Professional Papers

Publications
Books:
Author,
Kontinuität und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der österreichischen
Literatur nach 1945 (Vienna, Stuttgart: Wilhelm Braumüller Verlag, 1988).
Co-editor (with Frank Trommler), America and the Germans: An Assessment of a 300Year History, 2 volumes (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 1985).
Articles in Periodicals:
“‘Mein Vater, ich hätte dich nicht verraten…’ Reshaping the Familial Past in Ingeborg
Bachmann’s Radiofamilie-Texts,” new german critique, No. 93 (Fall 2004), pp. 131-143.
“Ingeborg Bachmann as Radio Script Writer,” The German Quarterly Vol. 75, No.1
(2002), pp. 35-50.
“Die Bachmann im Radio,” Wiener Journal (June 2000), p. 42.
“Lifting the Paper Curtain: The Opening of Austrian Literary Culture to German after
1945,” German Studies Review, Vol. XIX, No. 3 (Fall 1996), pp. 479-499.
“Memory and Artifact, History and Character in the Novels of Gerald Szyszkowitz,”
Modern Austrian Literature, Vol. 24, No. 3-4 (1991), pp. 149-160.
“‘Das bin nur ich. Wenn ich es bin.’ Literature and Politics in Austria Since 1945,” The
German Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter 1988), pp. 5-21.
“The American Occupation of Austria in the Austrian Novel after 1945,” Österreich in
amerikanischer Sicht. Das Österreichbild im amerikanischen Schulunterricht, Vol. 5
(1991), pp. 13-24.
“The Forum Sstadtpark in Text and Context. Possibilities for the Classroom,” Österreich
in amerikanischer Sicht. Das Österreichbild im amerikanischen Schulunterricht, Vol. 4
(1988), pp. 34-41.
“Das Fortleben der ‘Ostmark-Literatur’: Zur Identität der österreichischen Literatur
zwischen 1945 und 1960,” Modern Austrian Literature, Vol 17, No. 3-4 (1984), pp. 92111.
“Continuity as Problem and Promise: The Postwar Writings of Erika Mitterer,” Modern
Austrian Literature, Vol. 12, No. 3-4 (1979), pp. 113-126.
Chapters in Books; Introductions to Books:
“Smith College – eine amerikanische Frauenhochschule mit einem naturwissenschaftlichtechnischen Studiengang” in: Zukunft Bologna? Gender und Nachhaltigkeit als Leitideen
für eine neue Hochschulkultur (Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang, 2007), pp. 115-125.
“Popular Culture in Austria 1945 to 2000” in: Ritchie Robertson and Katrin Kohl, eds., A
History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000 (Columbia, SC: Camden House Press, 2006).
“Die Stille um den ‘Mordschauplatz’. Ingeborg Bachmann, der Kalte Krieg und Sender
Rot-Weiß-Rot” in: Monika Albrecht and Dirk Göttsche, eds., Über die Zeit schreiben,
Vol. 3 (Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2004), pp. 55-68.
“‘Nicht auf Schlachtfeldern allein wird der Sieg der Demokratie entschieden.’ Culture
Wars in Postwar Austrian Radio” in: John McCarthy, Walter Grünzweig, Thomas
Koebner, eds., The Many Faces of Germany. Transformationss in the Study of German
Culture and History. Festschrift for Frank Trommler (New York, Oxford: Berghahn
Books, 2004), pp. 136-146.
“The Undergraduate Curriculum: What’s Right/Wrong With It?” in: John A. McCarthy
and Katrin Schneider, eds., The Future of Germanistik in the USA. Changing Our
Prospects (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996), pp. 57-64.
“Zu den Theaterstücken von Gerald Szyszkowitz” in: Klaus Zeyringer, ed., Gerald
Szyszkowitz Oder Die Kunst des Erinnerns. Analysen, Kommentare, Dokumente (Vienna,
Stuttgart: Boesskraut & Bernardi, 1993), pp. 105-120.
“Afterword” in: Gerald Szyszkowitz. Five Plays (Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, 1993),
pp. 333-344.
“Theodor Kramer” in: Donald Daviau, ed., Major Figures of Modern Austrian Literature,
Vol. III (Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, 1995), pp. 201-234.
“Konrad Bayer,” Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol 35: Austrian Prose Writers After
1914, Donald Daviau, ed. (New York: Gale Publishing Co., 1989), pp. 55-61.
