Göran Stockenström honored

Because Professor Göran Stockenström will be retiring at the end of this semester, we are planning a reception in his honor that will acknowledge his career as a scholar and teacher in general, and will acknowledge specifically his work on August Strindberg. We want especially to celebrate the new three-volume anthology on Strindberg on which he has worked and which is about to appear in Sweden, timed to commemorate the centenary of Strindberg's death.
Our colleague Professor Poul Houe has generously offered to present a paper (approximately 20 min. in length), titled: "Was August Strindberg a Humanist? Göran Stockenström Is!"
More information: https://events.umn.edu/020533.

Evelyn Meyer (Ph.D., 2003) to receive tenure and promotion to associate professor

Evelyn Meyer (Ph.D., 2003) will receive tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Saint Louis University, as of July 1, 2012. Additionally, she has been awarded a sabbatical leave and will be spending the 2012-13 academic year in Germany.

Esther Edelmann and Meagan Tripp awarded Visiting Fellowships at Johns Hopkins University for 2012-13

Congratulations to Esther Edelmann and Meagan Tripp, who have been each been awarded a Visiting Fellowship in the German and Romance Languages and Literatures Department at the Johns Hopkins University for 2012-2013.

Matthias Rothe awarded Gastwissenschaftler Fellowship for February 2013

Matthias Rothe has been invited to be a "Gastwissenschaftler" (fellow) in February 2013 at the "Center for Literary and Cultural Research" Berlin. He will receive a research grant and can make use of all their facilities in the frame of his book project on eighteenth century moral philosophies and the role of violence in the conceptions of civil society.
More information: http://www.zfl-berlin.org/zfl-english.html.

Tom David defends dissertation

Tom David has successfully defended his dissertation, entitled "Interrogating Utopia: The Science Fiction of the German Democratic Republic in an Age of Globalization."

Arsena Ianeva-Lockney awarded DAAD grant to fund Group Study Visit to Germany

Arsena Ianeva-Lockney has been awarded a DAAD grant to take 12 graduate or advanced undergraduate students of German on a tour of Germany from June 3-13, 2012 on the theme of "Communication and Innovation." Students will be responsible for their transportation costs, but room and board are provided. Interested students should contact Arsena Ianeva-Lockney at ianev001@umn.edu. Deadline: March 26, 2012.

Göran Stockenström receives Career Achievement Award from IHRC

The Immigration History Research Center will honor Göran Stockenström at its annual "Milestones and Merriment" appreciation event. Prof. Stockenström will receive a Career Achievement Award for his many years of contributions to the field of immigration history. The IHRC invites Prof. Stockenström's former students and colleagues to join them in honoring him, along with the other awardees at the event, which will be on Wednesday, March 7 from 4:30 until 7:00pm in 120 Anderson Library.
More information: https://events.umn.edu/019245.