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KERSTEN HORN Curriculum Vitae Ingeborg M. Goess Lecturer in German Studies German Section Coordinator
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures University of Missouri - St. Louis 1 University Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400
EDUCATION2008 Ph.D., German Literature and Culture, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (degree expected: May 2008) Dissertation: “The Turks in Protestant and Catholic Depictions from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Peace of Augsburg (1517-1555)” Dissertation Director: Dr. Peter Hess (Ph.D. candidacy September 2003) 2001 M.A., German Literature and Culture, The University of Texas at Austin Thesis: “Kinder, Kopftuch, Koran. Images of Islam in the German Press: Muslims in Schools and in the Public Debate” Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Nina Berman 1999 B.Sc.Econ. (with University Honors), European Union Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain (1995-1999) 1998 Certificat d’Etudes Politiques, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Lyon, France (granted for studies undertaken there during year abroad, 1997-1998)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS2006-2007 Helmut Rehder Graduate Scholarship from the Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (for academic excellence and service to the department) 2005 Professional Development Award (travel grant, Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004-2005 Continuing University Fellowship from the Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (full academic year fellowship) 2004 Travel Grant, American Friends of the HAB (for dissertation research at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany) 2001 Professional Development Award (travel grant, Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin) 2001 Summer Tuition Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin 1997-1998 SOCRATES grant, European Union (for study at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Lyon, France) 1995-1999 Tuition Award, Cardiff County Council (tuition grant for study at the University of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain)
COURSES TAUGHT At the University of Missouri - St. Louis · Topics in German Culture (cross-listed as Selected Topics in History): Nationalism, National Identity and National Culture in Modern Germany (upcoming in Spring 2008; upper-level; original design) · German Culture and Civilization (upper-level class) · German Composition and Conversation (fourth/fifth-semester class) · Readings in German (fourth/fifth-semester class) · Intermediate German Composition and Conversation (third-semester class) · German I & II
At the University of Texas at Austin · German Play: Student Production (upper-division drama class and production; original design) · Introduction to Teaching German (Outreach program, upper-division teaching in elementary and middle schools) · German for Graduate Students in Other Departments I & II (German for reading knowledge) · First-Year German I & II · Second-Year German: Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences I & II
PUBLICATIONSReviews: Forthcoming Alastair Hamilton, et al. (eds.), “The Republic of Letters and the Levant,” Sixteenth Century Journal 2007 Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, “The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople 1554-1562,” H-German, H-Net Reviews, April 2007. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=156351183834631 2005 Elio Brancaforte, “Visions of Persia: Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius,” H-German, H-Net Reviews, October, 2005. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=66551159644474 2005 Almut Höfert, “Den Feind beschreiben: “Türkengefahr” und europäisches Wissen über das Osmanische Reich 1450-1600,” H-German, H-Net Reviews, January, 2005. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=175791119644744.
Translations: 2007 Karakas, Cemal. “Turkey: Islam and Laicism between the Interests of State, Politics, and Society.” PRIF Report 78. Frankfurt: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, 2007. 2006 Karakas, Cemal. “Gradual Integration: An Attractive Alternative Integration Process for Turkey and the EU.” European Foreign Affairs Review 11.3 (2006): 311-331. 2002 Ruf, Werner. “Islam: A New Challenge to the Security of the Western World?” Islam and the West: Judgements, Prejudices, Political Perspectives. Ed. Werner Ruf. Münster: Agenda-Verlag, 2002. 41- 54. 2002 Schmied-Kowarzik, Wolfdietrich. “There Is Only One Reason—Theses on the Origin of a Cultural Conflict that Stands for an Economic One, And How It Can Be Overcome.” Islam and the West: Judgements, Prejudices, Political Perspectives. Ed. Werner Ruf. Münster: Agenda-Verlag, 2002. 15-24. 2002 Turki, Mohamed. “Arab Reason versus Western Reason? Theses on the Rationality Debate in the Arab-Islamic World.” Islam and the West: Judgements, Prejudices, Political Perspectives. Ed. Werner Ruf. Münster: Agenda-Verlag, 2002. 25-40.
CONFERENCE PAPERS 2007 “Friend, Fiend, Foe? Catholics, Lutherans, and Turks in Reformation Germany.” Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 24-28, 2007. 2006 “God's Wrath, Good Works and True Religion - Lutheran Depictions of the Ottomans in Confessional Discourse.” Renaissance Society of America Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 23-25, 2006. 2005 “All About My Other: The Turk in Roman Catholic and Lutheran Confessional Discourse.” Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 21-23, 2005. 2005 “A Turk for all Seasons: Continuity and Change in Depictions of the Ottomans in Reformation Germany.” Workshop for a Southwest Consortium for German History, Literature, and Society. The University of Texas at Austin, April 16, 2005. 2005 “Closing the Body: Transgression and Control in Sebastian Brant’s Narrenschiff.” Graduate Student Conference at the University of Chicago, Körperkontrolle/Kontrollkörper: From Regulation to Excess in Fictional Models and Social Practices. Chicago, IL, March 11-12, 2005. 2004 “Heathens and Heretics: The Image of Ottoman Turks in Confessional Writings of the 16th Century.” South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 28-30, 2004. 2003 “Crossing the Line: Boundaries and the Body in Brant's Narrenschiff.” Graduate Student Conference on Early Modern History, Literature and Culture at The University of Texas at Austin, April 24, 2003. 2001 “Islam in Public Schools?” German Studies Association Conference, Arlington, VA, October 5-7, 2001.
SERVICE2006-Pres. Coordinator and Advisor, German Section, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures , University of Missouri - St. Louis 2006-Pres. Member, Language Programs Planning Committee (steering committee for foreign language programs), Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Missouri - St. Louis 2006-Pres. Library Liaison, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures , University of Missouri - St. Louis 2007-Pres. Liaison, Advanced Credit Program for dual high school and university credit, University of Missouri - St. Louis 2006 Co-presenter, Explore UT, Open Day at The University of Texas at Austin 2005 Examiner, the Goethe Institute’s Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf, April 29-30, 2005 2004-2006 Coordinator, German Radio Show, KVRX student radio, The University of Texas at Austin 2000-2003 Co-presenter, Explore UT, Open Day at The University of Texas at Austin 2002 Instructor, School Outreach Program, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin 2001 Session moderator, 5th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin 2000-2001 Departmental delegate to Graduate Student Assembly, The University of Texas at Austin 2000 Selection Committee member, University Co-op Award for Research Excellence 2000 Organizer, 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin 1999-2000 Graduate Student Representative, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2007 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Tester Training 2007 Sponsored Participant, DAAD workshop "DaF in den USA: Grundzüge und Perspektiven," University of California, Berkeley 2004 “Prüferschulung,” the Goethe Institute’s Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf, November 5-7, 2004 2004 Research Assistant, Texas German Dialect Project (Professor Hans Boas, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin; http://www.tgdp.org) 2002-2004 Student Technician, Texas German Dialect Project, The University of Texas at Austin 1999-2004 Tutor and Translator of German (freelance) 2000-2001 Consultant on German History and Culture, Cendant Intercultural (freelance)
LANGUAGESGerman: Native English: Near Native French: Good Reading and Conversational Knowledge Latin (German Großes Latinum)
RECOMMENDATIONS Peter Hess, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Susan Boettcher, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin Kirsten Belgum, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Zsuzsanna Abrams, Department of Germanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Elizabeth Landers, Director of Language Programs, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Missouri - St. Louis | |
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