GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE October 7-10, 2010 Oakland, California Celia Applegate President, German Studies Association, 2009–2010 Cover photo: The Oakland Marriott City Center is adjacent to Oakland’s historic downtown area. Photo by David E. Barclay Program of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference German Studies Association October 7-10, 2010 Oakland, California Oakland Marriott City Center Courtyard Marriott Oakland Downtown German Studies Association Main Office: 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295 USA Tel.: (269) 337-7056 Fax: (269) 337-7251 www.thegsa.org e-mail:
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[email protected] Officers: President: Celia Applegate (University of Rochester), 2009-10 Vice President: Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie Mellon University), 2009-10 Secretary-Treasurer: Gerald A. Fetz (University of Montana), 2009-11 Executive Director: David E. Barclay (Kalamazoo College) Executive Committee: Kathleen Canning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2012) Gerd Gemünden, Dartmouth College (2012) Pieter Judson, Swarthmore College (2011) Lutz Koepnick, Washington University in St. Louis (2012) Mary Lindemann, University of Miami (2012) Joyce M. Mushaben, University of Missouri St. Louis (2011) David Patton, Connecticut College (2010) Patricia Simpson, Montana State University (2010) Jacqueline Vansant, University of Michigan—Dearborn (2011) Sara Lennox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, ex officio non-voting (2010) Diethelm Prowe, Carleton College, ex officio non-voting Institutional Patrons