German Studies Association Newsletter Volume XXXIX Number 2 Winter 2014-15 2 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:
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[email protected] President Suzanne Marchand (2013-2014) Louisiana State University Vice President Irene Kacandes (2013-2014) Dartmouth College Secretary-Treasurer Gerald A. Fetz University of Montana Executive Director David E. Barclay Kalamazoo College GSA Board: Elizabeth Ametsbichler, University of Montana (2015) Joy H. Calico, Vanderbilt University (2016) Alice H. Cooper, University of Mississippi (2015) Geoff Eley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2014) Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh (2016) Leslie Morris, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2014) Janet A. Ward, University of Oklahoma (2015) Dorothee Wierling, Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte, Universität Hamburg (2014) S. Jonathan Wiesen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2016) Stephen Brockmann, Carnegie Mellon University, ex officio non-voting (2014) Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin, ex officio non-voting ©Copyright 2014 by German Studies Association 3 German Studies Association Newsletter Volume XXXIX Number 2 Winter 2014-15 Table of Contents Letter from the President 4 Letter from the Executive Director 8 The Thirty-Eighth Conference of the GSA, Kansas City, Missouri 12 GSA Announces Launch of Fundraising Campaign 14 GSA Announces Election Results 16 Additional Reports and Announcements: