Antje Kruger

Assistant Professor of German

Froelicher 104
410-337-6234
antje.krueger@goucher.edu

Education

Diplom (German/Journalism), University of Bamberg, Germany, 1999
M.A. (German), University of Georgia, 2001
Ph.D. (German), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest

Mimesis and Storytelling, Literary Realism in the 20^th and 21^st century, German Literature by non-native speakers of German    

Recent Publications/Presentations/Performances

Forthcoming : „Jedes Wort ist eine Übersetzung": Schreiben als Form der Übersetzung im Werk Zsuzsanna Gahses. Jahrbuch für ungarische Germanistik. Bonn - Budapest: DAAD/Gesellschaft ungarischer Germanisten (2011).  

"Das Un-erhörte Erzählen: Uwe Timm's Poetics of Daily Life." 36^th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 5^th 2012

„Jedes Wort ist eine Übersetzung": Zsuzsanna Gahse's Writing Conception as Mode of Translation in „Übersetzt" (1993). Midwest MLA Annual Convention 2011, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 4 ^th 2011

"Kurz & gut: Deutsche Kurzfilme." Introduction to German Short films. Guest lecture sponsored by Evelyn Myers Fellowship. Goucher College, Oct 17^th  2011

"We were too weak although we saw the Danger clearly:" Werner Thormann's Work as Political Journalist in the Weimar Republic, 1925- 1933. Guest lecture sponsored by Evelyn Myers Fellowship. Goucher College, Apr. 21^st  2011.

Erinnern, Vergessen, Erzählen - Beiträge zum Werk Uwe Timms. Herausgegeben von Friedhelm Marx, Stephanie Catani und Julia Schöll (review). Monatshefte für deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur (2008.3): 457-460.

Suche nach Benno Ohnesorg. Zu Uwe Timms Biografie „Der Freund und der Fremde." (review). Literaturkritik.de (2006.2). http://www.literaturkritik.de

„Break on Through to the Other Side": Web-Based Teaching Technology in International Collaboration. Co-published with Martin Kagel, Anca Luca and Hendrikje Schwandt. Teaching German in America: Past Progress and Future Promises. Ed. by George F. Peters. Cherry Hill, NJ: American Association of Teachers of German, 2002. 285-98.

Awards/Significant Accomplishments

Evelyn Myers '37 Visiting Scholar, Fall 2008 - 2011. Goucher College   

Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship (declined), Fall 2007

University of Wisconsin- Madison / Knapp House Foundation

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Summer 2000. Office for Instructional Technology, University of Georgia