FLL What's New!

3/26/07
Deutsche Sommershule am Pazifik, a program of the German section of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures was recently awarded a grant for $41,000.00 for the 2007 year from the Max Kade Foundation, Inc.

3/9/07
New Publications from Dr. Timm Menke

1. Book review of: Arno Schmidt, Supplemente 2. Lesungen, Interviews, Umfragen. Arno Schmidt Stiftung im Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2006. In IRAS: Internet Review Arno Schmidt;
2. History of Philosophy in Gottfried Benn's Oratorio "Das Unaufhörliche" and Bert Brecht's Teaching Play " Die Massnahme". In Gottfried Benn-Studien. Eds. Walter Delabar and Koch, Ursula. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2007.

5/19/06
Jackie Gross, a graduate student in German has been accepted into the Ph.D. Program in Germanic Studies at the University of Minnesota and was awarded a TA-ship as well as a full scholarship. Congratulations, Jackie!

3/23/06
William B. Fischer, German and Mary Bastiani of Portland Public Schools, have received a $50,000 No Child Left Behind - University/School Partnership grant. The funds will support training K-12 in-service teachers and PSU FLL graduate students in adjusting teaching techniques and materials to varying learning styles, with follow-up outcomes research and design of a new course at PSU.

3/17/06
Congratulations to Dr. Menke on his new publication. Timm Menke, W.G. Sebald's 'On the Natural History of Destruction'. In Wilms, Rasch, eds, "Bombs Away! Representing the Air War over Europe  and Japan". Amsterdam/ New York: Rodopi. 2006. 149-163.

2/24/06
Dr. Jennifer Perlmutter, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, published a review of Michael S. Koppisch’s book Rivalry and the Disruption of Order in Molière’s Theater in the February 2006 issue of The French Review.

10/27/05
Timm Menke has had a book review published. His review was of a book by Robert Weninger, entitled: Streitbare Literaten. Kontroversen und Eklats in der deutschen Literatur von Adorno bis Walser. Munich : C.H. Beck, 2004. In German Studies Review 28/3 (2005).

10/18/05
Timm Menke's book review, "Wer wagt es, Rittersmann oder Knapp? Über Jan-Frederik Bandelsneuen Versuch, dem Spätwerk Arno Schmidts auf die Schliche zu kommen" was published in: Literaturkritik. de. Nr. 11, 2005.

9/15/05
Timm Menke presented a paper entitled "Family History as Social History: The Novels of Gerhard Henschel"  at the conference "Culture of Memory in East and West Germany" at the Gesamteuropäische Studienwerk, Vlotho, Germany, in July 2005.

4/10/05
Timm Menke has been appointed "External Examiner" for courses in the German and European Studies Department at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

4/28/05
Congratulations to Bill Fischer for winning one of the two 2005 PSU Prizes for Teaching and learning with Technology. This year's award was given for work with GER 399 "German Science Fiction," where students produced a radio drama, and GER 320 "German for Professional Use," which is a business simulation that is well on its way to being a real company. The prize of $500 will be awarded at the PSU Teaching and Learning with Technology Fair on 3 May, at which both courses and Bill's other technology work will be exhibited. The prize money will be used as seed money for the GER 320 students to use as the startup capital to get our company, SpeakEasy™, onto its feet. Course information is at http://web.pdx.edu/~fischerw, and the SpeakEasy™ company website is at: http://www.cosmolingua.pdx.edu/speakeasy

3/29/05
Laureen Nussbaum, Foreign Languages and Literatures emeritus faculty, authored "Three Concentration Camp Accounts by Teenage Survivors: A Comparative Analysis" in Autobiographische zeugnisse der Verfolgung
(Autibiographical Reports of Persecution) Hommage fùr Guy Stern, Heidelberg: Synchron Publishers, 2005.

2/1/05
Timm Menke, "Martin Walser as Teacher". In Parkes, Wefelmeyer, eds., "Martin Walser: New Perspectives". Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005.

1/3/05
Congratulations to Dr.Timm Menke, whose book review entitled "Volker Langbehn: Arno Schmidt's Zettel's Traum. An Analysis" was featured in the Fall 2004 publication of The German Quarterly.