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Education |
| Ph.D. in German, minor
in Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota (GSD / GWSS) |
2005 |
| M.A.
in German, San Francisco State University,
Department of Foreign
Languages and Literature |
1998 |
| Zwischenprüfung (B.A.
equivalent) in Protestant Theology Universität
Hamburg |
1986 |
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Dissertation
“Off
the Record: Remapping Shoah Representations from
Perspectives of Ordinary Jewish Women.” Comparative and interdisciplinary
study based on oral history interviews and unpublished
third-person accounts of working-class and rural
Holocaust survivors from Germany and Poland (see Abstract, Proquest link
to digital format)
Advisors: Professors Arlene
Teraoka (Department of German, Scandinavian,
and Dutch) and the late Stephen
Feinstein (History Department;
Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies); Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres, Jack Zipes, and Lisa Disch (Readers)
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Teaching
and Professional Experience |
| Founder
and Director, Gerlind
Institute for Cultural Studies,Oakland. Offering German language classes
as well as literary and cultural studies in German and English, expanding
on the community-based practice established in 1994 |
Fall 2006
- Present |
| Lecturer, San
Francisco State University, History Department. Interdisciplinary
upper-division course “Holocaust and Genocide” |
Spring 2007 |
| Lecturer, Diablo
Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California. Elementary and multi-level intermediate and advanced German |
Fall 2006 |
Lecturer, San
Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California. Elementary and multi-level intermediate and
advanced German |
Spring
2006 |
| German tutoring (and dissertation research) |
2004 - 2005 |
| Teaching
Assistant, University
of Minnesota, Department of Women’s Studies. Professor
Edén Torres: Introduction
to Women’s Studies. (WoSt 1001); led two discussion sections
(one Honors) and graded essays |
Fall
2003 |
Teacher, German
School of Fremont, California.
Advanced adult class |
Fall
2002-
Spring 2003 |
| Graduate
Student Instructor, University
of Minnesota, Department of German, Scandinavian, and
Dutch. Taught all levels of German from first through third
year composition |
Fall
1999-
Spring 2002 |
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Teaching
and Facilitation |
| Site
Coordinator, “PASS! Homework
Program,” elementary
school students, Oakland Public Library, Brookfield Branch |
1996-1997 |
| Teacher, German
School of Palo Alto.
First grade students |
Spring 1996 |
| Teacher, German
School of Fremont.
First to fourth grade students |
Fall 1995 |
Director, Tutoring and Mentoring Program, Salvation Army Berkeley Corps Community
Center. Junior high school students partnered with adult mentors from
the community and students from UC Berkeley
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1994-1995 |
| Teacher, Frauenladen
der Begegnungsstätte Austausch-Information-Zusammenarbeit
von Ausländerinnen und Nichtausländerinnen (Center for Dialogue, Information, and Cooperation between German
Women and Immigrant Women), Hamburg. Taught German language
classes, facilitated cross-cultural dialogue, and provided
assistance with integration into German society |
1991-1993 |
| Writer
and author. Performed dramatic readings of own creative work in collaboration
with co-authors of books. Led community workshops
in creative writing. Facilitated seminars and readings
on the use of gender-inclusive, nonracist language.
Founded writers’ groups
in Hamburg and in the San Francisco Bay Area |
1988-1996 |
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Publications: Books |
Marion
Gerlind Veit, Antje
Kurz, Maren Reiche, and Rita Hanaková. Sprachgewaltige Frauen:
Hand- und Arbeitsbuch zur Sprache [Speak Out Powerful Women: Hand-
and Workbook for Language Use]. Hamburg, Germany:
Self-published, 1992. …more |
1992 |
Marion
Gerlind Veit, Sabine Grünberg, Petra Meyer, and Verena Meyer. Sirenen:
Mörderinnen des Schweigens [Sirens: Murderers of Silence].
