| Email: | yoeurp@wisc.edu |
| Hometown: | Paris area, France |
| Graduate Program: | German |
| Language(s): | French (mother tongue) English and German (fluent) Danish, Spanish, and Italian (basic understanding of written and spoken) |
| Area(s) of Study: | 20th century family narratives in Germany. Nazi legacy in German families. Representation of female Nazi sympathizers in family narratives. |
About: Mélanie Yœurp joined the German Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Fulbright Scholar after having graduated with an MA from Bonn Universität (Germany) and Université Paris-Sorbonne (France). She is finishing her dissertation which explores the figure of female Nazi bystanders, sympathizers, and accomplice in contemporary German family life narratives. Outside of research, Mélanie finds joy in teaching German language, collecting words, learning languages, hiking, and dancing Argentine tango.
Education:
- Université Paris IV-Sorbonne and Universität Bonn - MA in French and German Studies (2012)
- Université Paris IV-Sorbonne and Universität Bonn - BA in French and German Studies (2009)
- Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles lettres et sciences sociale (« khâgne B/L ») - Lycée Lakanal (2009)
Courses Taught:
- GERMAN 101: First Semester German
- GERMAN 102: Second Semester German
- GERMAN 203: Third Semester German
- GERMAN 204: Fourth Semester German
- GERMAN 262 (intermediate writing)
Awards:
- Honored Instructor, UW-Madison (2019)
- Klaus L. Berghahn Prize for outstanding seminar paper in German Literature and Culture, UW-Madison (2014)
- Two-Year University Fellowship (2012, 2015), UW-Madison
- Fulbright Scholarship (2012)
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship