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Peter Hoeyng CV

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D., August 1994

Studie zur Darstellung des Historischen auf dem Theater am Ende des 18.Jahrhunderts

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus L. Berghahn

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Studies in Modern German Literature, 1988-1990

University of Siegen

Staatsexamen , May 1988

Studies in German, History, and Pedagogy, 1986-1988

University of Bonn

Studies in German, History, and Pedagogy, 1981-1986

Work Experience

Emory University

• Chair of the Department of German Studies, 2005-

University of Tennessee

• Chair of the German Studies Program, 1999-2005

• Associate Director of University Honors Program, January 2004-July 2005

• Associate Professor of German, 2000-2005

• Assistant Professor of German, 1994-2000

• Instructor of German, 1993-1994

Grants, Awards, and Honors

18. Travel Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) for the Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts , Wolfenbüttel, Germany, September 30-October 2, 2004

17. University Studies Award for Outstanding Contributions to Interdisciplinary Scholarship , September 2004

16.Citation for Extraordinary Service to the University of Tennessee, April 2003

15. Contributions to the University of Tennessee in honor of my work by A. Cohen, A. Loughry (Trustee)

14. Jefferson Prize , University of Tennessee, 2002-2005

13. Grant for Berlin-Course from Max Kade Foundation, New York, spring 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004

12. Grant for Berlin-Course from Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, Berlin, Germany, spring 2001

11. Award by the Council for Intellectual & Cultural Expression at UT, fall 2000

10 . Faculty Research Award by UT, summer 2000

9.Award for Professional Promise in Researchby UT, spring 2000

8.Faculty Research Award by the Dean of Arts & Sciences, UT, summer 1999

7. Travel Grant by the Goethe-Institute for conference on German Studies, Melbourne, Australia, summer 1999

6 . Travel Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) for Thomas Bernhard–Tage , Berlin, Germany , September 16-20, 1998

5. Exhibit, Performance, and Publication Expense (EPPE) , UT, fall 1997

4.Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany, July 1997

3. Travel Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) for Internationale Fachkonferenz: Theater im Kulturwandel des 18. Jahrhunderts , Gotha, Germany, October 2-5, 1996

2. Faculty Research Award by UT, summer 1996

1.Faculty Research Award by UT, summer 1995

Areas of Specializations

• German Literature and Culture since the 18th Century

• German-Jewish Culture since 1750

• Cultural History of Berlin in the 20 th Century

• New Historicism and Cultural Studies

• Genre Theory (Drama) and History of German Drama and Theater

• Censorship

• Authors: Lessing, Schiller, Goethe, George Tabori, Thomas Bernhard

1. Research

1.0. Ongoing Research Projects

• Beethoven’s Intellectual Life in Vienna

• Hugo Bettauer’s Writings in New York

1.1. Publications

1.1.1. Books

•Die Sterne, die Zensur und das Vaterland: Geschichte und Theater im späten 18. Jahrhundert. Wien, Köln, and Weimar: Böhlau, 2003.

Reviewed by Dietrich Borchmeyer in: IASL, http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/ 12.11.2004.

Reviewed by Karin A. Wurst in: GermanQuarterly 79.3 (2006): 391-392.

• Ed. Verkörperte Geschichtsentwürfe: George Taboris Theaterarbeit. Embodied Projections on History: George Tabori’s Theater Work . Tübingen: Francke, 1998.

Introductory essay, pp. 3-12. and “Immer spielt ihr und scherzt?” Zur Dialektik des Lachens in George Tabori’s Mein Kampf. Farce, pp. 129-150.

Reviewed by Timothy Malchow in: German Quarterly 74.2 (2001): 220-221.

Reviewed by Jürgen Koppensteiner in: German Studies Review XXIV.3 (2001): 647-648.

1.1.2. Essays in Refereed Journals

8. “ ’Laufet Brüder Eure Bahn’: Zur Geistverwandtschaft zwischen Schiller und Beethoven.”

Monatshefte 97.3 (2005): 468-477.

7. “Plays of Domination and Submission in Thomas Bernhard’s Ritter, Dene, Voss (1986), and Werner Schwab’s Die Präsidentinnen (1990).”

The German Quarterly , vol. 76.3 (2003): 300-313.

6. “George Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht: A Success Story.”

Brecht-Yearbook , Vol. 24 (1999): 96-107.

5. “’Car, radio, blond wife, good address, job with big business.’ Taboris Jahre in den Vereinigten Staaten.”

Text + Kritik , Vol. 133 (1997): 18-27.

4 .“Schiller Goes to the Movies: Locating the Sublime in Thelma and Louise.”

Die Unterrichtspraxis , Vol. 30.1 (1997): 40-49.

3 . “Wieviel Volk braucht ein Schriftsteller? Nicht nur Gedanken zur Schiller-Bürger-Debatte.”

New German Review , Vol. 8 (1993): 131-143.

