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DEPARTMENT OF
GERMANIC LANGUAGES
AND LITERATURES
NEWSLETTER
WINTER 2018
lsa.umich.edu/german
TABL E O F C O NTE NT S
Letter from the Chair 3
Highlights 4
Faculty Focus 5
Undergraduate Student Focus 6-7
Graduate Student Focus 8
Staying Connected 9
Dutch Studies 10
Scandinavian Studies 11
2 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
L E T TE R F RO M THE C HAIR
colleague Kerstin Barndt in artists, from Katrin Sieg months, and you get a sense
Freiburg, where she serves (Georgetown University) and of the vitality of our program.
as the 2018-19 Academic Claudia Breger (Columbia And there is much more
Director of our year-long University) to prize- happening in our department.
study-abroad program (p. winning Austrian author Have a look at the following
4). In fact, ever the hosts, and playwright Ferdinand pages for updates about
Kerstin and Johannes just Schmalz, who, in conjunction our flourishing Dutch and
organized a Thanksgiving with students from the U-M Scandinavian programs
dinner for all 30 students in School of Theatre, Music and (pp. 10-11) and get to know
the program! Our Freiburg Dance, offered a bilingual our new graduate students
program received another reading of his recent play p.8). And please follow our
big boost this summer: dosenfleisch (canned meat). department website (lsa.
thanks to a large gift from umich.edu/german) to read
our most generous donors, Research continues to be about upcoming events.
Dear friends of the Mr. and Mrs. Sturm, we will central to our activities. There is much to look forward
now be able to offer a full Within the last six months, to in the coming year, and
department,
scholarship to at least one Kerstin Barndt co-edited I invite you to stop by and
Winter arrived early in of our students each year. a fascinating volume of see us. In the meantime, I
Michigan this year, surprising essays, Object Lessons and wish you peaceful holidays
even the heating system Meanwhile, we continue to the Formation of Knowledge and a guten Rutsch (“a good
of the Modern Languages add new events and projects (p. 5); Elizabeth McNeill, a slide”) into the new year.
Building, which took a few to our curriculum here in Ph.D. student in her third
days to assume its duties Ann Arbor. In September, year, was awarded the Best
and envelop us in warm air we piloted a film series Student Essay Award from
— not that the idiosyncrasies that showed rarely seen The German Quarterly (p. 8);
of our building have slowed German movies selected and and the Leuphana University Sincerely,
us down. As the fall term introduced by a graduate in Lüneburg, Germany,
draws to a close, I invite you student or faculty member hosted a day-long symposium
to peruse our newsletter (p. 7); and in October, we in honor of Andy Markovits’
for a look back at a busy organized a panel featuring 70th birthday (p. 5). Add to
start to the academic year. five recent undergraduate this recent talks given by
alumni of our department members of our department Andreas Gailus
who have used their degrees in France, Spain, Germany, GermanChair@umich.edu
This is my first newsletter to
you as the new chair of the in German Studies to Austria and the U.S., as well
department. After four years launch professional careers as forthcoming books by
of outstanding leadership, in a variety of industries Tyler Whitney (p. 5), Julia Hell
our previous chair, Johannes (p. 6). On the graduate and myself, all of which are
von Moltke, is on a well- level, we continue to host scheduled for publication
deserved sabbatical. nationally and internationally within the next twelve
Johannes joins my dear recognized scholars and
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H I G H L I G HT S
Letter from Freiburg
by Kerstin Barndt, AYF Resident Director
Step out of the ordinary! their paperwork, advising As I write this, we’re already America remains present in
Immerse yourself in the and registering students looking back at our first three different ways — whether in
culture and language of for classes, keeping the months together. Like many terms of people pressuring
a country that’s not your door to the AYF office open of the students, I suspect, I us about politics, or
own. This year, twelve of our for a cup of coffee or the am surprised by how much simply at our sumptuous
students — sophomores, occasional last minute I have come to feel at home Thanksgiving feast this
juniors, and seniors — took homework session, and in the city, the university, past week, where everyone
the leap and joined 18 more answering any question and the AYF office. Students brought fabulous side
students from Michigan State regarding living and studying are busy with their course dishes to complement the
University, the University of in Freiburg you can think of. work, volunteering for the turkey prepared (surprisingly
Wisconsin, and the University “Inside America” program in well!) by a local caterer.
