Program of the Forty-Fourth Annual Conference German Studies Association September 29-October 4, 2020 A Virtual Conference at GSA Virtual Conference (https://thegsa2020.secure-platform.com/a/ organizations/main/home) 1 German Studies Association PO Box 1287 Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785 USA Tel.: (269) 267-7585 www.thegsa.org e-mail:
[email protected] President Johannes von Moltke (2019-2020) University of Michigan Vice President Janet Ward (2019-2020) University of Oklahoma Treasurer Thomas O. Haakenson California College of the Arts Secretary David Imhoof Susquehanna University Executive Director David E. Barclay Kalamazoo College Operations Director Benita Blessing Oregon State University GSA Board: Christina Gerhardt, University of Hawaii (2020) Donna Harsch, Carnegie Mellon University (2020) Todd Herzog, University of Cincinnati (2022) Priscilla Layne , University of North Ca rolina, Chapel Hill (2021) Thomas Lekan, University of South Carolina (2020) Christiane Lemke, Leibniz Universität Hannover (2022) Benjamin Marschke, Humboldt State University (2021) Damani Partridge, University of Michigan (2021) Eli Rubin, Western Michigan University (2022) Student Member: Christy Wahl, University of Wisconsin (2020) Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin, ex officio no n-voting Mary Lindemann, University of Miami (2020), ex officio non-voting 2 Former Presidents of the Association David Kitterman, 1976–78 Reece Kelley, 1979–80 Charles Burdick, 1981–82 Wulf Koepke, 1983–84 Konrad Jarausch, 1985–86 Ehrhard Bahr, 1987–88 Ronald Smelser, 1989–90 Frank Trommler, 1991–92 Jay W. Baird, 1993–94 Jennifer E. Michaels, 1995–96 Gerhard L. Weinberg, 1997–98 Gerhard H. Weiss, 1999–2000 Henry Friedlander, 2001–02 Patricia Herminghouse, 2003–04 Katherine Roper, 2005–06 Sara Lennox, 2007–08 Celia Applegate, 2009–10 Stephen Brockmann, 2011–12 Suzanne Marchand, 2013-2014 Irene Kacandes, 2015-2016 Mary Lindemann, 2017-2018 Editors of German Studies Review Gerald R.