GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION Fortieth Annual Conference September 29 – October 2, 2016 San Diego, California Program of the Fortieth Annual Conference German Studies Association September 29 – October 2, 2016 San Diego, California Town and Country Resort & Convention Center German Studies Association Main Office: 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295 USA Tel.: (269) 267-7585 Fax: (269) 337-7251 www.thegsa.org e-mail:
[email protected] President Irene Kacandes (2015–2016) Dartmouth College Vice President Mary Lindemann (2015–2016) University of Miami Secretary-Treasurer Gerald A. Fetz University of Montana Executive Director David E. Barclay Kalamazoo College GSA Board: Joy H. Calico, Vanderbilt University (2016) Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh (2016) Jennifer Kapczynski, Washington University in St. Louis (2017) Thomas Kühne, Clark University (2018) Eric Langenbacher, Georgetown University (2018) Imke Meyer, University of Illinois at Chicago (2018) H. Glenn Penny, University of Iowa (2017) Jared Poley, Georgia State University (2017) S. Jonathan Wiesen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2016) Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin, ex officio non-voting Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University (2016), ex officio non-voting © Copyright 2016 by German Studies Association Institutional Members American Friends of the Alexander Leo Baeck Institute, New York von Humboldt Foundation McGill University American Friends of the Max Planck Institut für Geschichte Documentation Center of Nanovic Institute for European