Biography Language: German, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu Research/Language Interests: 19th to 21st Century German literature and culture; World literature; Translation; the Novel; Migrants and Refugees in German, European, and global contexts; Literature and Migration; Print- and digital cultural histories; Theories of cosmopolitanism, globalization, post-colonialism, and transnationalism. About: B. Venkat Mani is Professor of German and World Literatures, …
Biography Language(s): High Proficiency: Swedish Reading and Communication Skills: Danish, French, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish Reading Languages: Gothic, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse Research/Language Interests: Scandinavian Studies, Folklore Studies, Medieval Studies, Medieval through 19th century literature. About Me: Scott Mellor is a Teaching Professor of Nordic Studies at the …
Biography Language(s): Swedish, German Research/Language Interests: Nordic cinema and modern Nordic literature; queer and transgender cinema; Black feminist theory; Swedish language and pedagogy. About: Benjamin Mier-Cruz is Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies. Their research interests are Nordic cinema and queer and transgender cinema with a focus on filmmakers of color. Benjamin’s …
Biography Language: German Research Interests: Her research interests are in the areas of literature and culture from the Renaissance to the present, with focus on the European emblem tradition and visual culture, as well as the use of images in architectural decorations, popular culture and propaganda. She has published three co-edited volumes, over thirty articles and …
Biography Language(s): Russian, German Research/Language Interests: Literature and politics in Russia and Europe from the early modern period to the nineteenth century; literary theory; political theory. About Me: My research interests generally revolve around the interplay between literature, political theory, political theology, and intellectual history in early modern and imperial Russia in a pan-European (German, …
Biography Language: Russian Research/Language Interests: Lyric poetry. Translation. Osip Mandelstam; Pushkin; Joseph Brodsky; modern literary theory (especially theories of influence and intertextuality); modern Russian poetry; the elegy; modern Russian prose (especially the work of Venedikt Erofeev and Victor Erofeyev); Latin poetry; English and American poetry (especially 20th-century); the “ethical turn” in literary criticism. About Me: …
Biography Language(s): Swedish, Finnish, Estonian Research/Language Interests: Nordic and Baltic film, television, literary and cultural studies with a specific focus on migration, colonial histories, sexual politics, health and childhood studies, and critical theory. About: Liina-Ly Roos received her PhD from the University of Washington, and she taught at the University of Minnesota before joining the GNS+. …
Biography Language: German Research/Language Interests: Second language acquisition, foreign language pedagogy, authentic materials in L2 teaching and learning, in particular film, study abroad. About Me: I am an applied linguist who joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2010. Prior to that I taught at the University of Texas at Austin and …
Biography Area(s) of Focus: Linguistic anthropology, anthropology of migration, time and temporality, labor, bureaucracy, policy, Europe, Germany About Me: My research broadly explores the intersections of migration, language, policy, and time. Taking Germany as a core field site, I examine the ways in which state-sanctioned “integration” requirements impact newcomers’ socioeconomic (im)mobility. In so doing, my work …
Biography Language: German, Russian Research/Language Interests: 18th- to 21st-century German literature and culture; contemporary literature, Romanticism, GDR and Post-GDR literature, fairytales, feminist theory, queer theory, ecocriticism About: Melissa Sheedy joined the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ in August 2020. In addition to teaching classes on fairytales, Kafka, and German theater, she is also the …