Nele Hempel-Lamer Associate Professor of German California State University Long Beach [email protected] / (562)-985-2666
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 1998 Dissertation: ―Marlene Streeruwitz. Eine kritische Einführung in das dramatische Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Gewalt und Humor.― Committee: Susan Cocalis (advisor), Sara Lennox, Nina Scott
M.A. Washington University, St. Louis, May 1993 Thesis: ―Die Soziale Frage im Drama vom Naturalismus bis zur Gegenwart.― Committee: Robert Weninger (advisor), Paul Michael Lützeler, Brigitte Rossbacher
B.A. (Grundstudium) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, June 1990 Germanistik I und II, Amerikanistik Universität zu Köln, 1991-92 and 1993-94 Germanistik, Anglistik, Philosophie (Grundstudium)
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Marlene Streeruwitz. Gewalt und Humor im dramatischen Werk. Tübingen: Stauffenburg: 2001.
Articles:
„Sprachkörper und Körpersprachen in der ludisch-lyrischen Prosa von Margret Kreidl.― In: Susanne Hochreiter and Michael Boehringer (eds): Zeitenwende: Österreichische Literatur seit dem Millennium, 2000-2010. Vienna: Praesens Verlag, 2010. (forthcoming)
―Performing Violence - Women as Victims and Perpetrators of Violence in Margret Kreidl‘s Works.” In: Literatur @ in|ad|ae|qu|at : SALON LITTÉRAIRE. http://www.zintzen.org/2008/09/14/salon-litteraire-nele-hempel-lamer-margret-kreidl-performing- violence/
„Die Frau als Mutter und die Mutter als Frau im Erzählwerk von Birgit Vanderbeke.― In: Mark W. Rectanus (ed): Über Gegenwartsliteratur: Interpretationen – Kritiken – Interventionen. Festschrift für Paul Michael Lützeler. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2008. 209-225.
„Wer wen wie sieht—Amerika und Österreich in den Texten von Marlene Streeruwitz.― In: Roland Spahr (ed): Marlene Streeruwitz. Materialien. Frankfurt: Fischer, 2007. 38-50.
„„Geschlechterdifferenz: Elfriede Jelineks Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen.― In: Paul Michael Lützeler, Stefan Schindler (eds.): Gegenwartsliteratur. A German Studies Yearbook. Vol.5. Tübingen: Stauffenburg/Narr, 2006. 50-73.
„Die Vergangenheit als Gegenwart als Zukunft—über Erinnerung und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Texten von Marlene Streeruwitz.― In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (ed.): TEXT+KRITIK. Marlene Streeruwitz. München: edition text + kritik, Heft 164, 2004. 48-58.
―‘Mütter sind Mörder‘—zum Thema Mutterschaft in den Texten von Marlene Streeruwitz.‖ In: Petra Ganglbauer and Hildegard Kernmayer (eds.): Schreibweisen, Poetologien: Die Postmoderne in der österreichischen Literatur von Frauen. Feministische Theorie Band 45. Wien: Milena, 2003. 161-174
―Love—A ―Hyperpostmodern Phenomenon‖: An Analysis of Female Utopia in Gerlind Reinshagen‘s Die Clownin.‖ In: Susan Cocalis and Ferrel Rose (eds.): Thalia’s Daughters: German Women Dramatists from the 18th Century to the Present Tübingen: Francke, 1996. 221-237.
Translations:
Steven Dietz. Inventing Van Gogh. Currently pursuing production by a German theater.
Wendy MacLeod. The House of Yes. München: Per Lauke, 1997. German Premiere: Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, 21. Dezember 1997.
Teaching Materials:
Web exercises (Chapters 5-9) for Di Donato, Clyde, Vansant: Deutsch—Na klar! An Introductory German Course. 4th edition. McGraw-Hill, March 2003.
Book Reviews:
"Elfriede Jelinek—Stücke für oder gegen das Theater?,“ by Inge Arteel and Heidy Margrit Müller, eds., Brüssel: KVAB, 2008. Modern Austrian Literature (2009).
„Abschied vom Gehorsam: Die Krise der Familie im österreichischen Roman 1918-1938,― by Petra Hauptfeld. In: Modern Austrian Literature 40.1 (2007). 86-88.
„Töchter des Ödipus: Zur Geschichte eines Erzählmusters in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts,“ by Britta Hermann. In: Gegenwartsliteratur. A German Studies Yearbook. Vol. 3. Tübingen: Stauffenburg 2004.
„Zwischen Muttermord und Muttersehnsucht: Die literarische Präsentation der Mutter-Tochter- Problematik im Lichte der écriture féminine,― by Susanne Lackner. In: Modern Austrian Literature (2003) Vol 36 3/4. 109f.
“Women’s Words, Women’s Works. An Anthology of Contemporary Austrian Plays By Women,‖ by Udo Bogert (ed). In: Modern Austrian Literature (2002) Vol. 35 ½. 117-119.