Hamburg, Germany: Self-published, 1990.…more |
1990 |
Publications: Book Chapters, Essays and Articles |
“Unequal
Sisters: The Wall Fell but (Language-) Barriers Remained.” Ossi
Wessi. Donald Backman and Aida Sakalauskaite, eds. Newcastle
upon Thyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. 201-219. |
2008 |
“Off
the Record: Voices of Ordinary Jewish Survivors of the Shoah.” Female
Exiles in 20th and 21st Century Europe. Gesa
Zinn and Maureen Tobin Stanley, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
75-93 |
2007 |
“‘You’ve
never seen this kind of poverty’: Facing Class and Gender in Shoah
Representations.” Socialist Studies 3.1 (Spring 2007): 49-68. |
Spring 2007 |
| “Holding
the Tension of Personal (Op)Positions.” Socialist Studies Bulletin
73 (Spring 2004): 36-46. |
Spring 2004 |
| Marion
Gerlind and
Claudia Schaab. “A
Lesbian Leftist Takes a Turn in Politics. An
Interview with Christina Schenk.” Connexions 45 (1994):
28-29, 36-37. (Click
to download the article) |
1994 |
| “San
Francisco FrauenTRäume, 2. Teil” [San Francisco Women’s
Dreams/Spaces, Part 2]. DornRosa: demokratische Lesben- und Schwulenzeitung
32 (December 1991): 18-19. |
December 1991 |
| “San
Francisco FrauenTRäume, Teil 1.” [San Francisco Women’s
Dreams/Spaces, Part 1]. DornRosa: demokratische Lesben- und Schwulenzeitung
31 (October 1991): 9-11. |
October 1991 |
| “San
Francisco FrauenTRäume.” Meta M., Wuppertaler Frauenzeitung
9 (September-December 1991): 21-25. |
September-December 1991 |
| “FrauenSprache—Was
ist das?” [“Women’s Language—What’s
That?”] Hamburger Frauenzeitung 25 (1990): 22. |
1990 |
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Publications:
Poetry |
2008 |
“ich umarme dich/i embrace you.” Zeitspirale
(2008): 158-59. |
| 2000 |
“Mantra.” Zeitspirale (2000):
8. |
| 1999 |
“Samhain.
Hexenneujahr” [All Hallows Eve]. Zeitspirale (1999): 194-195. |
| 1998 |
“Trennung” [Separation]. Zeitspirale (1998):
180-81. |
| 1998 |
“Anrufung
der großen Bärin” [Invocation of the Big She-Bear]. Zeitspirale (1998):
126. |
| 1996 |
“Honigmondin” [Honeymoon]. Zeitspirale (1996):
190-91. |
| 1996 |
“Brief
an Gerlanda” [Letter to Gerlanda]. Zeitspirale (1996): 150-55. |
| 1995 |
“Entdecke
die Ausländerin in Dir Selbst” [Discover the Alien in Yourself]. Zeitspirale (1995):
158. |
| 1995 |
“Überlebende
oder systematischer Gynozid” [Survivors or Systematic Gynocide]. Zeitspirale (1995):
160-62. |
| 1995 |
“Petraglyphen” [Petraglyphs]. Zeitspirale (1995):
168. |
| 1994 |
“Widerstand
ist Frauenlesbenland” [Resistance is Women’s/Lesbians’ Land]. Zeitspirale (1994):
169. |
| January/February
1992 |
“Germany
Shock 1.” Sacred River, Bay Area Women’s Journal. (January/February
1992): 2. |
| May 1992 |
“Die
Seiltänzerin” [The Rope Dancer]. Die Seiltänzerin:
Frauenveranstaltungskalender für Hamburg. (May 1992): 2. |
| 1988 |
“Abschied
von Euch, Schwestern” [Farewell to You, Sisters]. Schlangenbrut:
Streitschrift für feministisch und religiös interessierte Frauen
23 (1988): 2. |
| 1985 |
“GegenRede” [Contradiction].
