Monatshefte/Max Kade Institute Directory of German Studies
Monatshefte/Max Kade Institute Directory of German Studies

Author: Katherine Ebel

Publisher: Max Kade Institute

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13:

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The 2000 edition of the Directory of Geman Studies is an indispensable research tool and source of information for those involved in German studies throughout the world. The new Directory lists 589 German studies departments and programs in the United States and Canada and includes biographical and bibliographical information for nearly 3500 individual faculty members in the field. This edition was preceded by earlier editions in 1980, 1985, 1990, and 1995, which were published under the title DAAD / Monatshefte Directory of German Studies. (DAAD is the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, or German Academic Exchange Service.) Distributed by the University of Wisconsin Press for Monatshefte and the Max Kade Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching German in Twentieth-century America
Teaching German in Twentieth-century America

Author: David P. Benseler

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780299168308

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Teaching a foreign language and culture is always a challenge, but it has been especially problematic to teach the German language and culture in the United States in the twentieth century. The tradition of Germany's great poets and thinkers of the past has been joined by a starker legacy. Through explorations of such topics as the world wars, the Holocaust, women in the language-teaching profession, Jewish contributions, and technology's impact on scholarship, this volume inspects the fascination and frustrating relationships of the two cultures as they interact through the teaching of German in American educational systems--from small liberal arts colleges to large and famous universities. This volume resulted from a conference, "Shaping Forces in American Germanics," held in Madison, Wisconsin in September 1996.

Fighter, Worker, and Family Man
Fighter, Worker, and Family Man

Author: Sebastian Huebel

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1487541244

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Fighter, Worker, and Family Man explores how German-Jewish men tried to maintain their understandings of masculinity under Nazi rule.

Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe
Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe

Author: Berna Gueneli

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-01-09

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0253037913

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In Fatih Akın's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe, Berna Gueneli explores the transnational works of acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker and auteur Fatih Akın. The first minority director in Germany to receive numerous national and international awards, Akın makes films that are informed by Europe's past, provide cinematic imaginations about its present and future, and engage with public discourses on minorities and migration in Europe through his treatment and representation of a diverse, multiethnic, and multilingual European citizenry. Through detailed analyses of some of Akın's key works—In July, Head-On, and The Edge of Heaven, among others—Gueneli identifies Akın's unique stylistic use of multivalent sonic and visual components and multinational characters. She argues that the soundscapes of Akın's films—including music and multiple languages, dialects, and accents—create an "aesthetic of heterogeneity" that envisions an expanded and integrated Europe and highlights the political nature of Akın's decisions regarding casting, settings, and audio. At a time when belonging and identity in Europe is complicated by questions of race, ethnicity, religion, and citizenship, Gueneli demonstrates how Akın's aesthetics intersect with politics to reshape notions of Europe, European cinema, and cinematic history.