2 . “‘Erzähl doch keine Geschichte’ - Zum Verhältnis von Geschichtsschreibung und erzählender Literatur.”

Der Deutschunterricht, Vol. 43.4 (1991): 80-89.

1 . “Kunst der Wahrheit oder Wahrheit der Kunst? Die Figur Wallenstein bei Schiller, Ranke und Golo Mann.”

Monatshefte , Vol. 82.2 (1990): 142-156.
1.1.3. Commissioned and Refereed Essays in Books

13. “Hugo Bettauer’s Dreams of a White Vienna.”

Forthcoming in a book on whiteness. Ed. La Vinia Jennings.

12. ‘ ’Shakespeare’s Bruder’: Beethovens Shakespeare-Lektüre und ihre unerhörten Folgen.”

Forthcoming : Die deutsche Shakespeare-Rezeption im 18. Jahrhundert. Ed. Roger Paulin . Göttingen: Wallstein, 2007.

11. “Theodor Herzl’s Dialectical Moves in His Last Play Solon in Lydien.”

Forthcoming : Festschrift for Klaus L. Berghahn. Ed. Jost Hermand. German Life and Civilization. Oxford : P . Lang: 2007.

10. “Die Geburt der Theaterzensur aus dem Geiste bürgerlicher Moral – Thesen zur Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert.”

Zensur im Jahrhundert der Aufklärung. Geschichte, Theorie, Praxis . Eds. Wilhelm Haefs und York-Gothart Mix. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2007.

9. “Adonaj entgegen im Sturm: Auf den Spuren von Abraham Sonne zu Avraham Ben Yitzhaks lyrischem Werk.”

Der untote Gott. Religion und Ästhetik in der deutschen und österreichischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts .

Eds. Olaf Berwald und Gregor Thuswaldner. Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau, 2007.

8. . “Von ironischer Dialektik zu menschelndem Pathos: Kritische Einwürfe zu Robert Wilsons, Herbert Grönemeyers und Arezu Weitholz’ Leonce und Lena-Inszenierung am Berliner Ensemble (2003).”

Georg Büchner: Neue Perspektiven zur internationalen Rezeption . Ed. Dieter Sevin. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2007. 239-250.

7. “Lessing’s Drama Theory.”

A Companion to the Works of Lessing . Eds. Barbara Fischer and Thomas C. Fox. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2005. 211-229.

6. “From Darkness to Visibility: Walter Kempowski’s Das Echolot (Sonar) and Günter Grass’ Im Krebsgang (Crab Walk) as Two Overdue Narratives Facing World War II in Germany.”

Reconstruction Societies in the Aftermath of War: Memory, Identity, and Reconstruction . Ed. Flavia Brizio-Skov. Boca Raton: Bordighera, 2004. 169-187.

5. “http://worldwidewagner.de – An Interview with the Composer, Concerning History, Nation and Die Meistersinger on German Nationhood.”

Wagner’s Meistersinger: Performance, History Representation. Ed. Nicholas Vazsonyi. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2002. 120-142.

4. “’Was ist die Nationalbühne im eigentlichsten Verstande?’ Thesen über die Nationaltheater im späten 18. Jahrhundert als Ort eines National-Diskurses.”

Searching for Common Ground: Diskurse zur deutschen Identität 1750-1871 . Ed. NicholasVazsonyi. Wien, Köln, Weimar: Böhlau, 2000. 209-225.

3. “Vier Gründe, warum Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert vernachlässigt wird.”

Theater im Kulturwandel des 18. Jahrhunderts. Inszenierung und Wahrnehmung von Körper-Musik-Sprache . Eds. Erika Fischer-Lichte and Jörg Schönert. Göttingen: Wallstein, 1999. 433-447.

2 . “Dramatische Geschichtsmetaphysik: Kaspar Hauser aus anthroposophischer Sicht. Nebst Anmerkungen zu einem blinden Fleck der Germanistik.”

Der imaginierte Findling: Studien zur Kaspar-Hauser-Rezeption . Ed. Ulrich Struve. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, 1995. 182-206.

1 . “Mediating Sexuality in Manfred Bieler’s Still wie die Nacht’ Memoiren eines Kindes.”

(Co-authored with Antje Harnisch)

High and Low Cultures. German Attempts at Mediation . Eds. Reinhold Grimm and Jost Hermand. Monatshefte Occasional Volume 14. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. 114-120.

1.1.4. Conference Proceedings and Other Publications

9. “ A Double Void: The Impact of the Holocaust in Berlin and Its Lack of KONTAKT with Poland.”

Forthcoming: Conference Proceedings of the 4 th International Printmaking Conference Impact 4 – KONTAKT, Berlin-Poznan, September 5-10, 2005.

8. ”Cultural Studies als Ansatz eines neuen Beethoven-Bildes.”

Akten des X. Interntionalen Germanistenkongresses. Wien 2000 . Bd. 9: Literaturwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft. Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik, Reihe A, Bd. 61.Bern: Peter Lang, 2003. 229-234.