―Partygirl.,” by Marlene Streeruwitz. In: World Literature Today (April-June 2003) Vol. 77/1. 127.
―Happy: Ein Drama, by Doris Dörrie.‖ In: World Literature Today (Summer/Autumn 2002) Vol. 76/3-4. 121f.
―Die Tochter, by Maxim Biller.‖ In: World Literature Today (Winter 2002) Vol. 76/1. 183.
―Was machen wir jetzt?, by Doris Dörrie.― In: World Literature Today (Winter 2001) Vol.75/1. 145.
―Jupiter, by Thomas Jonigk.‖ In: World Literature Today (Winter 2001) Vol. 75/1. 145.
―Cap Esterel, by Tanja Langer.‖ In: World Literature Today (Winter 2000) Vol. 74/1. 141.
―Pong, by Sibylle Lewitscharoff.‖ In: World Literature Today (Autumn 1999) Vol. 73/4. 723.
―Kleine Schule des Karussellfahrens, by Arno Geiger.‖ In: World Literature Today (Autumn 1998) Vol. 72/4. 821.
PAPERS DELIVERED:
―Where Have All the Women Gone? Investigating German Mythologies of Mothering.‖ 32nd Annual German Studies Association Conference, St. Paul, October 2-5, 2008.
―Performing Violence: Women as Victims and Perpetrators of Violence in Margret Kreidl‘s Works.‖ Annual Conference of the Austrian Literature and Culture Association, Seattle, Washington, April 24-27, 2008.
„The Politics and Poetics of Margret Kreidl in ―Laute Paare‖ (2002) and ―Mitten ins Herz‖ (2005).‖ 31st Annual German Studies Association Conference, San Diego, October 4-7, 2007
―The Woman as Mother and the Mother as Woman in Birgit Vanderbeke‘s Works.‖ 60th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April19-21, 2007
―Budget 101 for German Professors Today.‖ Coalition of Women in German (WIG) 31st Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, Ocober 19, 2006.
―Mein Österreich—The Deconstruction of ‗Heimat‘ in Marlene Streeruwitz‘s Texts.‖ Coalition of Women in German (WIG) 30th Annual Conference (invited guest: Marlene Streeruwitz), Carrollton, KY, October 21, 2005.
―Ich bin krank, daher bin ich—Gender and Body Politics in Elfriede Jelinek‘s Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen.‖ 29th Annual German Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, September 30, 2005.
"Angry Austrian Women." Reading in the Rotunda. An Event to Celebrate Women's History Month. The University of Memphis, March 22, 2005.
"Beauty Imperative and Body Images in Margret Kreidl's Tragödie, blond and Dankbare Frauen." The 120th MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, December 28, 2004.
"A Voice of Her Own: The Mother in Contemporary German Fiction." 8th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Mothering: "Mothering and Feminism," Toronto, October 22-24, 2004.
"Die Mutterfigur in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur." Zentrum für feministische Studien (ZFS), Universität Bremen, May 5, 2004.
―Walking in Memphis—Singing the Public Education Blues.‖ German Department Alumni Symposium: Perspectives on the Profession, Washington University, St. Louis, May 11, 2002.
―The Past as Present as Future—Marlene Streeruwitz and Her Novel Nachwelt.‖ Austrian Writers Confront the Past 1945-2000. An International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 12-14, 2002.
―Humor as ‗Terrorism of the Mind‘: A Feminist Analysis of Laughter and Violence in the Plays of Marlene Streeruwitz.‖ The 117th MLA Annual Convention, New Orleans, December 30, 2001.
―Mütter sind Mörder—a Feminist Whodunit Investigation of Gender and Body Politics in Marlene Streeruwitz‘s Works.‖ Marlene Streeruwitz Symposium ―Streeruwitz does America,‖ University of Illinois at Chicago, December 1, 2000.
―Lack of Freedom and a Sentence to Silence—Marlene Streeruwitz‘s Poetics of Motherhood.‖ 23rd Annual German Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 9, 1999.
―'Don‘t get mad, get everything‘: The New Feminism of Germany‘s Bestselling Novels for Women.‖ 52nd Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 23, 1998.
Invited Speaker:
„Geh denken!― statt Gedenken? Initiativen gegen Neonazis und Ausländerfeindlichkeit im wiedervereinigten Deutschland. Deutsche Sommerschule, Taos, New Mexico, 16. Juli 2009.
―Die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden oder Warum was zu wessen Wohl verboten ist.― Deutsche Sommerschule, Taos, New Mexico, 28. Juni 2008.
―Was Frauen wollen: Postmoderne feministische Utopien in postfeministischen Zeiten oder Wie nagelt man den Pudding an die Wand?‖ Deutsche Sommerschule, Taos, New Mexico, 14. Juli, 2007
―Elfriede Jelinek,‖ Faculty Seminar, Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, The University of Memphis, October 4, 2005.
