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 鈥淢ethodik und Didaktik des Unterrichts in den USA,鈥� 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 f眉r Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie) at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.
  • Co-organized the January 2014 MLA panel 鈥淲ar Media and the Militarization of Experience.鈥�
  • Curated the exhibit Ernst J眉nger and Albert Renger-Patzsch: A New Objectivity, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colodaro, fall 2013.听 Click here to see a video made about Ross' exhibit:听听
  • Received the 蜜糖直播 鈥淏est Should Teach鈥� Silver Award (2013), the Grace van Sweringen Baur Scholarship (2013), the 蜜糖直播 Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014), the 蜜糖直播 Graduate Part-Time Instructor Teaching Award (2012), two George Scherer Travel Grants (2013), and the Grace van Sweringen Baur Award (2013-2014).
  • Served as GSLL鈥檚 Lead TA in 2013-2014 and as departmental liaison to the Anderson Language Technology Center.

Emily Frazier-Rath

  • Presented the paper 鈥淰on MigrantInnen, f眉r Alle: Rethinking Popfeminismus and Race鈥� 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 鈥淢uslim and Feminist: Feminisms on the Margins and Re-Thinking Muslim Women鈥檚 Agency in Contemporary German Culture.鈥�
  • 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 蜜糖直播 Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014) and two George Scherer Travel Grants (2013 and 2014).
  • Served as GSLL鈥檚 liaison to the 蜜糖直播 European Union Center of Excellence (2013-2014) and as departmental representative to 蜜糖直播鈥檚 United Government of Graduate Students (2013-2014). 听
  • Has studied Turkish through 蜜糖直播鈥檚 innovative Directed Independent Language Study Program.听

Sayalee Karkare

  • Received the 蜜糖直播 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 S茫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, MUNDUN蜜糖直播LUM. 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. 听 The introduction Maggie wrote is on page 5, and the essay is on pages 18-22.听
  • Curated the exhibit The Book鈥檚 Undoing: Dieter Roth鈥檚 Artist鈥檚 Books, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of 蜜糖直播, 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 蜜糖直播 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.听
  • Presented the paper, 鈥淎 New Form Of Narration: Materiality in Adalbert Stifter鈥檚 Nachsommer鈥� (Johns Hopkins University: Biannual Graduate Student Conference 鈥�Realism Bites 8th, November 2015).
  • Presented the paper, 鈥淣etworking 鈥� Materiality in Adalbert Stifters Nachsommer鈥� (Washington D.C: GSA 2015).
  • Presented the paper, 鈥淭he Decline of a Genre: Thomas Mann鈥檚 Buddenbrooks鈥� Yale University: Graduate Student Conference Versuche 眉ber den Roman: Life and Literature after Luk谩cs, April 2015).
  • Received the 蜜糖直播 Max Kade fellowship (2015-2016), the GSLL Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award (Spring 2016), the听鈥淏est Should Teach鈥� Silver Award (2015), two听George 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 鈥溾�楧as Werkzeug meiner Kunst [...] den Hammer, meinen Hammer....鈥�: Rilkes Neue Gedichte - A Poetic Sculpture鈥� at the German Studies Association conference, Denver, 蜜糖直播, October 2013.
  • Presented the paper 鈥溾�楿nd so musste man auch die Dinge von sich fortdr盲ngen鈥�: The Significance of Artistic Perception in Rainer Maria Rilke鈥檚 Ding Gedichten鈥� at the Cornell Graduate Student Conference, spring 2013.听
  • Received a George Scherer Travel Grant (2013).听

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MA Candidates

Sean Forrester

  • Received the 蜜糖直播 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 鈥� MA, Fall 2013

  • Assisted with the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art鈥檚 fall 2013 exhibit on Austrian poet and photographer Heimrad B盲cker.听 Jackie worked with Prof. Patrick Greaney on a translation of Martin Hochleitner鈥檚 鈥淗eimrad B盲cker, A Portrait鈥� for the exhibit catalog Landscape M.听
  • Co-translated B盲cker鈥檚 鈥淒okumentarische Dichtung鈥� with Patrick Greaney for a forthcoming publication.听
  • Received the 蜜糖直播 Max Kade Fellowship (2012-2013).

Robert Bloom 鈥� MA, Spring 2014

  • Received a George Scherer Travel Grant and grants from the 蜜糖直播 Center for Western Civilization and the 蜜糖直播 Jewish Studies Program to attend the 鈥淛erusalem Ulpan鈥� language program at the Roth International School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.听
  • Served as the graduate student reviewer for the 蜜糖直播 Department of Economics during their 2012-2013 program review.

Erin Burr-Adair 鈥� MA, Spring 2014

  • Erin is currently a German teacher at Ft. Collins High School.

Marcus Hohe 鈥� MA, Spring 2016

  • Is participating in 蜜糖直播鈥檚 graduate exchange program at the University of G枚ttingen (2014-2015).
  • Received the 蜜糖直播 Max Kade Fellowship (2013-2014).

Melissa McCormick 听- MA, Spring 2014

  • Studied Turkish through 蜜糖直播鈥檚 innovative Directed Independent Language Study Program.听