of Iowa, to live and study Students arrived in local high schools, playing
for one year in Freiburg, a September, a full month cello and double bass in Former AYF students who
beautiful university town before the start of the university orchestras or rugby live in the area joined the
in southwestern Germany. German academic year. We for a local woman’s team, feast with their spouses
They are now participating made use of this lead time and making music together and children and we felt
in the “Academic Year in with a program jam-packed in our very own AYF combo, the warmth of yet another
Freiburg” (AYF), one of with orientations, intensive the now legendary “Black AYF support network: its
the longest-running study language lessons, and day Forrest Badgers.” Riding the ever-growing alumni base in
abroad programs for U.S. trips to neighboring France, streetcars from the student Germany and the U.S.! Now
students in Germany. Switzerland, and the Black dorms to the university and we’re looking forward to the
Forest to get a sense of the city center feels like second holiday break and the New
As this year’s academic amazing landscape and nature already, and we have Year, which brings a much-
director, I have the honor and cultural riches that surround even warmed up to the fact anticipated class trip to
the pleasure of accompanying us. Thanks to the support that all stores are closed Berlin, a semester break with
the group as their teacher, of the Freiburg-Madison on Sundays. Students have plenty of opportunity to travel,
mentor, and advisor. Together, society, we also got to sail on formed deep friendships and internship opportunities
Ulrich (Ulli) Struve, the the crystal clear Schluchsee within the group, bonded in Freiburg next spring term.
program’s administrative (a lake nestled in the with their individual language
director with 16 years of Schwarzwald), and dine at tandem partners, and
experience here in Freiburg, the historical Schönberghof hung out with fellow “WG” Left image: Cohort 2018-19
and I have been leading field after a leisurely hike through roommates. As they have
trips supported by AYF alums woods and wineries just integrated and immersed Right Image: Thirteen German
though the Hans Fabian outside Freiburg’s gates. themselves into their new majors from the University are
studying in Freiburd pictured with
Fund, helping students with German surroundings, Kerstin Barndt and Ulli Struve
4 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
FAC U LT Y FO C U S
Eardrums: Literary Modernism as Sonic Warfare
by Tyler Whitney, Assistant Professor of German
This spring will see the streetcars, and urban "Andyfest" 2018
release of Assistant construction sites was Andrei S. Markovits, Arthur included a full day of lectures
Professor Tyler Whitney’s increasingly experienced as F. Thurnau Professor and by eminent German scholars.
first book, Eardrums: Literary a sonic assault on the body, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Recognizing Professor
Modernism as Sonic Warfare, one with real physical and Professor of Comparative Markovits’ upcoming 70th
with Northwestern University psychological consequences, Politics and German Studies, birthday, the event featured
Press. The book explores engendering many of the was honored by Leuphana speakers on five of his
the various ways in which same symptoms of hearing University of Lüneburg, major research areas: labor
the sonic dimension of the loss, ruptured eardrums, and Germany on October 20, and trade unions, new
German-speaking world auditory hallucinations which 2018. “Andyfest” was social movements and the
changed from unification had been well documented sponsored by Leuphana Greens, European anti-
in 1870 to the rise of among soldiers during the University, which awarded Semitism, European anti-
National Socialism in the war. Modern life became Markovits an honorary Americanism, and sports.
late 1920s. This period of a war of sound, both on doctorate in 2007, and
rapid modernization was and off the battlefield.