“Introduction” (co-authored with Frank Trommler), America and the Germans, Vol. I:
Immigration, Language, Ethnicity (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press,
1985), pp. xi-xxi.
“Introduction” (co-authored with Frank Trommler), America and the Germans, Vol. II:
The Relationship in the Twentieth Century (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 1985), pp. xi-xvii.
Book Reviews:
Review of Hans Rauscher, ed., Das Buch Österreich. Dokumente, Zitate, Literatur zur
österreichischen Identität (Wien: Christian Brandstetter, 2005) in: Modern Austrian
Literature, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 159-160.
Review of Ingrid Pfeiffer, Scheidewege der Worte. Literatur in österreichischen
Zeitschriften 1945-1948 (Vienna: Steinbauer, 2006) in: Modern Austrian Literature, vol.
40, No. 2, pp. 127-129.
Review of Esther Dür, Erika Mitterer und das Dritte Reich: Schreiben zwischen Protest,
Anpassung und Vergessen (Vienna: Praesens, 2006) in: Modern Austrian Literature, Vol.
40, No. 1, pp. 82-84.
Review of Kristen Krick-Aigner, Ingeborg Bachmann’s Telling Stories. Fairy Tale
Beginnings and Holocaust Endings (Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, 2002), in: The
German Quarterly Vol 77, No. 1 (2004), pp. 109-110.
Review of Ricarda Schmidt and Moray McGowan, eds., From High Priests to
Desacrators. Contemporary Austrian Writers, in: The Germanic Review, Vol. 70, No. 2
(1995), pp. 84-85.
Review of Wolfgang Elfe, James Hardin, Gunther Holst, eds., The Fortunes of German
Writers in America. Studies in Literary Reception, in: The German Quarterly, Vol. 67,
No. 2 (1994), pp. 290-291.
Review of Joseph Strelka, ed., Georg Saikos magischer Realismus. Zum Werk eines
unbekannten großen Autors, in: The German Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1992), pp. 259260.
Review of Herbert Kuhner, Der Ausschluß. Memoiren eines Neununddreißigers, in:
Modern Austrian Literature, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1991), pp. 171-172.
Review of Kunze, et. al., eds., Gerald Szyszkowitz. Beiträge und Materialien, in: The
German Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 3-4 (1990), pp. 598-599.
Review of Wolfgang Wendler, ed., Carl Sternheim. Briefe (2 vols.), in: The Germanic
Review, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1990), pp. 61-62.
Review of Wolfgang Hackl, Kein Bollwerk der alten Garde – keine Experimentierbude.
‘Wort in der Zeit’ (1955-1965). Eine österreichische Zeitschrift, in: Modern Austrian
Literature, Vol. 23, No. 1 (1990), pp. 173-174.
Review of Erwin Chvojka, ed., Theodor Kramer. Gesammelte Gedichte (Band III), in:
Modern Austrian Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1989), pp. 111-112.
Review of Klaus Amann and Albert Berger, eds., Literatur der dreißiger Jahre in
Österreich, in: The Germanic Review, Vol. 63, No. 1 (1988), pp. 42-43.
Review of Friedbert Aspetsberger et al., eds. Österreichische Literatur der
Nachkriegszeit und der 50er Jahre, in: The Germanic Review, Vol. 63, No. 1 (1988), pp.
41-42.
Review of Lessing in heutiger Sicht. Proceedings of the 1976 Lessing Society
Conference, in: The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography (1979), pp. 492-493.
Literary Translations:
Georg von Welling, Opus Mago-cabbalisticum (1760), (San Francisco, CA: Red Wheel,
2006).
Gerald Szyszkowitz, Lake of Illusions (Am Irrsee). Drama in Five Acts,” in: Gerald
Szyszkowitz. Five Plays (Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, 1993), pp. 185-265.
Works in Press:
Book: “…mehr als seine Störung in meiner Erinnerung“. Ingeborg Bachmanns
Radiofamilie im Sender Rot-Weiß-Rot [Manuscript submitted to Wilhelm
Braumüller Verlag]
Review of Evelyne Polt-Heinzl and Daniela Strigl (eds.), Im Keller. Der Untergrund des
literarischen Aufbruchs nach 1945. (Wien: Sonderzahl, 2006) [To appear in:
Modern Austrian Literature]
Works in Progress:
Book: „…Ohne dass der Hörer kapiert…“. Die rot-weiß-rote Radiofamilie zwischen
Unterhaltung und Umerziehung.
