Curriculum Vitae

Andreas Lixl, Ph.D.
Professor of German, and Department Head
Department of German, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

1131 Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building, UNCG
P.O. Box 26170. Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

Research Fellow at UNCG’s The Center for New North Carolinians

www.uncg.edu/gar
Fax: (336) 334-5885 Tel. (336) 256-1155
E-Mail: Andreas_Lixl@uncg.edu

 
EMPLOYMENT
 
Head, Department of German, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
UNCG since 1999
 
Professor of German 
Department of German, Russian, and Japanese Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
UNCG since 1996
 
 Associate Professor of German
 UNCG 1990-1996
 http://www.uncg.edu/
 
 Assistant Professor of German
 UNCG 1987-1990
 
 Trippet Assistant Professor of German
 Wabash College, Indiana, 1984-1987
 http://www.wabash.edu/
 
 
EDUCATION
 
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1984 
 Modern German Literature and Culture
 
 M.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1978
 Modern German Literature
 
 B.A., B.S. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1976
 Mathematics (BS), German (BA)
 
 Universität Wien, Austria, 1972-1974
 Mathematics, Philosophy
 
 
BOOKS 
 
Memories of Carolinian Immigrants: Autobiographies, Diaries and Letters from Colonial Times to the Present
Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2009. 284 pages.
[Historical literature, photographs, and autobiographical accounts of immigrants in the Carolinas]
 
 
Rückblick. Texte und Bilder nach 1945
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995, 305 pages.
[Hindsight. Texts and Pictures after 1945] College textbook for intermediate level German Studies and "Landeskunde" courses. http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/rueckblick.html 




 
 
 
Erinnerungen deutsch-jüdischer Frauen 1900-1990
Leipzig: Reclam-Verlag, 1992. 1st Edition Reclam-Bibliothek. 
Leipzig: Reclam-Verlag, 1993. 2nd Edition, 459 pages. 
[Memories of German-Jewish Women 1900-1990] 
Literary anthology of memoirs, diaries and letters, with introductions, research bibliographies, and archive photographs. http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/erinnerungen.html 




 
 
 
Stimmen eines Jahrhunderts 1888-1990. Deutsche Autobiographien, Tagebücher, Bilder und Briefe
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1990. 312 pages.
[Voices of a Century 1888-1990: German Autobiographies, Diaries, Pictures and Letters] Advanced German Studies textbook. http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/stimmen.html 




 
 
 
Women of Exile. German-Jewish Autobiographies since 1933
New York, Westport, Conn. London: Greenwood Press, 1988. 234 pages.
Contributions in Women's Studies, Number 91.
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/Women_Exile.html 




 
 
 
Ernst Toller und die Weimarer Republik 1918-1933 
Heidelberg: Carl Winter University Press, 1986. 224 pages. 
[Ernst Toller and the Weimar Republic 1918-1933]
Interpretative study of Toller's literary development from Expressionism to Realism.
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/Toller_contents.html 
 
 
WEB SITE PUBLICATIONS 
 
Carolinian Immigrant Memory Project. 
It documents the historical, social, political, artistic, and cultural experiences of Carolinian immigrants from colonial to contemporary times. 
The broad focus aims at preserving and disseminating historical texts, photographs, audio-visual records, and autobiographical accounts 
of immigrants in the Carolinas. The project rests on a research framework that connects short-range and long-range goals, which include the 
comprehensive retrieval, preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials that illuminate North and South Carolina’s immigrant legacy. 
 