characterized by the audible
convergence of military Eadrums is the first book-
and civilian soundscapes. length study to explore
Object Lessons and the
this complex interaction of
Formation of Knowledge
As the din of the Franco- acoustical modernity and Congratulations to Kerstin “I hope people reading our
Prussian War subsided German modernism, charting Barndt on her book Object book get a sense of how
in 1871, the physical a literary and cultural history Lessons and the Formation remarkable the histories of
effects and affective states written in and around the ear. of Knowledge: The University these collections are,” said
engendered by that war’s The result is not only a new of Michigan Museums, Barndt to LSA Magazine’s
unprecedented sonic intensity way of understanding the Libraries, and Collections Brian Short. “They are tied to
migrated to the urban underlying sonic impulses 1817–2017, co-edited the history of the state and
spaces of Prague, Berlin, behind key literary texts from with Carla M. Sinopoli. of the University, of course,
and Vienna. Infantry calls the period; it also outlines Kerstin Barndt is associate but they are also a window
and marching drums echoed an entirely new approach professor of German and that invites the public in,
in the military parades and to the study of literature as museum studies. She connecting them to faculty,
war commemorations, which both text and sonic practice, teaches European and U.S. students, and the global
pervaded contemporary visual inscription and museum history and theory research community. Each
civilian life. The noise actualized sonority, sound as well as twentieth and collection is a remarkable
of industrial machinery, archive and sonic weapon. twenty-first century German achievement on its own,
literature and culture. but taken together, it’s
astounding what has
EARDRUMS
Literary Modernism as Sonic Warfare
been accomplished.”
TYLER WHITNEY Congratulations to Hartmut Rastalsky!
Congratulations to Language
Program Director Hartmut
Rastalsky who was selected
as one of only three
Collegiate Lecturers for the
entire University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor campus. This is
a huge distinction, and one
that is truly deserved!
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U N D E RG R A D UATE S T UD ENT FOCU S
Careers for Students of German
by Mary Rodena-Krasan, Undergraduate Student Advisor
This October, the German helped them succeed in Felten, who works for a global necessity for success in their
department held its inaugural their respective careers. relocation company in Troy, jobs, the stories told gave
Careers for Students Michigan, noted that speaking concrete examples of how the
of German event. Four Kim, who works in the airline and understanding German German language benefited
department alumni — Brianna industry, shared how she is a necessity for a company their careers, helped to give
Felten, Joel Stark, Erich noticed her job interviewer located in a region populated them a competitive edge,
Bergmann, and Jennifer Kim was German during her by companies with German and enriched their lives.
— spoke to current students interview. She is convinced ties, which often relocate Current students can take
about how having a German that once she started to employees to the area. these stories to heart in the
major played a role in their speak German to him, the knowledge that German as a
lives and current careers. connection formed via that For all panelists, there was course of study can be useful
Representing a span of exchange was what gave her resounding consensus about professionally in diverse
graduation dates from 2009 the advantage over other the rewarding experience and interdisciplinary fields.
to 2017, our panelists also candidates and landed her they had in the department.
represented diverse areas the job. She also spoke of In particular, studying Interested in viewing the
of employment. Ranging how German comes into play abroad left a favorable and panel event to learn more
from the airline industry during customer interactions indelible mark on their ideas, about career options?
to investment firms like in her daily tasks — a fact that attitudes, and overall See myumi.ch/aMwqN
GE Capital, presenters has distinguished her from evolution as young adults.
discussed how German her colleagues professionally. Whether as a serendipitous
occurrence or as a daily
Student Photo Contest
The University of Michigan The winners are:
Department of Germanic
First Place ($100) Second Place ($75) Third Place ($50)
Languages and Literatures
held a photo contest for Above the Elbe (Saxon Reflections of Old and New Munich Olympic Park
all students affiliated with Switzerland National (Dresden, Germany) by (München, Bayern, Germany)
the Germanic department Park, Germany) by Miranda Campe, Russian, by Amanda Hardy, BA German
through research, study, or an Miranda Campe, Russian, German, and International Studies, BA International
internship abroad completed German, and International Studies, BA, expected 2021, Studies, expected 2019.