7. “American Vergangenheitsbewältigung. George Tabori’s The Brecht File in Knoxville, Tennessee.”

(Co-authored with Vera Pantanizopolous-Broux)

Communications from the International Brecht Society , Vol. 30, 1-2 (2001): 22-24.

6. “Tabori’s Leerstück. George Tabori’s The Brecht-File Opens the Berliner Ensemble under Claus Peymann.”

Communications from the International Brecht Society , Vol. 29, 1-2 (2000): 15-18.

5. “’Coming Out’ ist ‘in’: Neuere Forschungsliteratur aus den Vereinigten Staaten zu Geschlecht, Sexualität und Familie im achtzehnten Jahrhundert.” (Review essay, co-authored with Dr. Birgit Tautz).

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 23.1 (1999): 83-88.

4. “’Was seh ich? Welch ein himmlischBild/ Zeigt sich in diesem Zauberspiegel!’ Neuere

Forschungsliteratur zu Goethe: ein Kommentar. (Review essay)

Colloquia Germanica , Vol. 30.2 (1997): 171-187.

3. Entries on Goethe, Schiller, and Heine for Ready Reference: Censorship, 3 vol. (Salem Press, CA 1997).

2. “Zur Krise der Germanistik in den USA. Eine Erwiderung auf Egon Schwarz’ harmonisierende Einschätzung.”

Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik , Vol. 25.97 (1995): 162-166.

1 .“Using the Internet and World-Wide-Web: A Practical Guide for German Teachers.”

(Co-authored with Chauncey Mellor), Schatzkammer, Vol. XXI, 1-2 (1995): 135-149.

1.1.5. Book Reviews

37. Stephen Rumph. Beethoven after Napoleon. Political Romanticism in the Late Works. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

Forthcoming in: Journal of the American Musicology Society (JAMS) 2007.

36. Schiller’s “On Grace and Dignity” in Its Cultural Context. Essays and a New Translation . Eds. Jane V. Curran and Christophe Fricker. Rochester: Camden House, 2005.

Forthcoming in: German Studies Review, 2007.

35. Music and Literature in Romanticism . Eds. Siobhan Donovan and Robin Elliott. Rochester: Camden House, 2005.

Forthcoming in: Goethe-Yearbook, vol. 14, 2006.

34. Adolf Muschg, Der Schein trügt nicht. Über Goethe. Frankfurt a. M.: Insel, 2004.

Forthcoming in: Goethe-Yearbook vol. 14, 2006.

33. Dieter Hildebrandt, Die Neunte: Schiller, Beethoven und die Geschichte eines musikalischen Welterfolgs. München: Hanser, 2005.

Forthcoming in: Beethoven Forum 13.2 (2006): .

32. Willi Jasper, Deutsch-Jüdischer Parnass. Literaturgeschichte eines Mythos. Berlin: Propyläen, 2004.

Colloquia Germanica , Vol.37.3/4 (2004): 347-349.

31. Katharina Meinel, Für Fürst und Vaterland: Begriff und Geschichte des Münchner Nationaltheaters im späten 18. Jahrhundert . München: Utz, 2003.

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 28.2 (2004): 302-304.

30. Alan Menhennet, The Historical Experience in German Drama: From Gryphius to Brecht. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2003.

Monatshefte , Vol. 96.4 (2004): 595-96.

29. Jost Hermand, Beethoven. Werk und Wirkung. Köln: Böhlau, 2003.

German Quarterly , Vol. 77.4 (2004): 494-496.

28. David G. Richards, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck. A History of Its Criticism. Rochester: Camden House, 2001.

Colloquia Germanica , Vol. 36.2 (2003): 186-188.

27. Matthias Hurst, Im Spannungsfeld der Aufklärung. Von Schillers Geisterseher zur TV-Serie The X-Files.

Rationalismus und Irrationalismus in Literatur, Film und Fernsehen 1789-1999 . Heidelberg: C. Winter, 2001.

Monatshefte , Vol. 95.2 (2003): 340-342.

26. Matthias Politycki, Das Schweigen am andern Ende des Rüssels. Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe, 2001.

Abitrium 3 (2002): 367-369.

25. Barbara Fischer, Nathans Ende? Von Lessing bis Tabori. Zur deutsch-jüdischen Rezeption von “Nathan der Weise”.Göttingen: Wallstein, 2000.

German Studies Review , Vol. XXV.2 (2002): 404-406.

24. Klaus L. Berghahn, Grenzen der Toleranz. Juden und Christen im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau, 2000.

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 26.2 (2002): 238-239.

23. Anat Feinberg, Embodied Memory: The Theatre of George Tabori. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999.

Monatshefte, Vol. 93.2 (2001): 253-255.

22. Jan Strümpel, Vorstellungen vom Holocaust. George Taboris Erinnerungs-Spiele. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2000.

