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 09 Office hours: MWF 1:-2:00 p.m. and by appointment
News and Updates: Spring 2009
September 12, 2009: C.V. has been updated.
August 9, 2009: Fall 09 Office Hours will be: MWF 1-2:00 p.m. and by appointment
August 9,2009: German 301 Syllabus is up--Schedule will be added shortly.
August 6, 2009: HSP 135 (Honors): Moving Pictures: German History through German Film I will add the day-by-day schedule of the class very soon.
July 28, 2009: Syllabus for German 101 is up!
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 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:
Spring 2009 Classes:
CV (updated, 09/12/09)
Click here to see my entry about Novalis' Christenheit oder Europa on the Literary Encyclopedia website. (From March 2007).