Refereed Pedagogy Workshops and Panels:
„Von Fremdkörpern und Fremdsprachen. Deutsche Texte von ausländischen Schriftstellern im DaF-Unterricht.― Conference of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa, Grahamstown, South Africa, April 6-8 2009.
―Integrating Oral History as Service Learning into the Curriculum.‖ 12th CSU Regional Symposium on University Teaching, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, May 2, 2009.
―Performative Storytelling in the Second-Language Classroom,‖ California Foreign Language Teachers Association Jamboree, Esperanza High School, Anaheim, September 30, 2006.
―Spielend Gedichte lesen,‖ German Immersion Workshop at Annual Tenneessee Foreign Language Teachers (TFLTA) Conference, Nashville, November 5, 2004
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
California State University Long Beach
On the Program and Departmental Level:
- Undergraduate Advisor for German (2008-present) - Academic Advsior to Registered Student Organization (2007-present) - Weekly German Club/Stammtisch meetings (2006-present) - RGRLL Advisory Board (2008-present) - L.O.T.E. Advisory Board (2007-present) - Assessment and Curriculum Committee (2010-2011) - RGRLL Self Study: Promotion and Outreach (2006-07) - Bilingual Interviews for L.O.T.E. (2006-present) - Curriculum Committee (2007-08) - Participation in the Undergraduate and Graduate Info Fairs (2006-2008) - Scholarship Committee (2007-2008)
On the College Level:
- Committee on Committees (2010-2011) - CLA Faculty Council (Chair 2008-10) - CLA Faculty Council Executive Committee (Member at Large 2007-08, Chair 2008-2010) - Grade Appeal Committee (served as alternate one time only, 2009) - European Studies Subcommittee (2006-2008) - Co-organizer Culture Bowl (2007)
On the University/Community Level:
- Academic Senate (2010-2013) - Highly-Valued Degree Initiative Task Force on Advising (2009-2012) - Advisory Board to the Honors program (2007-present) - Organizer of campus-wide ―Freedom Without Walls‖-Events (Fall 2009) - University by the Sea: liaison / event participation (2007) - Kaleidoscope/Junior University liaison / event participation (2007-2009) - Introduction to Dany Levy‘s film ―Alles auf Zucker‖ at the Jewish Film Festival, January 28, 2007. - International Program Interviews of Study Abroad Applicants (2007-present)
Professional Development:
- Southern California AATG (SCAATG) workshop on target language use in the elementary language classroom (organizer and participant, August 2008) - SCAATG workshop on using theater in the second language classroom (February 2008) - SCAATG workshop on teaching with technology (May 2007) - SCAATG workshop on TPRS (August 2006) - CLA Faculty Retreats (January 2007, 2008, 2009) - Scholarly Writing Workshop (January 2007 and June 2008 - Service at the University of Memphis, Fall 2004-Summer 2006
Director of MA Program and Undergraduate Minor in Women‘s Studies:
- Staffing - Recruitment of students - Graduate and Undergraduate Advising - MA Examination Committee - Women‘s Studies Steering Committee - Center for Research on Women Director search (2006) - Organization of intellectual events - Campus/Community projects (together with Center for Research on Women, Women‘s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, Memphis Area Women‘s Council): ∙ Community Issues Forum: Teen Sex in the Bluff City (December 1, 2005) ∙ Girls for Change-Conference (April 1, 2006)
Associate Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures:
- Tenure and Promotion Committee (2005-2006), Chair - German Section Head (2004-2006) - Undergraduate Advisor to all German Majors (2004-2006) - Living Learning Community/International House Committee (2004-2006), Chair - Language Fair Committee (2004-2006) - Curriculum Committee (2004-2006) - Library Liaison (2004-2006) - Search Committee for German (2004/2005)
- Coordinator and Academic Advisor for International Exchange Program to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt (2004-2005) - Academic Advisor to Registered Student Organization, German Club (2004-2005) - German Table—weekly lunch meetings with students and other German faculty (2004- 2006) - German Language Requirement Examiner for on-campus graduate programs (2004-2006)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Southern California AATG President (2010-2012) - Southern California AATG Vice President (2008-2010) - Southern California AATG Membership Liaison (2006-2007) - Executive Board Member of the Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (2005-2006) - AATG Tennessee Chapter, Vice President (2005-2006) - Manuscript Reviewer for Unterrichtspraxis (2004) and Seminar (2005)
SELECTED AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS • SCAC for spring semester 2010 • Curriculum Development Award / Center of Community Engagement, 2008 • SCAC Summer Stipend, California State University Long Beach, 2007. • College of Liberal Arts Assessment Grant, California State University Long Beach, 2006. • DAAD Summer Research Grant, Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature, Washington University, summer 2005.
TEACHING AWARDS • Thomas W. Briggs Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Memphis, 2003. • Distinguished Teaching Award, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998.