between May 1 – August 31, Studies, BA, expected 2021, Summer 2018 recipient “Olympic parks are my
2018. Forty submissions Summer 2018 recipient of Sturm Scholarship for favorite attractions, but
were received, which were of Sturm Scholarship for Goethe-Institut Study. Munich's was very special.
judged on subject matter, Goethe-Institut Study. “A new glass parking Memorials to the Israeli
composition, technical quality, structure in Old Town, athletes and the police
creativity, and originality. See this photo on the cover. Dresden reflects the officer killed in a horrific
buildings surrounding it.” attack at these games
combined with an
overwhelming triumphant
atmosphere of international
unity and strength gave the
park a special feeling.”
See this photo on the cover.
6 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
German Film Series
by Mary Hennessy, Mary Fair Croushore Graduate Fellow, Institute for the Humanities
The department's very a film that has redefined the
first German Film series, landscape of contemporary
organized by Faculty Director German cinema. Professor
of the Max Kade House Tyler Whitney’s introduction
Vicki Dischler and graduate to the film emphasized
student Mary Hennessy, has its depiction of a “global
proved a roaring success! Germany” and its take
One Wednesday evening on workplace humor.
per month during the fall
term, around 30 members A follow-up to his silent thriller
of the Department of Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler
Germanic Languages and (1922), Fritz Lang’s The
Literatures, Max Kade Testament of Dr. Mabuse
German Residence, Ann follows criminal mastermind-
Arbor and U-M communities turned-madman Dr. Mabuse
gathered together to enjoy a (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) as
meal, catch up, and watch a he seeks to establish a
German film in North Quad, criminal empire from an
home for Max Kade students. insane asylum. Banned
by the Nazis soon after its
The fall program ran the release, Mabuse is a police
German cinema gamut. We procedural about madness,
kicked off the series with violence, and power.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Lecturer Ramona Uritescu-
New German Cinema gem Lombard’s introduction
Martha (1974), then jumped to the film focused on
to the present day with Maren the film’s depiction of the
Ade’s festival favorite Toni relationship between power,
Erdmann (2016), before in/visibility, and media.
traveling back in time once
more with Fritz Lang’s classic Although each film
thriller The Testament of Dr. represents a particular
Mabuse (1933). Each film genre (melodrama, comedy,
was chosen and introduced and crime film) and hails
by a department graduate from a different historical
in Rome. Once married, In Ade’s bittersweet dramedy,
student, faculty member, moment, all three films
Helmut’s domineering and a retired music teacher
or lecturer, and showcased explored themes of power in
sadistic behavior leads (Peter Simonischek) with a
our department’s diverse myriad forms—in society, law,
Martha to believe that her penchant for playing practical
interests in German cinema. marriage, and family. Stay
new husband is trying to jokes tries to reconnect with
tuned for more information
kill her. Graduate student his hardworking daughter
Fassbinder’s melodrama about next term's line-
Mary Hennessy introduced (Sandra Hüller). Featuring
stars Margit Carstensen up, which will include a
Martha by situating the film no end of awkward father-
as the eponymous Martha, detective comedy from 1913,
against women’s films from daughter encounters and
a librarian who meets her experimental films by Friedl
the 1940s and Douglas a memorable rendition of
future husband Helmut and Peter Kubelka, and a
Sirk’s 1950s melodramas. Whitney Houston’s “Greatest
(Karlheinz Böhm) on vacation 2011 documentary about
Love of All,” Toni Erdmann is
the Austrian rapper Nazar.
lsa.umich.edu/german 7
GR A D UATE S T U D ENT FOCU S
Best Graduate German Ph.D. candidate Congratulations!
