (314) 935-5136
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skschind@artsci.wustl.edu
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Lynne Tatlock
Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
She has published widely on German literature and culture from 1650 to the 1990s with a concentration in the late seventeenth century and the nineteenth century. She has maintained an abiding interest in the novel and its origins, the construction and representation of gender, reading communities ...
Expertise: 17th & 19th century German literature and culture, literary translation
Direct contact: (314) 935-5160
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ltatlock@artsci.wustl.edu
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