Schlangenbrut: Streitschrift für feministisch und religiös interessierte
Frauen 11 (1985): 39. |
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Academic Presentations |
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“Holocaust Survivors Reclaiming their Mother Tongue and Culture of Origin,” roundtable organizer and co-moderator with Judy Eisenberg, German Studies Association Conference, Oakland, California (planned) |
October 2010 |
| “Sprachseminar—gender-inclusive
and nonracist models for daily German language use,“ presenter with Jennifer
Hilfer, Foreign Language Association of Northern
California Conference, San
Francisco State University (planned) |
November 2009 |
“Personalizing Research: Pushing
the Boundaries of Academic Vulnerabilities,” as part of panel and session
co-organizer with Dr. Sima Aprahamian, “Exploring Issues of One's Identity
and/or Theoretical Perspective on Research or Teaching,” Congress
of the Humanities and Social Sciences/Congrès des sciences humaines,
Carleton University, Ottawa |
May
2009 |
| “Compassionate Listening:
Building Trust One Oral History at a Time,” as part of panel “In
Search of a Language of Reconcilation,” Congress
of the Humanities and Social Sciences/Congrès des sciences humaines, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver |
June
2008 |
“(Im)Possible
Conversations: Overcoming Mistrust between Victim-survivors and Collaborator-child,” as
part of panel “(Mis)Trust,
Trauma, and the Impossible Past: Oral History as Narratives of Transformation,”Oral
History Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, California |
October 2007 |
“‘You’ve
never seen this kind of poverty’: The Significance of Class
in Reconstructions of the Shoah,” presented
as part of panel “Witnessing Historical
Trauma: Holocaust Remembrances across Gender, Genres,
Generations,” National
Women's Studies Association Conference, Oakland, CA |
June
2006 |
“‘Die
blasse Lotosblume des Ganges’ (‘The Pale Lotus Flower
of the Ganges’): The Imperial Shadow in E. Marlitt's Novel Die zweite Frau (The Second Wife),” presented
in the international, interdisciplinary
conference: Mapping
Channels Between Ganges and Rhine: German - Indian Cross-Cultural
Relations,
University of Toronto |
May
2006 |
Ungleiche
Schwestern: Die Mauer war weg, aber die (Sprach-)
Barrieren blieben [Unequal Sisters: The Wall
Was Gone but the (Language) Barriers Remained]," presented
as part of panel "Frozen and Fluid Identities," 14th
Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University
of California, Berkeley |
March
2006 |
“Off
the Record: Voices of Working-Poor Jewish
Women in Shoah Representations,” presented
as part of panel “Translated Memory and Language of Genocide: (Gendered)
Responses to Traumatic Histories and Silence,” Congress
of the Humanities and Social Sciences/ Congrès des sciences humaines,
London, Ontario |
June
2005 |
“Off
the Record: Talking about Class and Women
in Shoah Representations,” presented
as part of panel “Translated
Experiences of Genocide: Memory, Language, and Silence,” Second
International Conference on Genocide, California State University Sacramento |
October
2004 |
“Teaching
for Change: Challenging Discrimination in
the Classroom” Pedagogy
Panel co-organizer with Dr. Jeanette Clausen and Liesl Allingham, Coalition of Women
in German (WiG), 28th Annual Conference, Carrollton,
Kentucky |
October
2003 |
“Holding
the Tension of Personal (Op)Positions,” Presentation as
part of Panel “After Genocide: Trauma, Memory, and Forgiving.
Reconciliation: Personal/Political Reflections, Congress
of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
June
2003 |
“May
Ayim’s Present Absence in German Poetry,"
presented as part of panel "Gender,
Politics, National Identity in German Poetry
1945-Present," Coalition
of Women in German (WiG), Rio Rico, Arizona |
October
2002 |
“Off
the Record: Remapping Shoah Representations
from Perspectives of Ordinary Jewish Women,” presented
as member of Visiting Scholars' panel at
the Survivors
of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, Los Angeles |
August
2002 |
“Dancing
a Tightrope Between Personal and Academic
Worlds,” presented
as part of panel "Connecting
Biography and Research: Personal Revelations of Female Academics
who Deal with the Subjects of Extreme Violence and Death," Congrès
des sciences sociales et humaines/ Congress of the Social
Sciences and Humanities, Québec City |
May
2001 |
“Women’s
Courage in the Dutch Underground,” presented at the Graduate
Student Conference,"Interdisciplinarity:
Plurality or Panacea, Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
April
1999 |
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Work
in Progress |
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Co-founded “Peace Dialogues,” exploring dialogue between Jews, Palestinians, and Christian Germans of post-WWII generations, San Francisco Bay Area |
May 2009– |
| Develop new courses and lecture series for the
Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies, Oakland, California |
January
2008 - |
Expand
oral history interviews with Jewish Holocaust survivors to non-Jewish
Germans of the World War II generation |
November
2007 - |
Workshops
and Readings (partial list) |
| |
“More Than Just Chocolate: Ava’s Life with German Language and Culture,” Workshop organizer and presenter with Ava Iranpour, Castro Valley High School’s Days of Diversity, Castro Valley, California |
March 2010 |
| “Geschichten aus der
2. und 3. Frauenbewegung in Deutschland,” Presentation with Jennifer Hilfer,
Mündliche Geschichtsserie, Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies, Oakland,
California |
June 2009 |
| "Story, Jewish Women,
Our Lives, Our World," Guest speaker with Dr. Norma Smith, Kehilla
Community Synagogue Women's Brunch,
Oakland, California |
August
2008 |
| "Kreative
Arbeit im Unterricht,” Workshop co-organizer and presenter with
Dr. Virginia Steinhagen, Minnesota Council
on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures Conference, Bloomington,
Minnesota |
October
2000 |
| "Speak
Out Powerful Women/Sprachgewaltige Frauen,” Lecture, German
School of Fremont, California |
February
1996 |
| "Discover
the Alien In Yourself,” Interview by Ana Luisa Delgado, and poetry reading, KPFA
Radio,
Berkeley, California |
July
1995 |
| “Sprachgewaltige
Frauen” Readings with Maren Reiche, Rita Hanaková, and Antje
Kurz, Mädchen/Frauen Café, Lübeck; Radio St. Paula, Frauenkulturcafé endlich,
Frauenbuchladen, Hamburg, Germany |
Aug-Oct
1993 |
| "Wimmin
of Powerful Expressions,” Reading, Mama Bears Bookstore and Café,
Oakland, California |
March
1993 |
| “Widerstand
Schreiben” Dramatic poetry readings with Petra Meyer and Sabine
Grünberg, Frauenkulturhaus, Bremen; Haus
Drei, Hamburg; Kulturzentrum
im Fischerhof, Bamberg |
Mar-May
1992 |
| "San
Francisco FrauenTRäume,” Reading with exhibition of photos
by Cathy Cade, Haus Drei, Hamburg |
Nov.
