Assistant Professor of German (Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1998).
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures,
Albion College, Albion, MI 49224
Tel: 517-629-0269 Office: Vulgamore 107
email: cgrimm@albion.edu
Fall 08 Office hours: MWF 2-3:00pm and by appointment
News and Updates: Spring 2009
June 15, 2009: Here is the abstract on Maria Sibylla Merian:"Die Wassermelonen wachsen auf der Erde wie in Holland die Gurken / Watermelons grow on the Ground just like the Cucumbers in Holland" .
June 15, 2009: Here is a link to a book review I recently wrote: Becker-Cantarino, Barbara. Meine Liebe zu Büchern. Sophie von La Roche als professionelle Schriftstellerin
May 31, 2009: The Albion College German student alumni webpage has finally been updated: check it out!
May 18, 2009: German news section of the Departmental website has been updated: German student news
May 18, 2009: My abstract on Maria Sibylla Merian has been (provisionally) accepted for inclusion in the anthology Sophie Discovers America: German-Speaking Women Write the New World. Its working title is a quote from her book on the insect and plant world of Surinam: "Die Wassermelonen wachsen auf der Erde wie in Holland die Gurken" ~ "Water melons grow on the ground just like the cucumbers in Holland"
April 2008: My article "'Die Seele sehnte sich hinaus in den Schnee’: The Meaning and Function of Outside Space in Bettine von Arnim’s Die Günderode" has just been been posted at Sophie, an online journal focusing on the work of early German-speaking women.
Fall 2009 Classes:
German 101: Elementary German: MWF 9:10-10:00 (+1 hr tutorial, 1x a week)
German 301: Advanced German: MWF: 11:10-12:00 (+1 hr tutorial, 1x a week)
HSP 135 (Honors): Moving Pictures: German History through German Film. M: 6:10-9:30p.m.& W:2:10-4:00
Spring 2009 Classes:
Click here to see my entry about Novalis' Christenheit oder Europa on the Literary Encyclopedia website. (From March 2007).