German Studies Review , Vol. XXIV.2 (2001): 438-440.

21. Christopher Balme, Einführung in die Theaterwissenschaft. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1999.

Colloquia Germanica , Vol. 33.4 (2000): 388-390.

20. Walter Hinderer, Von der Idee des Menschen. Über Friedrich Schiller. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 1998.

German Studies Review , Vol. XXIV.1 (2001): 166-167.

19. Alexander Weiszflog, Zeiterfarhung und Sprachkunst: Goethes Torquato Tasso im Kontext der Ästhetik Schillers und Schlegels. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1997.

Monatshefte , Vol. 92.4 (2000): 508-510.

18. W. Daniel Wilson, Das Goethe-Tabu. Protest und Menschenrechte im klassischen Weimar. München: dtv, 1999.

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 25.1 (2001): 147-148.

17. Julie A. Reahard, “Aus einem unkbekannten Zentrum, zu einer nicht erkennbaren Grenze.” Chaos Theory, Hermeneutics and Goethe’s Die Wahlverwandschaften. Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997.

German Studies Review , Vol. XXIII.1 (2000): 128-129.

16. David E. Wellbery, The Specular Moment. Goethe’s Early Lyric and the Beginning of Romanticism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996.

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 21.1 (1997): 134-136.

15. Elisabeth Emter, Literatur und Quantentheorie.Die Rezeption der modernen Physik in Schriften zur Literatur und Philosophie deutschsprachiger Autoren (1925-1970 ). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

German Studies Review, Vol. XX.2 (1997): 383-385.

14. Ernst Behler, Jochen Hörisch, Günter Österle (Hg.), Athenäum. Jahrbuch für Romantik. Paderborn, München, Wien: Schöningh, 1994.

Colloquia Germanica , Vol. 29.3 (1996): 260-262.

13 . Alexander Kosenina, Anthropologie und Schauspielkunst. Studien zur ‘eloquentia corporis’ im 18. Jahrhundert. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1995.

Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert , Vol. 20.2 (1996): 247-249.

12 . Erika Fischer-Lichte, Wolfgang Greisenegger, Hans-Thies Lehmann (Hg.), Arbeitsfelder der Theaterwissenschaft. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1994.

German Quarterly , Vol. 69.4 (1996): 438-440.

11 . Martina Kitzbichler, Aufbegehren der Natur. Das Schicksal der vergesellschafteten Seele in Georg Büchners Werk. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1993.

German Studies Review , Vol. XVIII.3 (1995): 510-511.

10 . Erika Fischer-Lichte, Kurze Geschichte des deutschen Theaters. Tübingen: Francke, 1993.

German Quarterly , Vol. 68.2 (1995): 190-191.

9 . Michael S. Batts, A History of Histories of German Literature, 1835-1914. Montreal: McGill University Press, 1993.

German Studies Review , Vol. XVIII.1 (1995): 160-161.

8 . Thomas S. Falk, Elias Canetti. New York: Twayne, 1993.

German Quarterly , Vol. 67.4 (1994): 596-597.

7 . Ulrich Struve (Hg.), Der Findling. Kaspar Hauser in der Literatur. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1992. Broadcast on Saarländischer Rundfunk, January 30, 1993.

German Quarterly , Vol. 66.2 (1994): 285-287.

6 . Wolfgang F. Bender (Hg.), Schauspielkunst im 18. Jahrhundert. Grundlagen, Praxis, Autoren. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1992.

Monatshefte , Vol. 85.4 (1993): 494-496.

5 . Michael Patterson, The First German Theatre: Schiller, Goethe, Kleist and Büchner in Performance. London, New York: Routledge, 1990.

Monatshefte , Vol. 84.4 (1992): 516-518.

4 . John G. David, The German Nachspiel in the Eighteenth Century.Toronto: U Toronto P, 1991. German Quarterly , Vol. 65.3-4 (1992): 450-452.

3 . Harmut Eggert, Ulrich Profitlich und Klaus Scherpe (Hg.), Geschichte als Literatur. Formen der Repräsentation der Vergangenheit. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1990.

Monatshefte , Vol. 84.2 (1992): 247-249

2 . Bernd Goldmann (Hg.), Literarisches Rheinland-Pfalz heute. Autorenlexikon. Mainz: v. Hase & Koehler Verlag, 1988.

Monatshefte , Vol. 82.3 (1990): 379-380.

1 . H.M. Gauger (Hg.), Sprach-Störungen. Beiträge zur Sprachkritik. München: Hanser, 1986.

Muttersprache , Vol. 98 (1988): 272-275.

1.2. Presentations

1.2.1. Conferences

44. "Beethoven und Goethe."