1991 |
| Interview
and bilingual reading from Sirenen, KALX
Radio, Berkeley,
California |
July
1991 |
| “Wenn
Worte in Fluß kommen…”Creative writing workshop with
Petra Meyer, DenkTRäume: Frauenbildungszentrum, Hamburg |
May
1991 |
| "Sprache—Macht
des Benennens” Language workshop with Sabine Grünberg and “Mit
gemischten Gefühlen,” Dramatic poetry reading with Petra Meyer
and Sabine Grünberg, 11th Hamburger Frauenwoche, Hamburg |
March
1991 |
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Academic
and Research Awards |
| Summer 2009 |
Travel Grant,
Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
| Summer
2008 |
Travel Grant,
Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) and Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
| Summer
2005 |
Travel Grant,
Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) and Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Travel Grant, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
(CSAA) |
| Fall
2004 |
Travel Grant, Department
of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch (GSD), University of Minnesota |
| Summer
2003 |
Travel Grant, Department
of GSD, University of Minnesota
Travel Grant, Society for Socialist Studies
(SSS) |
| August
2002 |
Research
Grant, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, Los
Angeles |
Spring,
Fall 2001
|
Doctoral
Dissertation Small Grant, Department of GSD, University of Minnesota |
| Summer
2001 |
Travel Grant, Department
of GSD, University of Minnesota
Travel Grant, Society for Socialist
Studies (SSS) |
| Spring
2001 |
Doctoral
Dissertation Small Grant, Department of GSD, University of
Minnesota
Travel Grant, Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, University
of Minnesota (CAFS) |
Summer
2000
|
Dissertation
Research Fellowship, Department of GSD, University of Minnesota |
| 1998-1999 |
Departmental
Fellowship, Department of GSD, University of Minnesota |
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Language
Skills |
Native German speaker with near-native
fluency in English; near-fluency in French; Kleines Latinum; Hebraicum; Graecum; reading knowledge
of biblical Hebrew and Greek; reading knowledge of Old Norse and Middle
High German; elementary reading and speaking skills in modern Greek and
Spanish |
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Academic
and Community Service |
| |
Facilitator of the “Mündliche
Geschichtsreihe,”oral history series, at the Gerlind Institute for Cultural
Studies, Oakland |
April 2009 - |
| Co-host and moderator of “Filmnacht” (movie
series with discussion), Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies, Oakland |
January 2008
- |
| Facilitator of Holocaust
Memorial Lecture by Sabina Zimering, M.D., author of Hiding in
the Open, San Francisco State
University |
April 2007 |
| Facilitator
of reading by Ika Hügel-Marshall,
author of Daheim Unterwegs (Invisible Woman: Growing Up Black
in Germany),
Oakland, California |
November
2005 |
| Volunteer, Bay
Area Holocaust Oral History Project, San Mateo, CA |
2004
- 2006 |
Facilitator, "Klönschnack",
German conversation group, a project of the Gerlind
Institute for Cultural Studies, Oakland, San
Francisco East Bay Area |
2003
- present |
Graduate Student Representative in committees at the University of Minnesota,
Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch: |
1998-2002 |
| Special
Events Committee |
2001-2002
1998-2000 |
| Graduate
Committee |
2000-2001 |
Professional Society and Organizational Memberships |
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- American
Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
- Coalition of Women in German (WiG)
- Foreign Language Association of Northern California
(FLANC)
- German Studies Association (GSA)
- Modern
Language Association (MLA)
- National
Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
- Oral History Association (OHA)
- Society for Socialist Studies/ Société d’Études
Socialistes (SSS)
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