Elizabeth McNeill was
Student Essay awarded The German
Quarterly's Best Graduate
Student Essay Award for
her essay “Writing with
'Pfotenhänden': Reading
(with) Polar Bears in Yoko
Tawada's Etüden im Schnee.”
Each year, the journal's
editorial board, in cooperation
with the journal's editor,
Nic Heckner successfully
selects an article among
defended his dissertation on
the submissions received
Embodied Historiographies:
from graduate students.
Affect and Realism in the
McNeill's essay was selected
"Medal of Honor" and "Call
for its original and thorough
of Duty" Franchises after
reading of Tawada's text
"Saving Private Ryan". Heckner
and will be published in
accepted a position as
an upcoming issue of
adjunct lecturer at Aquinas
The German Quarterly.
College in September 2018.
Welcome
New
Students!
Kristina Bruening Pavel Brunssen Veronica Williamson
Before coming to Michigan, Before starting at U-M, Veronica is broadly interested
Kristina received her B.A. Pavel earned his M.A. from in migrant and minority
in North American Studies the Center for Research discourses, particularly in
with a focus on culture and on Antisemitism at the how digital media and film
sociology from FU Berlin’s Technische Universität Berlin are utilized to curate and
John F. Kennedy Institute and his B.A. in social work exhibit refugee experiences
in 2017. Broadly speaking, and social pedagogy from in contemporary German
Kristina’s work explores the Hochschule Düsseldorf. culture. Veronica received her
the intersectionality of Among the main areas B.A. from Dartmouth College
race, gender, class and of his research interests in 2017 with High Honors in
sexuality in contemporary are antisemitism and German Cultural Studies.
American media culture. antigypsyism in European
soccer fan cultures.
8 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
S TAY I N G C O N N E C TED
A Semester Abroad
by Bailey Compton
two months in Schwäbisch college town and there is an circumstances that surround
Hall, I had the opportunity obvious emphasis on natural me. This perspective will
to make friends from all outdoor leisure spaces, be invaluable to me as
over the world while at first which are well enjoyed by its I continue my scholarly
living with a host family and citizens. There were regular work as a member of the
then in student dorms. community events such as first cohort of students in
the Stocherkahnrennen, the Transcultural Studies
I could also tell them a punting boat race, and Masters program here at
about how easy it was to clubhouse parties hosted the University of Michigan.
travel in Europe. Study by the university which In time, I hope that this
abroad was an amazing allowed me to get to know my experience will prove useful
opportunity to experience classmates and the locals. to me as I continue in my
not only the culture of Baden As a student, the classes I pursuit of higher education.
Württemberg, Germany, but took were engaging and there
Since returning home from also the cultures in the areas were plenty of international Spending a term abroad
a semester in Tübingen, surrounding me. Taking the students in each class, which was the perfect capstone
Germany, many of my train was a unique, liberating made me feel right at home. for my degree and it taught
friends and family have been experience that taught me me lifelong lessons in
inquiring about my favorite how to fend for myself in All of these experiences independence, spontaneity,
aspect of study abroad. difficult situations that were taught me valuable lessons and self-confidence. I am
Every time I am asked, I even further complicated and led to my favorite part grateful to my advisors at the
get the chance to reflect by a language barrier. of studying abroad: the new University of Michigan for
and choose the moments perspective it gave me when recommending this program
and experiences that were Furthermore, I could tell them I returned home. Seeing to me and for helping me
the most special to me. about my personal experience how other cultures live and every step of the way. I am
as an international student look at the world around especially thankful for the
I could tell them about my at the Universität Tübingen, them reshaped the way that Sturm Family Scholarship
experience at the Goethe- a German university. The I see my world and made I received to make this
Institut, for example. During city itself is a beautiful me more sensitive to the experience possible.
Congratulations Kathryn Sederberg! Congratulations Ela Gezen!