122nd Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association

Philadelphia , December 27-30, 2006

43. Commentator for Session 78: “Humanist Legacies,” and 165: “Music and Literature in Historical Context.”

30 th Annual Conference of TheGerman Studies Association

Pittsburgh, PA September 28–October 1, 2006

42. “ Goethes Der Zauberflöte Zweiter Teil – Fragment: Pendelnd zwische Peripherie und Zentrum. "

37 th Annual Meeting of The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Montreal , March 30–April 1, 2006

41. "A Double Void: The Impact of the Holocaust in Berlin and Its Lack of KONTAKT with Poland."

Impact 4 – “Kontakt”

4 th International Printmaking Conference IMPACT 4, Berlin-Poznan, September 5-10, 2005

40. “A Comparative and Cross-Cultural Reading of Tabori’s Brecht File.”

Annual Comparative Drama Conference , State University of California, CA, March 31-April 3, 2005

39. “Embarking on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Teaching Images of America.”

54 th Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference

Knoxville, TN, October 14-16, 2004

38. “’Shakespeares Bruder’: Anmerkungen zu Beethovens unerhörter Rezeption Shakespeares.”

Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des achtzehnten Jahrhu nderts

Wolfenbüttel, Germany, September 30-October 2, 2004

37. “Büchners Theater als Musical? Robert Wilsons Büchner-Inszenierungen. ”

International Symposium on The Reception of Georg Büchner

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 15-18, 2004

36. “Beethoven’s Beethoven's Military Music: A Double-Edged Sword.”

35 th Annual Conference of The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Boston , 24-28 March, 2004

35. “The Dream of a White Vienna: Hugo Bettauer’s The City without Jews: A Novel of Our Time (1922).”

119 th Annual Convention of TheModern Language Association

San Diego, CA, December 27-30, 2003

34. “Subjektpositionen im historischen Raum: Christa Wolfs und Günter de Bruyns Unter den Linden (1969/2002).”

East Germany Revisited. Second East German Studies Conference

Berlin, October 3-5, 2003

33. “ Thesen zur Forschungssituation und Beschreibung der Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert.“

56 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington , KY , April 18-20, 2003

32. “Thesen zur Erforschung der Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert.”

Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des achtzehnten Jahrhu nderts

Wolfenbüttel , Germany , October 3-5, 2002

31. “ Framing Narratives of WWII in Germany – Walter Kemposwski’s Das Echolot (Sonar): Apocalypse Now.”

Aftermath of the War , Knoxville, TN, June 9-10, 2002

30. “Beethoven’s Hegel.”

55 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington , KY , April 18-20, 2002

29. “Beethoven’s Goethe.”

28 th Annual Conference of The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Chapel Hill , NC , February 28–March 2, 2002

28. “‘Besonnen, sehr ruhig sein und sich fügen’ – Beethoven’s Reading of Schiller’s Ode An die Freude as an Act of Disobedience.”

25 th Annual Conference of The German Studies Association

Washington, D.C., October 4-7, 2001

27. “Die Lust mit Sprache zu sehen. Erste Beobachtungen zu Matthias Polytickis Roman Ein Mann von vierzig Jahren.”

54 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington, KY, April 19-21, 2001

26. “Cultural Studies als Ansatz eines neuen Beethoven-Bildes.”

10 th International Conference of TheAssociation for Germanic Studies

Vienna, September 10-16, 2000

25. “Anmerkungen zu einer intellektuellen Biographie Beethovens.”

Symposion onBiography

Columbus , OH , February 24-27, 2000

24. “‘Was ist Nationalschaubühne im eigentlichsten Verstande? Thesen über die Nationaltheater im späten 18. Jahrhundert als Ort eines National-Diskurses.”

Symposion on German National Identity 1750-1871: Searching for Common Ground

Columbia , SC , April 8-10, 1999

23. “Chronicling Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, 1799.”

25 th Conference of The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Knoxville, TN, March 4-6, 1999

22. “Babos Drama Otto von Wittelsbach als Paradigma des Vaterlanddiskurses im 18. Jahrhundert.”

22 nd Annual German of The German Studies AssociationConference

Salt Lake City , UT , October 8-11, 1998

21. “Die keinen Text haben – Sprechkörper und Körpersprache. Anmerkungen zu Thomas Bernhards schweigenden Bühnenfiguren.”

Thomas Bernhard-Tage

Berlin , September 16-20, 1998

20. “George Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht:: A Success Story.”

10 th Symposium of The International Brecht Society

San Diego, CA, May 28-31, 1998

19. “Österreichs Klein- und Großbürger als obsessive Sprachgefangene. Eine komparatistische Etüde zu Werner Schwabs Die Präsidentinnen und Thomas Bernhards Ritter, Dene, Voss.”

The Dramatic Arts in Austrian and Central European Society

Minneapolis , MN , October 22-24, 1997

18. “Aspects of Censorship.” (Organizer and moderator of the session)

23 rd Annual Conference of The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Nashville , TN , April 9-12, 1997

17. “Goethe, and Censorship as a Constant of Literary Discourse.”

