GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE September 22-25, 2011 Louisville, Kentucky Cover photo: Downtown Louisville at dusk . Photo courtesy Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau Program of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference German Studies Association September 22-25, 2011 Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Marriott Downtown Kentucky International Convention Center 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: Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie Mellon University), 2011-12 Vice President: Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State University), 2011-12 Secretary-Treasurer: Gerald A. Fetz (University of Montana) Executive Director: David E. Barclay (Kalamazoo College) GSA Board: Kathleen Canning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2012) Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, University of Miami (2013) Gerd Gemünden, Dartmouth College (2012) Pieter Judson, Swarthmore College (2011) Lutz Koepnick, Washington University in St. Louis (2012) Mary Lindemann, University of Miami (2012) Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2013) Joyce M. Mushaben, University of Missouri St. Louis (2011) Jacqueline Vansant, University of Michigan—Dearborn (2011) Celia Applegate, University of Rochester, ex officio non-voting (2012) Diethelm Prowe, Carleton College, ex officio non-voting Institutional Patrons American Friends of the McGill University Alexander von Humboldt Foundation