Congratulations to alumna Kathryn
Ela Gezen, Ph.D. ’12, received
Sederberg, Ph.D., who was awarded
tenure at the University of
the prize for best article in the journal
Massachusetts Amherst. She
Unterrichtspraxis for “The First
is now Associate Professor
World War in the Literacy-Focused
and Undergraduate Program
Classroom: Teaching German through
Director in the German
Cultural Themes.” She was honored
& Scandinavian Studies
at this year’s American Council on
Department. Congratulations
the Teaching of Foreign Languages
on this fine accomplishment!
conference in New Orleans.
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DU TC H S T U D I E S
Space Travel
by Hannah Boettcher
For four weeks last summer, driving over the Afsluitdijk,
I was given the opportunity, visiting the port of Rotterdam,
in part by the Martijn Zwart and taking a trip to
Scholarship, to study in Blauwestad, a “floating city”
the northern Dutch city of in the province of Groningen.
Groningen. While at the Because I was already
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, familiar with Dutch culture
I participated in a program through the Dutch program,
called “Society, Environment, my travels could best be
Transportation, and Space: described as a search
The Dutch Experience.” The for “authentic Dutch
program largely concerned culture.” A few weeks in, I
itself with how Dutch had a realization that the
cities manage their space overlooked and mundane
through urban development, aspects of society were about how Dutch culture it. This is not so unrealistic
infrastructure, and water exactly what I was searching treats the concept of space. a goal for American society
management systems. A large for. It wasn’t the landmarks Consciousness of closely to aspire to. If we took a cue
emphasis was placed on the and landscapes but the shared spaces seemed to from the Dutch on these
compact city policy which modesty that I encountered influence people to behave matters, we could begin to
aims to limit urban sprawl every day that allowed me in a more modest, but solve some of our societal
and promote dense cities to analyze the more intricate less apologetic fashion. problems stemming from
as a way to contribute to the meanings of culture. I tuned My experience in Groningen greed and our fixation on
sustainability of the city and into the terse way individuals and elsewhere in the private property. Space
promote community building. interacted at the supermarket Netherlands left me with exists all around us; how we
As part of the program, we and the way bikers or a new perspective and a choose exist within it is of
took many guided excursions pedestrians would brush by way to contemplate the huge importance. For me,
in and around Groningen others without apologies. concept of space and how it took leaving my space to
and through the rest of the These small overlooked people collectively take begin to tackle these issues.
country. Some highlights were behaviors revealed a lot responsibility to exist within
Dutch Memorial Day: Erasing People After Death
by Annemarie Toebosch, Director of Dutch Studies
Indonesia declared its legally recognized Indonesian
independence in 1945 after Independence Day. Indonesia
350 years of Dutch East paid the Netherlands
India Company control, Dutch large sums of money
state rule, and Japanese after independence. The
occupation during WWII. What Netherlands, in kind, has not
followed was an attempted paid restitution for its colonial
recolonization war. 70 years exploitation of slave labor and
later, Indonesian victims of goods. Read the full article
war are not commemorated here: theconversation.com/
on Dutch Memorial Day, dutch-memorial-day-erasing-
and the Dutch state has not people-after-death-97236
Top Image: Hannah Boettcher in Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
Bottom Image: Indonesian independence war, relief sculpture
photo courtesy of AP Photo/Masyudi S. Firmansyah
10 Department of Germanic Languages and LiteraturesS CA N D I NAV IA N S T UD IE S
Scandinavian Program 2018
by Johanna Eriksson, Director of Scandinavian Studies
In southeast Michigan, the the University of Michigan "Tucked back in the beautiful I was able to walk amongst
Scandinavian Christmas has benefitted greatly from Gotlandic countryside, our the burials and settlements
season starts in November SWEA's loyal and generous site was the remains of an that I have read so much
with two popular Christmas support, including a early Iron Age hillfort that about and since returning I
bazaars arranged by our scholarship for an internship was later used for many have been able to understand
local Scandinavian clubs. or study abroad experience in Viking Age burials. One of academic articles and books
Both were held at the Sweden, as well as support the greatest feelings in my with much more clarity.”