Cultural Studies: Approaches to the City of Weimar, Symposium

Davidson College, February 21-23, 1997.

16. “Forschungsperspektiven zur Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert.”

Internationale Fachkonferenz: Theater im Kulturwandel des 18. Jahrhunderts. Inszenierung und Wahrnehmung von Körper-Musik-Sprache

Gotha, Germany, October 2-5, 1996.

15 . “Das zweifache Lachen in George Taboris Mein Kampf. Farce .”

49 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington , KY , April 18-20, 1996

14. “Goethe as Theater Director.” Organizer and moderator of the session.

22 nd Annual Conference of The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Tallahassee, FL, February 28-March 3, 1996

13 . “Zu einem blinden Fleck der Forschung: Drei Aspekte zur Theaterzensur im 18. Jahrhundert.”

Annual Conference of TheSouth Atlantic Modern Language Association

Atlanta , GA , November 3-5, 1995

12 . “Lust an dem Leiden: Schillers Dramenästhetik als sublimierter Masochismus.”

19 th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers in German

Stanford, CA, August 4-8, 1995

11 . “Der elektronische Text in seiner qualitativen Dimension.”

42. Jahrestagung Der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien

Hamburg, June 6-9, 1995

10 . “Angefesselt bleiben und die Situationen steigern – Goethes Fragment Der Zauberflöte Zweiter Teil als ein Beispiel für Intertextualität.”

48 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington , KY , April 20-22, 1995

9 . “Goethe’s Appreciation of Walter Scott and His Ignorance of the Historic Novel.”

21 st Annual Conference of The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Mobile, AL, February 15-19, 1995

8 . “‘Das ist doch zum Lachen’: Taboris Mein Kampf. Farce (1987).” (Organizer of the panel on George Tabori)

18 th Annual Conference of TheAmerican Association of Teachers in German

Atlanta , GA , November 18-20, 1994

7 . “The Reception of New Historicism in Germanistik.”

44th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference

Knoxville, TN, October 20-22, 1994

6 . “Nathans Tod – George Taboris Travestie als ambivalente Antwort auf die Aufklärung.”

47th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.

Lexington , KY , April 21-23, 1994

5 . “The White Screen: Schiller’s Aesthetics in Thelma and Louise.”

46 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington, KY, April 22-24, 1993

4 . “Herbert Hahns Vom Genius Europas und Enzensbergers Ach Europa - Ein Vergleich.”

16 th Annual Conference of TheAmerican Association of Teachers in German

Baden-Baden , Germany , July 19-21, 1992

3 . “The Uses of History in Late Eighteenth-Century German Drama.”

Annual Conference of TheNorth Eastern American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

Burlington, VT, October 31-November 1, 1991

2 . “Mediating Sexuality in Manfred Bieler’s ‘Still wie die Nacht’ Memoiren eines Kindes.”

Wisconsin Workshop

Madison , WI , October 4-6, 1991

1. “Theoretische Überlegungen zum Thema: Darstellungn historischer Sachverhalte auf dem Theater am Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts.”

44 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Lexington , KY , April 25-27, 1991

1.2.2. Invited as a Speaker

13. “’Adonai entgegen im Sturm’ – Auf den Spuren von Abraham Sonne zu Avraham Ben Yitzhaks lyrischem Werk.”

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, June 14, 2006

12. “ Shakespeare’s Brother: Beethoven’s Readings of Shakespeare And the Unheard Consequences.”

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, January 26, 2006

11. “’Laufet Brüder Eure Bahn’: Zur Geistesverwandtschaft zwischen Schiller und Beethoven.”

Schiller-Symposium in Madison, WI, April 8-9, 2005

10. “The Ambivalence of Violence in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony through the Eyes of Anthony Burgess and Stanley Kubrick.”

Belmont University, Nashville, TN, April 10, 2003

9. Workshop on Berlin for AATG-chapter of Tennessee

University of the South, Sewanee, January 31 – February 1, 2003

8. “Chancen innerhalb einer strukturellen Krise: Anmerkungen zu einer Aufforderung für German Studies in den USA.”

Szeged University, Hungary, November 2003.

7. “Neues vom Meeresgrund: Walter Kempowskis Das Echolot und Güner Grass’ Im Krebsgang. Zwei überfällige

Narrative als Auseinandersetzung mit dem II. Weltkrieg.”

University of Szeged, Hungary, November 24-25, 2002

6. “Remember Berlin!?”

Belmont University, Nashville, TN, April 4, 2002.

5. “‘Diesen Kuss der gazen Welt’ – Die Gewalt des Humanen bei Schiller, Beethoven und Kubrick.”

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 13. Dezember 2001

4. “‘Amerika Du hast es besser?’ Einige ketzerische Gedanken zum US amerikanischen Ausbildungssystem.”