Freud and German Modernism. Campus & online Culture Course 1900-1940 (2007)
 
Old Europe / New Europe: A Cultural History
Online Culture Course 1800-present (2004)
 
German Civilization
Online Cultural History Course 1500-Present (2002)
 
Postkoloniale Perspektiven. Deutsche Literatur im Spiegel
der Kolonialkultur vor und nach 1900. 
Travelogues, documentaries, short stories, diaries and archive illustrations illuminating
the cultural history of German colonialism. (2001)




 
 
 
The German Internet Project, German Studies Trails on the Web
Multimedia gateway for online German Studies, and Germanistik focusing on literary, cultural, and social history (since 1998)




 
 
 
Netzspiegel: Deutsche Landeskunde im Internet
Digital Laboratory Manual (1997)




 
 
 
Deutsche Internet Übungen
Digital Laboratory Exercises (1996)




 
 
 
AATG Internet Seminar: Culture on the Net
Interactive Workshop Manual (1996)




 
 
 
Multimedia Language Center Resources
Study Guides and Web Site Links
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/MLC-Lab.html (1995)
 
 
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT
 

Research Fellow at UNCG’s The Center for New North Carolinians

I am working on the collection, translation, and publication of Carolinian immigrant manuscripts, memoirs, and autobiographies as part of an illustrated anthology project involving Southern history collections, including the NC State Archives, the Moravian Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC, the Special Collections Library at Duke University, the Library of Congress, and the National Archives. The goal of the “Carolinian Immigrant Memory Project” is to trace, document and illuminate the historical and cultural experiences of new Carolinians from the colonial period to contemporary times. http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/CIMP/WebHeader.html

 
 
RECENT ARTICLES, ESSAYS, and BOOK REVIEWS 




 
 
 
"Foreign Language Studies at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 
A Case Study". In Preparing a Nation's Teachers. Models for English and Foreign Language Programs. Edited by Phyllis Franklin, David Laurence, and Elizabeth B. Welles. 
New York: MLA Press, 2000, p. 278-302.
 
"Das Deutsche Internet-Projekt". In Internet-Trainer
"online-offline". Gerhard Dörr, Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, eds. 
Stuttgart: Landesmedienzentrale Rheinland-Pfalz, 
(CD-ROM publication) 1998. 
 
"Internetgerechte Laborarbeit im DaF-Unterricht"
in Deutsch als Fremdsprache - Projekte im Internet, 
Reinhart Donath, ed., Stuttgart: Klett, 1998, pp.67-72.
 
"German Studies and the World Wide Web". In Virtual Connections.
Ed. Mark Warschauer. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995,
p. 183-196.
 
"Memoirs as History". In Leo Baeck Institute Year Book XXXIX.
Volume on Experience and Identity, ed. by J. Grenville. 
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994, p. 227-238.
 
"Exil, Faschismus und Holocaust: Memoirenliteratur im 
DaF-Unterricht". In Zum Thema Nationalsozialismus im DaF-Lehrwerk
und -Unterricht. Ed. Joachim Warmbold, et al. 
Munich: Judicium, 1994, p. 91-102. [On Teaching the Holocaust]
 
"Backlash of German Unification". Commentary on recent debates 
concerning Germany's new right wing youth movements. In Orbis. 
A Journal of World Affairs. Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 1994.
 
"More Memoirs! Fascism, Exile, and the Holocaust in German 
Studies Courses". In the journal Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching
German. Special AATG Issue on Focus On Diversity, Winter 1992, 
No. 2. [Revision and expansion of the conference article "Exil, 
Faschismus und Holocaust: Memoirenliteratur im DaF-Unterricht.“
 
"Das Bild des Nahen Ostens in der deutschen Prosa seit 1945. 
Untersuchungen zum Charakter und der Funktion von 
Orientalismuskonzepten bei modernen deutschsprachigen 
Autorinnen und Autoren." Ishrak Kamaluldin. (New York 1997) 
Book review in German Studies Review, Spring 2000. 450-252.
 
"Reisen, Entdecken, Utopien: Untersuchungen zum 
Alteritätsdiskurs im Kontext von Kolonialismus und 
Kulturkritik." Anil Bhatti und Horst Turk, eds. (Bern 1998) 
Book review in German Studies Review, Winter 1999.
 
"L.N. Tolstoy and D.H. Lawrence: Cross-Currents and Influence." 
Dorthe G.A. Engelhardt. (Frankfurt 1996) Book review in D.H. Lawrence Review, 
28.3, 1999, p. 93-95.
 
Piercing the Silence: Ruth Rosenfeld's Poetry and Exile 
Diary. Book review in International Poetry Review, XXIV, No. 1, Spring 1998.
 