Book: Occupation Media in Post-Conflict Societies
Book: Die schwierigen Anfänge der österreichischen Nachkriegsliteratur im Spiegel
der Briefe von Herbert Eisenreich.
Article: “The Correspondence of Herbert Eisenreich and Hans Weigel”
Professional Papers/Lectures
“Ingeborg Bachmann and the ‘Universal Prostitution’ of the Cold War” Presented at the
Modern Languages Association Conference (Chicago, IL), December 26-30, 2007.
“Ingeborg Bachmann im Dienst eines amerikanischen Propagandasenders 1951-1953”.
Presented at the Guest House of the University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) on
April 16, 2007.
“Die naturwissenschaftlichen Studiengänge an einer Frauenhochschule am Beispiel von
Smith College“. Presented at the „Zukunft Bologna“ Conference (Lüneburg, Germany)
on September 24, 2006
“Beyond the Hitler Channel: Fantasies of German-ness in American Popular Culture,”
presented at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), October 21, 2003.
“Ingeborg Bachmann, the Cold War and Reorientation,” German Studies Association
Conference (San Diego, CA), October 3 – 6, 2002.
“Austria’s Radiofamilie Confronts the Past,” presented at the conference Austria
Confronts the Past, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), April 19 – 21, 2002.
“Humor and the Cold War,” Modern Languages Association Conference (New Orleans,
LA), December 27 – 30, 2001.
“Austrian Cultural Policy and Cultural Identity after 1945,” Eleventh Annual Symposium
on Austrian Literature and Culture (Riverside, CA), April 1996.
“Postwar Austria Selects Its History,” DAAD German Studies Seminar (“The Museum of
History. Re-Collecting the Recent German and European Past”), Smith College
(Northampton, MA), January 8-13, 1995.
“The Undergraduate German Curriculum. What’s Right and What’s Wrong With It?”
Germanistik in the USA: Prospects for Change – Changing Our Prospects, Vanderbilt
University (Nashville, TN), Oct. 13-16, 1994
“Mozart or the Soap Opera? The American Occupation Media and Austrian Literary
Culture after 1945,” 18th Annual German Studies Association Conference (Dallas, TX),
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 1994.
“Lifting the Paper Curtain: The Opening of Austrian Literary Culture to Germany and the
West after 1945,” German Studies Association Conference (Buffalo, NY), October 1990.
“History and Character/History and Story in the Works of Gerald Szyszkowitz,” Fifth
annual Converence on Austrian Literature (Riverside, CA), May 1990.
“The American Occupation of Austria in the Novel after 1945,” AATG National
Conference (Atlanta, GA), November 1987.
“The Authoritarian ‘Ständestaat’ in the Postwar Austrian Novel,” German Studies
Association Conference (St. Louis, MO), October 1987.
“The Periodical Wort in der Zeit,” German Studies Association Conference
(Albuquerque, NM), September 1986.
“The Rebirth of Austrian Culture after World War II,” Skidmore College (Saratoga
Springs, NY), November 1985.
“The Forum Stadtpark in Text and Context. Possibilities for the Classroom,” AATG
National Conference (New York, NY), November 1985.
“The Mentor Laments: The ‘Nachwuchs-Debatte’ and the Development of Austrian
Literature after 1945,” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language conference (Johnson City,
TN), October 1984.
“Carl Sternheim and the Weimar Republic,” Delta Phi Alpha Annual Meeting
(Philadelphia, PA), April 1984.
“Kulturpolitik und Nationalidentität: Zur Rehabilitierung der ‘Ostmark-Literatur’ nach
1945,” Twentieth-Century Literature conference (Louisville, KY), February 1984.
“Zur Darstellung der austrofaschistischen Diktatur im österreichischen Roman nach
1945,” NEMLA Annual Conference (New York, NY), April 1982.
“Die Rettung des Österreichischen: Zu den Exilromanen Ernst Lothars,” Fifth Annual
Symposium on German and Austrian Exile Literature (Riverside, CA), April 1981.
“The Educational System in Ernst von Salomon’s Die Kadetten,” AATG National
Convention (Atlanta, GA), November 1979.
“Der historische Roman im Exil am Beispiel von Heinrich Manns Henri Quatre,”
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (Lexington, KY), April 1979.