German
Faculty
Gordon Birrell - Professor Birrell is area chair for German and teaches courses at all levels from beginning German to advanced literature courses. He has published a scholarly book on German Romanticism as well as a number of articles on 19th century and fin-de-siècle literature and the correlations between literature and music in writers such as E.T.A. Hoffmann and Grillparzer.
B.A. Stanford,
M.A. Stanford,
Ph.D. Stanford
Marie-Luise Gaettens - Professor Gaettens is chair of
the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Her research
interests include 20th Century German literature, in particular GDR
literature, comparative literature as well as women and gender studies.
She has published a book of German women, both West and East German,
examining the Nazi past entitled Women Writers and Fascism:
Reconstructing History.
Professor Gaettens teaches a wide variety of courses ranging from German language to
Cultural Formations and film.
Erstes Staatsexamen, Hambug, Germany, M.A. Indiana University, Zweites Staatsexamen/Referendariat, Hamburg, Germany, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Office: 309A Clements Phone: 214-768-2210
E-mail: mgaetten@smu.edu
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John Bunch- Professor Bunch has taught at the
university level in Germany. He joined the SMU faculty in August 2008 and teaches first and second year German.
B.A., Beloit College
Akademisch geprüfter Übersetzer, Universität Mainz, Germersheim, Germany
Office: 24MCF Clements Phone: 214-768-1814 E-mail: jbunch@smu.edu
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Elise Pflum- Professor Pflum co-directs and teaches German in the annual summer abroad program to Germany- SMU-in-Weimar. During the academic year she serves as Director of the Foreign Language Teaching and Technology Center. She has taught first, second and third year German at SMU.
B.A. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, M.A.- University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D.- University of Texas at Austin
Office: 234A Clements Phone: 214-768-2177 E-mail: eapflum@smu.edu
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Sebastian Wogenstein- Sebastian Wogenstein is visiting assistant professor at SMU and teaches second year German and cultural formations courses. His research interests include German-Jewish literature; human rights and literature; the intersection of literature, political philosophy, and ethics; 20th-century and contemporary literature and theater; and tragedy in a comparative perspective. He co-edited the anthology An Grenzen: Literarische Erkundungen and published articles in Gegenwartsliteratur, Germanic Review, Telos, Monatshefte, and Naharaim.
Ph.D., University of Tübingen, Germany, M.A., Washington University in St. Louis
Office: 333A Clements Phone: 214-768-1375 E-mail: wogenstein@smu.edu
Erstes Staatsexamen, Hambug, Germany, M.A. Indiana University, Zweites Staatsexamen/Referendariat, Hamburg, Germany, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Beloit College
Akademisch geprüfter Übersetzer, Universität Mainz, Germersheim, Germany
Office: 24MCF Clements Phone: 214-768-1814 E-mail: jbunch@smu.edu
Elise Pflum- Professor Pflum co-directs and teaches German in the annual summer abroad program to Germany- SMU-in-Weimar. During the academic year she serves as Director of the Foreign Language Teaching and Technology Center. She has taught first, second and third year German at SMU.
B.A. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, M.A.- University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D.- University of Texas at Austin
Office: 234A Clements Phone: 214-768-2177 E-mail: eapflum@smu.edu
Sebastian Wogenstein- Sebastian Wogenstein is visiting assistant professor at SMU and teaches second year German and cultural formations courses. His research interests include German-Jewish literature; human rights and literature; the intersection of literature, political philosophy, and ethics; 20th-century and contemporary literature and theater; and tragedy in a comparative perspective. He co-edited the anthology An Grenzen: Literarische Erkundungen and published articles in Gegenwartsliteratur, Germanic Review, Telos, Monatshefte, and Naharaim.
Ph.D., University of Tübingen, Germany, M.A., Washington University in St. Louis
Office: 333A Clements Phone: 214-768-1375 E-mail: wogenstein@smu.edu