Colonial Fantasies: Conquest, Family, and Nation in
Precolonial Germany, 1770-1870. Susanne Zantrop. Durham: 
Duke U. Press, 1997. Book review in German Studies Review, No. 1, Spring 1999.
  
Constructing China: Kafka's Orientalist Discourse. Rolf G. 
Goebel. Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1997. Book review in German Studies Review. 
1999.
  
Von Franzos zu Canetti: Jüdische Autoren aus Österreich.
Neue Studien. Herausgegeben von Mark H. Gelber, Hans Otto Horch, 
Sigurd Paul Scheichl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1996. Book review in
Monatshefte, Vol. 90, No. 3, Fall 1998.
  
L.N. Tolstoy and D. H. Lawrence: Cross-Currents and 
Influence. Dorthe G.A. Engelhardt. Frankfurt/M: Peter Lang, 
1996. Book review in D. H. Lawrence Yearbook, 1997.
  
Die andere Moderne. Knut Hamsun, D. H. Lawrence und die 
lebensphilosophische Strömung des literarischen Modernismus. 
Book review in D. H. Lawrence Yearbook, 1997.
  
Fluchtpunkt 1938: Essays zur österreichischen Literatur
zwischen den Weltkriegen. Von Friedrich Achberger. Wien: 
Böhlau, 1995. 247 Seiten. Book review in Monatshefte, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996. 
 
"Auf daß sie entsteigen der Dunkelheit": Die literarische 
Bewältigung von KZ-Erfahrung. Von Andrea Reiter. Wien:
Löcker, 1995. Book review in Monatshefte, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996. 
  
"Copperhead Cane. Modern Blue Grass Poetry"
Book review in International Poetry Review. December 1995.
 
 
TEACHING 

My classroom work aims toward making the study of German a challenging, exciting, and rewarding endeavor by stressing the interdisciplinary applications of language, literature, and culture studies. In general, my teaching focuses on all aspects of modern German civilization, including introductory and intermediate language courses, advanced conversation and composition courses, and special topic courses on German literature and cultural history from 1800 to the present. My pedagogy aims at solid standards of achievement and articulation with other colleges and universities in order to ensure that students can successfully complete their undergraduate degrees, and are well qualified to enter graduate programs or professional careers with meaningful credentials.

 
RECENT CONFERENCE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS




 
 
 

MLA Special Meeting for Chairs of English and Foreign Language Departments

Panel Discussion Member

MLA Convention, San Francisco. December 2008

Design and Delivery of Online German Language Courses

Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) Conference

Winston-Salem, NC. October 2008

Theory and Practice of Teaching Online German 101 and 102

German Studies Consortium (GSC) Conference

UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. April 2008

Between Triumph and Pathos: Memories of Jewish Refugee Women

Los Angeles: Villa Aurora and Skirball Culture Center Lecture. May 2005

 
Department head conference panels on changing paradigms of foreign language studies in an age of interdisciplinary expectations. MLA Workshop, Yale University, June 2003
 
AATG Panel on chairing small language departments. AATG Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2002.
 
The Research Group For German. World Wide Web in Teaching. 
(Organisationsstrategien fur Deutschlehrermaterialien auf dem Worldwide Web). Team project aimed at researching, cataloging and exhibiting German Studies and Germanistik materials on the Internet. Goethe-Institut Washington D.C., 1999.
 
"The German Internet Project"
Brown University, CLS Conference, 1998. 
 
"Cyber Technology in Language Teaching" 
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998.
 
Goethe-Institute Houston, "Designing German Studies Web Sites"
University of Texas at Arlington, 1997. 
 
Goethe-Institute Atlanta. "German Studies Online" 
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. 
 
"Culture on the Net. Multimedia German Resources"
AATG 1996 Summer Seminar. Technology in the German Classroom. July 1996.
 
"Deutsch Online: Zur Didaktisierung des Internets"
Goethe-Institute Workshop at Prien, Germany. May 5-18, 1996.
 
"German Studies Trails on the Internet"
Lecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. April 1996.
 