Freie Universität Berlin, 30. Mai 2001

3. “Eine Lehre Wilhelm Meisters nebst anderen Unwichtigkeiten: Drei Anmerkungen zur grundsätzlichen Situation der Germanistik in den USA.”

Symposion on The Future of German Studies, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia, 16-18 July, 1999

2. “Germanistik als Kulturwissenschaft? Oder: Die Kunst des Fragens.” Universität-Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany, July 3, 1997

• Universität Würzburg, Germany, July 16, 1997

1. “Who is afraid of Laughing? Remarks on George Tabor’s Mein Kampf. Farce (1987).”

• Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 20, 1996

• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 23, 1996

2. Teaching

2.1. Courses Taught at Emory College

• FAME: fall 2006

• 102:spring 2006

• 190 Freshmen Seminar: A Cultural History of Schiller’s An die Freude und Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: fall 2006

• 202: summer 2006

• 205 German-Jewish Culture in Vienna, summer 2006

• 463 Classicism and Romanticism, fall 2005

• 490 Directing Honor Thesis: Whitney Hosetter, 2006-2007

2.2. Courses Taught at the University of Tennessee

• 622 Seminar on German Identity from 1750-1999: spring 1999

• 621 Seminar on Faust: fall 1997

• 553 Weimar Classicism and Romanticism: fall 1994, 1999, 2000, spring 1997

• 485 Business German: spring 1994, 1995, 1996

• 433: Nation, Race & Ethnicity: fall 2004

• 422 Introduction to Drama: spring 1996, 2001, 2003

• 423 Architecture, Interdisciplinary Course on Berlin in the 20th Century, May 9-29, 2001

• 415/6 Berlin in the 20th Century–The City with Scars: 2001-2002, 2003-2004

• 421 German Poetry: fall 1995, spring 1998, 2000

• 411 Conversation & Composition: fall 1993, 2000

• 412 Conversation & Composition: fall 1997

• 350 German-Jewish Cultural History: fall 1998, spring 2002, spring 2003, 2005

• College Scholars Seminar, spring 2001

• 338 University Honors: Representation of Mourning, Dying & Death in Western Music: fall 2004

• 331/332 German for Graduate Reading: fall 1993, 1995, spring 1994, 1997

• 301 Introduction to German Literature: fall 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998

• 202: spring 2001

• 201: fall 1999

• 102/201: spring 1995, 1998, 1999

• 102: spring 2003, spring 2006

• 101 Beginning German: fall 1995

• First-Year-Studies: fall 1999, 2000

2.3. Directing Master Thesis & Reader at the University of Tennessee

• Diana Gortinskaya, spring 2005

• Alissa Nesbitt, summer 2004

• Svetlana Acevic, spring 2002

• Daniel C. Hubbard, spring 2000

• Irmtraud Cowell, spring 1997

•College Scholar Program Thesis: Heather Harris, spring 1996, and Devon Allen, spring 2002

• Honors Program: Thesis for Leslie Hamilton, spring 2003; Drew Holland fall 2004

• Reader on Master Theses and Ph.D. Committees, 1993-2005

3. Professional Responsibilities

3.1. Emory University

3.1.1. Department

• Chair of the German Studies Department, fall 2005-

• Director of the Summer Study Abroad Program in Vienna, 2006-2007

• Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2005-

• Orientation Weekend, fall 2006, 2007

Organizing lectures

1. Hiram Maxim, Georgetown University, February 2006

2. Birgit Tautz, Bowdoin College, October 2006

3. Lilian Friedberg, November 2006

3.1.2. College

• European Studies Seminar, Steering Committee, spring 2006-

• Preview-Program, September 9 & 16, 2006

3.2. University of Tennessee

3.2.1. Department

• Chair of German Program, fall 1999-spring 2005

• Acting Head, Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages, June 1994, July 1996, and 1998

• Selection Committee for Normandy Scholars Program, November 2001

• Library Representative for the German Program, fall 1993-2001

• Participating in the departmental Task Force Group, spring 1998

• Directing Second Year German Language Program, 1999-2000

• Leading a Discussion Group for the Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures Dept, fall 1999-2001

• Presenting research project on Beethoven at the Departmental Symposium, April 4, 2002

Organizing lectures

13. Professor Guy Stern, Wayne State University, April 2005

12. Student Cabaret Group from Rohrstock from Rostock, Germany, spring 2002

11. Distinguished author Jeannette Lander, Berlin, fall 2000

10. Distinguished author Matthias Politycki, Hamburg, spring 2000

9. Professor Russell Berman, Stanford University, fall 1999

8. Professor W. Daniel Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, spring 1999

7. Professor Klaus L. Berghahn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, fall 1998

6. Distinguished author Jeannette Lander, Berlin, fall 1998

5. Author Ulrich Woelk, Berlin, fall 1997

4. Ulrich Struve, Princeton University, spring 1997

3. Distinguished author Durs Grünbein, fall 1996

2. Dr. Martin Meyer, University of Kassel, Germany, fall 1995

1. Professor Reinhold Grimm, University of California, Riverside, spring 1995

• Organizing An Oktoberfest for the Mind: An Intellectual Look at 10 Years after the Unification, October 2000

