Jack Zipes publishes translation of Grimms' first edition

Jack Zipes has published a new book, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition. It is the first translation into English of the Grimm's original collection, and the dark stories are not your children's fairy tales!

Juliette Brungs (Ph.D., 2013) working for Social Pedagogic Institute in Berlin

Juliette Brungs (Ph.D., 2013) is working as a Project Coordinator for the foundation SPI (Social Pedagogic Institute Walter May) in the project "Diversity-orientierte und Interkulturelle Kompetenz" (Diversity-Oriented and Intercultural Competence) in Berlin, developing and teaching workshops for state employees and smaller businesses on the topic.

She is continuing her academic work with the Postdoctoral and Doctoral Colloquium "The Aesthetic of Applied Theater" under the guidance of Professor Mathias Warstat at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Constantin Parvulescu (Ph.D., 2006) publishes book on Postwar Eastern European Cinema

Constantin Parvulescu (Ph.D., 2006) has written a book on postwar Eastern European film, Orphans of the East: Postwar Eastern European Cinema and the Revolutionary Subject, to be published by Indiana University Press in June 2015.

Andrew Patten defends dissertation

Andrew Patten successfully defended his dissertation, "All that is the Case: The Collection, Exhibition, and Practice of Weltliteratur," in September 2014.