"Teaching with the Web. Trails and Tools for German Studies 
"Goethe-Institute Workshop at U of Texas at San Antonio. March 1996.
 
"Exemplary Teacher Education Models. Foreign Language Majors at
UNCG " MLA/NEH Teacher Education Conference at Houston, Texas. October 1995, March 1996.
 
"Senior Scholar Workshop on German Affairs" 
Fulbright Summer Seminar. Bonn, Rostock, Berlin 1993. 
 
"Legitimizing Cultural Diversity: Trends, Textbooks, and
Traditions." Midwest Modern Language Association conference presentation. St. Louis, 1992.
 
"Memoirs as History". Panel presentation in joint session with 
the Leo Baeck Institute (New York) at the American Historical Association conference. Chicago 1991.
 
 
RECENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES




 
 
 

Center for Critical Inquiry. Board member, dedicated to the development of creative approaches to scholarship around problems and concerns that transcend the expertise of single disciplines, but feed the understanding of all. http://www.uncg.edu/cci/ (2007-08)

“Leadership Workshop for Department Chairs and College Administrators”. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. June 23-24, 2005

 
“Improving Access to Foreign Language Instruction” Committee
University of North Carolina – Office of the President
The UNC Foreign Language Access Committee was established in 2001 to recommend strategies for improving access to FL programs, for offering UNC students language training and degrees in additional languages, and for addressing the critical need for foreign language teachers in North Carolina public schools. 2001-2003
 
The German Studies Roundtable.
Modernism, Art, Science and Culture. Interdisciplinary faculty presentations and discussions at UNCG
 
The German Studies Consortium
Inter-campus initiative to provide e-learning opportunities for German Studies majors and minors
 
Foreign Language Access Committee
UNC General Administration initiative for extending access to foreign language study to UNC students
 
AATG Technology Steering Committee
American Association of Teachers of German initiative to establish a "supersite" for online German Studies
 
Virtual International Studies Center (VISC)
Online initiative to provide information about Global Studies initiatives, cross-cultural projects, international business and program developments, including courses in the Global Perspectives (G) and Global Perspectives/Nonwestern (GN) categories at UNCG.
http://www.uncg.edu/ipg/visc/index.html
 
 
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND ASSIGNMENTS




 
 
 
 
Research Fellow
Center for New North Carolinians, 2008-09
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Publication support grant for Memories of Carolinian Immigrants. 2008
 
North Carolina Humanities Council
Mini-Grant for the publication and lecture project entitled Carolinian Immigrants: Historical and Literary Perspectives. 2008
 
Summer Excellence Research Award
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2004 
 
Dean's Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1997, 1999, 2006
  
Research Assignment 
"Colonial Discourse in Modern German Literature" 
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1997
 
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities / MLA grant 1995-97 "Teacher Education Project". Team grant for an exemplary program. 
  
Goethe-Institut Grant, 1996
"Deutsch Online" Summer Seminar at Prien, 
Germany. May, 1996.
 
Magellan Group Internet Award 1996
3-Star Citation for my Internet Site "German Web Trails"
  
Fulbright Senior Scholar Program 
Summer Seminar in Bonn and Berlin (Germany), 1993.
  
Robert Bosch Foundation 
Publication Research Grant, Stuttgart (Germany), 1991.
 
 
PERSONAL BACKGROUND

Austrian born (Salzburg 1951) American citizen. After completing the Gymnasium in Salzburg, and the University of Vienna, I transferred to the University of Wisconsin at Stephens Point (UWSP) in 1974. Following my graduation with baccalaureate degrees in mathematics and German in 1976, I taught in secondary schools for one year. I continued my graduate studies at the UW-Madison, where I received a Ph.D. in modern German Literature and Culture in 1984. My first teaching job as Assistant Professor of German began at Wabash College, Indiana, where I taught a broad range of Liberal Arts courses. In 1987, I moved to Greensboro, NC, where I received tenure (1990), and was promoted to full professor in 1996. Since 1999, I have held an administrative assignment as Head of the Department of German Russian, Japanese, and Chinese Studies.

Andreas Lixl, UNCG 2008