• Assisting in the Frühlingsfest, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004

• Workshop for Business German, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, October 2, 1993

3.2.2. College

• Co-Director of the College Scholars Program, spring 2001

• Evaluating College Scholar Applications, fall 2000-fall 2004

• Associate Chair of Judaic Studies Program Committee, spring 1996, 1999

• Elected member of Judaic Studies Program Committee, fall 1996-2005

• AcademicAdvisor at the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Services, 1997-2000

• Member of the College Scholar ProgramCommittee, 1999-2004

3.2.3. University

• Nominated by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and appointed by the Governor of Tennessee for the Presidential Search Advisory Council, Representing Faculty of UT-Knoxville, 2003-2004

• Faculty Handbook-Committee, 2001-2004

• Committee on Developing a Curriculum for the Honors Program, fall 2003

• Life of the Mind -Program: Guiding two discussions for freshmen, summer 2003, 2004

• House Calls : a visit to the dormitories of freshman: fall 2003, 2004

• President of the AAUP chapter at UT, 2001-2002

• Selection Committee on Yates Dissertation Fellowships, spring 2002

• Committee member on post tenure review, spring 2002

• Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2001-2002

• Nominated for Faculty Senate President, spring 2001

• Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs, 2000-2001, 2004-2005

• Faculty Senate Committee on International Affairs, 1997-2001

•Senator of the Faculty Senate, 1997-2000

• Ad hoc-Committee on Electronic and Technological and Technologically-Enhanced Teaching and Delivery, 1999-2001

• Nominated for the Subcommittee on partial curriculum revisions for the humanities, spring1999

• Elected member of the Collection Development Faculty Advisory Group, 1996-1998

• ISEP interviews at the Center for International Education, fall 1994-1999

• Reviewing and Interviewing for TASA program, Dean of Graduate School, spring 2000

• Goethe exhibit at the occasion of his 250th anniversary of his birthday Hodges Library, March 1999

3.3. Profession

3.3.1. Reviewer

• Journals

German Quarterly , AATG, fall 2003-

Seminar , University of Toronto Press, spring 1999-

Unterrichtspraxis , AATG, spring 2000-2004

Soundings , University of Tennessee, fall 2000-2005

• Evaluator forPromotion to Associate and Full Professor

• Book manuscript

3.3.2. Offices

• AATG Executive Council, Representative of the Southeast Region, 2007-2008

3.3.3. Other

• Participant of the ADFL-Summer Seminar for Chairs, Seattle, WA, July 2005

• Presentation on the interdisciplinary Berlin-Course at the 34th TFLTA-Meeting.

Nashville , TN , November 3, 2001

• Reviewing application files for a NEH Summer Seminar, spring 2001

• Invited as the moderator at the Symposium German Pop Culture: How American is It? University of South Carolina, April 5-7, 2001

• Board member of TheSoutheastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, spring 2000-2002

•Co-organizer of the 25th Annual Conference of TheSoutheastern American Societyfor Eighteenth-Century Studies, Konxivllie, TN, March 4-6, 1999

3.4. Public and Outreach

3.4.1. Emory University

• Dinner with 12 Strangers, September 16, 2006

• Board of PushPush Theater, Decatur, GA 2006-2008

3.4.2. University of Tennessee

• Presentation on G. Grass’ Danzig in Die Blechtrommel as part of a session at the

East Tennesse Holocaust Conference , April 1-3, 2001

• Lecture on George Tabori’s Play The Brecht File at Barnes & Nobles, Knoxville, TN, March 5, 2001

• Introduction to the movie Comedian Harmonists (1997) at the Jewish Film Festival in Knoxville,

TN, October 28, 2000

• “George Tabori & Michael Verhoeven: My Mother’s Courage: Introduction and Discussion.”

• Knoxville, TN, Jewish Community Center, November 5, 1998

• Columbia, SC, Nickelodeon Film Theater, April 12, 1998

• Co-Organizer for an exhibit of George Tabori’s Mein Kampf and participating in a discussion on the production by the Theater Department of the University of Tennessee, November 1997

•Facilitating and promoting George Tabori’s Mein Kampf for a performance by the

Theater Department at the University of Tennessee, 1995-1997

• Giving lectures on behalf of the Speakers Bureau at UT’s College of Arts and Sciences:

• Unitarian Church, Knoxville, October 24, 2004

• Music Teacher Association in Knoxville, February 18, 2004

• Public Library’s Book Club, October 2001

• Ossoli Circle, Knoxville, October 2000

• Eldery Home, Knoxville, January 2000

• Ossoli Circle, Knoxville, November 1999

• Civitan Club at Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, TN, April 1995

• International Friends Club, Knoxville, TN, March 16, 1995

3.5. Membership