PhD Candidates
Robin Cadow
- Received the Grace van Sweringen Baur Dissertation Fellowship to conduct dissertation research in Germany (2015)
- Conducting dissertation research at the Georg August University in Goettingen (2015-2016)
- Attended the DAAD conference āMethodik und Didaktik des Unterrichts in den USA,ā Berkeley, CA, Oct. 2014.
Ross Etherton
- Received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) long-term Research Grant for Doctoral Candidates. Ross is conducting dissertation research as a Visiting Junior Fellow at the IKKM (Internationales Kolleg fĆ¼r Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie) at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.
- Co-organized the January 2014 MLA panel āWar Media and the Militarization of Experience.ā
- Curated the exhibit Ernst JĆ¼nger and Albert Renger-Patzsch: A New Objectivity, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colodaro, fall 2013.Ģż Click here to see a video made about Ross' exhibit:ĢżĢż
- Received the CU āBest Should Teachā Silver Award (2013), the Grace van Sweringen Baur Scholarship (2013), the CU Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014), the CU Graduate Part-Time Instructor Teaching Award (2012), two George Scherer Travel Grants (2013), and the Grace van Sweringen Baur Award (2013-2014).
- Served as GSLLās Lead TA in 2013-2014 and as departmental liaison to the Anderson Language Technology Center.
Emily Frazier-Rath
- Presented the paper āVon MigrantInnen, fĆ¼r Alle: Rethinking Popfeminismus and Raceā at the Women in German conference, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2014.
- Received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) German Studies Research Grant for research travel related to her project āMuslim and Feminist: Feminisms on the Margins and Re-Thinking Muslim Womenās Agency in Contemporary German Culture.ā
- Received the Grace van Sweringen Baur Dissertation Fellowship to conduct research in Germany (2014).
- Serves as departmental Lead TA for German literature and culture courses (2014-2015).
- Received the CU Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014) and two George Scherer Travel Grants (2013 and 2014).
- Served as GSLLās liaison to the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (2013-2014) and as departmental representative to CUās United Government of Graduate Students (2013-2014). Ģż
- Has studied Turkish through CUās innovative Directed Independent Language Study Program.Ģż
Sayalee Karkare
- Received the CU Max Kade Fellowship (2014-2015) and the Grace van Sweringen Baur Award (2014).
Adi Nester
- Received the Center for Humanities and the Arts Graduate Scholar Fellowship (2014-2015).
- Received the George Scherer Travel Scholarship to conduct research in Los Angeles (2014) and the Grace van Sweringen Baur Award (2014).
Maggie Rosenau
- Conducted research in SĆ£o Paulo and was invited to put together an exhibit proposal on Concrete Poetry for a gallery that specializes in post war art, summer 2016.
- Wrote an essay on Dieter Roth's magnum opus, MUNDUNCULUM. The essay is presented as the feature article in The Dieter Roth Times, an art catalogue for an exhibit at this year's Art Basel in Switzerland. Ģż The introduction Maggie wrote is on page 5, and the essay is on pages 18-22.Ģż
- Curated the exhibit The Bookās Undoing: Dieter Rothās Artistās Books, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colorado, spring 2015.
- Served as intern at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, summer 2014.
- Conducted research at the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, Miami, Florida, fall 2014.
- Is enrolled in the CU Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies.
- Has received two George Scherer Travel Grants (2013 and 2014).
Franziska Schweiger
- Co-edited a special issue of Colloquia Germanica titled "Material Worlds: Novelistic Matters of the 19th Century", which arose from the panel Series "Material Worlds: Approaches to the German Novel" which she co-organised with Arne Hoecker for the GSA 2015.Ģż
- Presented the paper, āA New Form Of Narration: Materiality in Adalbert Stifterās Nachsommerā (Johns Hopkins University: Biannual Graduate Student Conference āRealism Bites 8th, November 2015).
- Presented the paper, āNetworking ā Materiality in Adalbert Stifters Nachsommerā (Washington D.C: GSA 2015).
- Presented the paper, āThe Decline of a Genre: Thomas Mannās Buddenbrooksā Yale University: Graduate Student Conference Versuche Ć¼ber den Roman: Life and Literature after LukĆ”cs, April 2015).
- Received the CU Max Kade fellowship (2015-2016), the GSLL Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award (Spring 2016), theĢżāBest Should Teachā Silver Award (2015), twoĢżGeorge Scherer Travel Grants (2015).
- Served as GSLL's Lead TA in 2015-2016.
- Received the Grace van Sweringen Baur Dissertation Fellowship to conduct dissertation research in New York City (2014).
- Presented the paper āāDas Werkzeug meiner Kunst [...] den Hammer, meinen Hammer....ā: Rilkes Neue Gedichte - A Poetic Sculptureā at the German Studies Association conference, Denver, Colorado, October 2013.
- Presented the paper āāUnd so musste man auch die Dinge von sich fortdrƤngenā: The Significance of Artistic Perception in Rainer Maria Rilkeās Ding Gedichtenā at the Cornell Graduate Student Conference, spring 2013.Ģż
- Received a George Scherer Travel Grant (2013).Ģż
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MA Candidates
Sean Forrester
- Received the CU Max Kade Fellowship for study abroad at the University of Regensburg (2014-2015).
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Recent MA Students
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Jackie Deal ā MA, Fall 2013
- Assisted with the Denver Museum of Contemporary Artās fall 2013 exhibit on Austrian poet and photographer Heimrad BƤcker.Ģż Jackie worked with Prof. Patrick Greaney on a translation of Martin Hochleitnerās āHeimrad BƤcker, A Portraitā for the exhibit catalog Landscape M.Ģż
- Co-translated BƤckerās āDokumentarische Dichtungā with Patrick Greaney for a forthcoming publication.Ģż
- Received the CU Max Kade Fellowship (2012-2013).
Robert Bloom ā MA, Spring 2014
- Received a George Scherer Travel Grant and grants from the CU Center for Western Civilization and the CU Jewish Studies Program to attend the āJerusalem Ulpanā language program at the Roth International School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Ģż
- Served as the graduate student reviewer for the CU Department of Economics during their 2012-2013 program review.
Erin Burr-Adair ā MA, Spring 2014
- Erin is currently a German teacher at Ft. Collins High School.
Marcus Hohe ā MA, Spring 2016
- Is participating in CUās graduate exchange program at the University of Gƶttingen (2014-2015).
- Received the CU Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014).
Melissa McCormick Ģż- MA, Spring 2014
- Studied Turkish through CUās innovative Directed Independent Language Study Program.Ģż