Finnish Center’s clubhouse of our public events. In the life was pulling up my first
in Farmington Hills this year. beginning of December, artifacts: a bright blue glass The annual Raoul Wallenberg
The Michigan members the Jenny Lind Club held bead, rugged horseshoe Event on November 14,
of the Swedish Women’s their annual Lucia dinner, nails —
things that you only 2018 honored two different
Educational Association where three of our second see behind glass I was able youth advocacy groups
(SWEA) worked hard making year students performed to hold in my hands.” working to stop gun violence.
wonderful homemade songs of the season. Parkland Florida's March
decorations and baking Sean was able to gather for Our Lives started a large
bread, pastries, and cookies Congratulations to Sean information for his global movement after
to be sold at the bazaar. Cantrell, class of 2019, honor thesis, traveling the massacre at their high
Swedish gravlax and meatball who received the SWEA through Sweden: school, and BRAVE from the
sandwiches, waffles, cookies, MAME stipend to study at an south side of Chicago has
and glögg were served. archaeological field school “My research took me all engaged youth for more than
Children from the Swedish on Gotland. In September, he over Southern and Central ten years to stop gun violence
school performed a Lucia presented about his time in Sweden, spending most of in its community and beyond.
pageant and many University Sweden to a group of SWEA my time at Uppåkra (Lund), In addition to delivering the
of Michigan students joined members on campus and Sigtuna, and Uppsala. My Wallenberg Lecture, students
in (see cover photo). This also broadcast live on SWEA thesis, which explores the of both groups met with local
is SWEA's most important Världen's Facebook page. development of elite ideology youth advocacy groups in the
fundraising event, with more Sean learned a great deal, in the early medieval period, area while visiting Ann Arbor.
than 600 paying guests. The getting his first hands-on has grown immensely as a
Scandinavian Program at experience at an excavation. result of this experience.
Right Image: Sofia Lopiano, Emily Wogaman, Daniel Frechette,
Daniel Hult, and Cameron Dziama play role games in Swedish
Left Image: Proud Swedish teachers Johanna
Eriksson and Maria Gull with Sean Cantrell
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and Literatures
812 East Washington Street
3110 Modern Languages Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 -1275
(734) 764-8018 • www.lsa.umich.edu/german
Cover Photos
Top image: Above the Elbe. Photo by Miranda Campe.
Bottom Right image: Munich Olympic Park. Photo by Amanda
Hardy
Bottom Left image: Swedish students helping with the 2018
Christmas Bazaar
Table of Contents Image
Detail from Rackham Graduate School. Photo by Sarah Nesbitt.
Chair: Andreas Gailus
Asst. Editor: Jennifer White
Layout: Michele Dimond
The Regents of The University of Michigan
Michael J. Behm
Mark J. Bernstein Mary Crichton, Professor Emeritus
Shauna Ryder Diggs
Denise Ilitch With sadness, we note that Her research interests
Andrea Fischer Newman Professor Emeritus Mary included German lyric
Andrew C. Richner Crichton passed away August poetry of the late 18th
Ron Weiser 11, 2018. Crichton joined to early 20th century,
Katherine E. White the department in 1955 Goethe, Annette von
Mark S. Schlissel (ex officio) and served as an associate Droste-Hülshoff, and
professor from 1965-1995. women’s love poetry.
German Day March 15, 2019
We look forward to welcoming hundreds of high school teachers and students to
campus for German Day 2019! This year’s theme is Wanderlust. Like many German
words such as Doppelgänger and Zeitgeist, Angst or Schadenfreude, the term
Wanderlust has also found its place in the English language. Wanderlust is much more
than just a desire to travel or explore. It is a way of life, a way of looking at the world —
with curiosity, an openness to new experiences, and a desire to discover and learn.You can also read
