My particular research areas are twentieth-century German theater and film. I am currently working on a larger project on four of Bertolt Brecht's plays in which Helene Weigel played the lead, her management of the Berliner Ensemble, and productions of these plays by this theater group in the twenty-first century. Other interests include Elfriede Jelinek, the interaction of text and image, and women in theater.
articles
- "Turning Cartwheels in Cyberspace: Technology and Creativity in Second Language Acquisition" Common Grounds Publishing (refereed) (06)
- "Brecht +/- Brecht: From the Alienation Effect to Claus Peymann" "Communications from the International Brecht Society." (05)
- MOOse (MOO: Multi-User Domain, Object-Oriented.) http://helios.vanderbilt.edu:7000 Online interactive environment for German cultural studies from Germanic migration to early Romanticism. Developed with the Provost's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning with Technology at Vanderbilt University. (04-05)
- “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in the Cabinet of the Cinema: Unmasking the Faces of Spectatorship.” In: Mirror or Mask? Self-Representation in the Modern Age, Berlin: Humboldt University. (03)
reviews
- "Klaus Wannemacher (2004), Erwin Piscators Theater gegen das Schweigen. Politisches Theater zwischen den Fronten des Kalten Krieges (1951-1966)," Tübingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag. Mirabel Editorial S.L. (05) http://www.mirabeleditorial.com).
forthcoming publications:
- "Keeping Time: Sound and Image in Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum"
- " Teaching Grass's The Tin Drum," MLA-series: "Approaches to Teaching World Literature."
- “Ferreting out the Foreign: Billy Wilder’s A Foreign Affair (1948) and Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)” German Department, Berkeley: Cambridge Scholars Press
- "Creativity, Culture, Business German, and a MOO? Integrating Online Technology into Foreign Language Instruction" Global Business Language
- “... wo ist da nun die Wahrheit:” Shades of Gray in Franz Wittenbrink’s Die Farbe Rot. Ein Liederabend über Bertolt Brecht at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (May 2005)”
- Brecht Yearbook (submitted for review)
- “Vital Signs in Brecht's Kriegsfibel (1955) and Butzmann's Ich zeige an (1989)” Submitted by invitation Picture This! Photography and Narrative in Contemporary Literature (University of Pennsylvania).
submitted to peer-reviewed publications
- "Mann ist Mann." But what about Woman? Widow Leokadja Begbick in Bertolt Brecht's Play (1926-2006)." Under review: Women in German Yearbook.
- "'Antigone' in pre-Wall and post-Wall German Theatre: Bertolt Brecht's and George Tabori's Power Plays." Under review: TEXT & PRESENTATION, Comparative Drama Conference Series.
papers presented
- "(How) Does Theater Work? Role Models and Theatrical Models in Bertolt Brecht's Classics: "Mutter Courage" and "Theaterarbeit. 6 Aufführungen des Berliner Ensembles" (1952)." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference: Lexington, Kentucky. (4/07)
- "'Antigone' in pre-Wall and post-Wall German Theatre: Bertolt Brecht's and George Tabori's Power Plays." Comparative Drama Conference: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. (3/07)
- "'Mann ist Mann.' But what about Woman? Widow Leokadja Begbick in Bertolt Brecht's Play (1926-2006)." The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900: University of Louisville. (2/07)
- “Internet, Creativity, Performance: An Ecological Approach to Second Language Acquisition.” ACTFL 2006: Nashville, TN. (11/06)
- "Das Ende der Geschichte ist uns mißlungen." Elfriede Jelinek's Revenant: "Wolken.Heim. Und dann nach Hause" (1988/2005)." German Studies Association: Pittsburgh. (9/06)
- "... wo ist da nun die Wahrheit": Shades of Gray in Franz Wittenbrink's Die Farbe Rot. Ein Liederabend über Bertolt Brecht at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (May 2005)”
- 12th Symposium, International Brecht Society: “Brecht and Death” Augsburg, Germany. (7/06)
- "Danger and Desire in Myths of the Water: Maidens of the Rhine in Brentano, Eichendorff, Heine, and Wagner" Vanderbilt University Faculty Lecturer
- Vanderbilt Alumni Lecture: Classic Rhine Cruise for Alumni & Friends. (5/06)
- “How "German" is the Cologne Cathedral?” Vanderbilt University Faculty Lecturer, Vanderbilt Alumni Lecture: Classic Rhine Cruise for Alumni & Friends. (5/06)
- “Vital Signs: Brecht's Kriegsfibel (1955) and Butzmann's Ich zeige an (1989)”
- Kentucky Foreign Language Conference 2006. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (4/06)
- “Why Teach with a MOO (Multi-User Domain, Object-Oriented)?” Technology Working Group, Center for Teaching. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (4/06)
- “Staging Pleasures and Perils in 19th Century German Drama” Eighth National Symposium on Theater in Academe. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. (3/06)
- “Speaking of Theater: Funeral or Resurrection for Elfriede Jelinek's Wolken.Heim. Und dann nach Hause. (88/05)?” 20th Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. (2/06)
- “Teaching with Technology in the Second Language Classroom Teaching with MOO (Multi-User Domain, Object-Oriented)” Peabody College, Presentation and Workshop. FL Student Teaching Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (2/06)
- "Schmitz & Stricker: Übungsmaterialien zur Vorbereitung auf die Prüfung (ZDfB)" Panel: Effective Ancillaries for Business German. ACTFL 2005, Baltimore, MD. (11/05)
- "Brecht +/- Brecht: From the Alienation Effect to Claus Peymann" Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY. (4/05)
- "Teaching with Technology in the Second Language Classroom: Teaching with a MOO (Multi-User Domain, Object-Oriented)" Center for Teaching Workshop. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (4/05)
- "Virtual Environments: MOO" Technology Education Collegiate Conference . Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (4/05)
- "MOOse" (Online module for German cultural studies, G221) Presentation of Project: Provost's Award for Teaching and Learning with Technology. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (3/05)
- "Ferreting out the Foreign: Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948) and Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)" “Finding the ‘Foreign’” Conference. German Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA. (3/05)
- "Talking Faces: Max Beckmann's Etchings Chat with Kasimir Edschmid's 1918 Text Die Fürstin"
- Twentieth Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. (2/03)
- "Turning Cartwheels in Cyberspace: Technology and Creativity in Second Language Acquisition" International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society. University of California, Berkeley, CA. (2/05)
- “German Cultural MOOse for Intermediate German Culture Studies” ACTFL 2004, Chicago, IL. (11/04)
- ‘Mondenes Antlitz’: Georg Trakl’s “Traum und Umnachtung” 20th Century Literature Conference: “… but will it fly? When is Postmodernism?” University of Louisville, KY. (2/04)
- “The Inside Outside? German Expressionism Challenges Physiognomy”
- Conference: “Disciplining Knowledge.” Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture. Rutgers University, NJ. (2/03)
- “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in the Cabinet of the Cinema: Unmasking the Faces of Spectatorship” Symposium: “Mirror or Mask? Self-Representation in the Modern Age.” University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (5/02). University of Virginia, German Graduate Conference: “Confinement.” (3/02)
- "Illustrated Text or Textualized Visual? Gustav Klimt's Die Jurisprudenz and Franz Kafka's Der Prozeß” German Graduate Conference: “The Visual Turn.” Yale University, New Haven, CT. (4/01)
- "The Game with Fuzzy Edges: Prereading, Reading, and Rereading in Kafka’s Das Schloß" German Graduate Conference: "Überschriften.” New York University, NY. (9/99)
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