CURRICULUM VITAE Andrea Noel Meyertholen, Ph.D. University of Kansas Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd / Room 2080 Lawrence, KS 66045 ameyerth@ku.edu Cell: (512) 791-3874 EDUCATION Degrees Ph.D., Modern German Literature and Culture, 2014, Indiana University. Thesis: Blurring the Lines: The Invention of Abstract Art in German Literature since 1800, Chair: Fritz Breithaupt. M.A., German Literature and Culture, 2006, Indiana University. Thesis: The Artist of the Orgasm: Alphonse Mucha and Decadence in Advertising, Chair: Marc Weiner. B.A., German Language, University of Texas at Austin, 2004. B.A., Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2004. Foreign Institutions Freie Universität, Berlin: 2010-2011, 2006-2007 Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg: 2002-2003 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Lecturer and Language Coordinator, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas Director of the KU Summer Language Institute in Eutin, Germany Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Department of Germanic Studies 2014- present 2015-present 2004-2014 Student Director for IU Overseas Study Program, Graz, Austria Summer 2009 Student Director of Krefelder Sommerakademie, IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages, Krefeld, Germany Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Human Resources, Hauptverwaltung, Munich, Germany Bilingual Tour Guide (English/German), Texas State Capitol Building, Austin, TX Summer 2006 Summer 2004 Summer 2003 PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH, AND CONFERENCES
Publications "It's Not Easy Being Green: The Failure of Abstract Art in Gottfried Keller's Der grüne Heinrich." Accepted for publication in German Studies Review (Issue 39.2). Apocalypse Now: On Heinrich von Kleist, Caspar David Friedrich, and the Emergence of Abstract Art. German Quarterly (Issue 86.4): 404-419. Schinkel s Altes Museum as Bildungsmuseum: The Aesthetic Education of a National Community and the Makings of the Modern Museum. (Forthcoming in edited volume published by Camden House). Review of Organismus und Gesellschaft: Der Körper in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des Realismus (1830-1930), Christiane Arndt and Silke Brodersen, eds. (Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2011). German Quarterly (Issue 85.3). Research Interests German and European visual culture and literature since 1700 Intermedial encounters of literature and art Representation and narrative in museums, monuments, and tourist spaces Discourses of pathology, gender, and the body from Romanticism to the Weimar Republic Work in Progress Scholarly book-length manuscript in progress: Blurring the Lines: The Invention of Abstract Art in German Literature Since 1800. Future Projects The Self-Imag(in)ing of the German Artist in Visual and Literary Culture Museal Spaces in German Literature (esp. the Art Museum, Zoological Garden) Selected Conference Presentations Beyond the Pages of Pergamon: Effecting Real Resistance through Affective Ideals in Die Ӓsthetik des Widerstands. GSA, Washington D.C. (October 1-4, 2015). Between Resistance and Appropriation: Claiming the Commons for Proletariat Aesthetic Education in Die Ӓsthetik des Widerstands. GSA, Kansas City, MO (September 18-21, 2014). The Art of the Book: Critiquing and Creating the "Fine Art" of Cover Design. NeMLA, Harrisburg, PA (April 3-6, 2014). Classic Texts, Contemporary Students: How I Friended Kafka on Facebook. Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA), Indianapolis, IN (October 17-19, 2013). The Urban Beast: Primitive Spectatorship in the Art of August Macke. GSA, Denver, CO (October 3-6, 2013). Meyertholen 2 of 6
With Eyes in the Sky and Head in the Clouds: The Living Aesthetics of Goethe s Colors and Clouds. NeMLA, Boston, MA (March 21-24, 2013). The Clouding of Perception: Seeing the (Un)Real Potential of Goethe s Clouds. 9 th Biennial Graduate Student Conference, Indiana University Department of Germanic Studies, Bloomington, IN (February 22-23, 2013). Schinkel s Altes Museum as Bildungsmuseum? Aesthetic Education in 19 th -Century German Museum Culture. MLA, Boston, MA (January 3-6, 2013). Kunstpolitik or Politik als Kunst? The Aesthetic Education of a National Community in German Museum Culture. GSA, Milwaukee, WI (October 4-7, 2012). Romancing Abstraction: From Heinrich von Kleist to Abstract Expressionism. NeMLA, Rochester, NY (March 15-18, 2012). A Concrete Case of Abstraction: On Heinrich von Kleist, Caspar David Friedrich, and the Emergence of Abstract Art. GSA, Louisville, KY (September 22-25, 2011). The Sound of Silence: Communicating the Invisible in the Art of Arnold Böcklin. Focus on Germanic Studies, Cincinnati, OH (October 31-November 1, 2008). Panel Organization Liminal Places/Social Spaces/Modern Faces: Liminality in German Literature. NeMLA, Boston, MA (March 21-24, 2013). Art as a Gateway to Foreign Languages and Cultures. Co-organizer: Dr. Susanne Even. NeMLA, Harriburg, PA (April 3-6, 2014) Workshops and Professional Training Certified German proficiency tester for Goethe-Institut certification programs (B2, C1) Proficiency test training for Goethe-Institut certification programs (B2, C1), Goethe-Institut Chicago (October 17-19, 2014). 29. Deutsches Wochenende: Advocating for German: Helping German Programs Grow through Advocacy, Kansas Association of Teachers of German (KATG), Emporia, KS (September 12-13). Goethe Institute TA-Seminar: Wirtschaftsdeutsch was nun? for Business German program development, Goethe-Institut Chicago (November 15-17, 2013). University of Kansas TEACHING EXPERIENCE Meyertholen 3 of 6
Intermediate German I Fall 2014 Intermediate German II Spring 2015 (x2), Fall 2015 High Intermediate German I Fall 2014, Fall 2015 High Intermediate German II Spring 2015 German Literature and the Modern Era (Discussion Section) Introduction to German-language literature in its historical and cultural context. Literature includes: Lichtenberg, Goethe, Kleist, Heine, Keller, Busch, George, Kӓstner, Brecht, Bӧll Fall 2014, Fall 2015 Indiana University Beginning German I Fall 2004, Summer 2005, Spring 2013 (x2) Beginning German II Oral Practice: Read & Write I Oral Practice: Read & Write II Spring 2005 (x2) Fall 2005 (x2), Spring 2010, Fall 2012 (x2) Spring 2006, Fall 2009 (x2), Summer 2012 Fifth-Semester College German (Mittelstufe I) Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2014 Sixth-Semester College German (Mittelstufe II) Fall 2007 Advanced College German (Oberstufe, Literatur und Film) Literature included: Lessing, Schiller, Kleist, Goethe, Heine, Schnitzler, Rilke, Freud, Mann, Borchert, Zweig, Dürrenmatt Krefelder Sommerakademie: Conversation/Culture IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages Instructor for IU Overseas Study Program in Graz, Austria: Transition Course in Austrian Literature and Culture with supplemental language instruction. Literature included: Schnitzler, Roth Teaching Assistant: graduate course on Sachlichkeit for Professor William Rasch. Duties included: preparation of media and leading lectures on interwar art ACADEMIC SERVICE University of Kansas Coordinator, Language Proficiency Sequence/Placement Fall 2008, Fall 2013 Summer 2006 Summer 2009 Fall 2012 2014-present Meyertholen 4 of 6
German Business Language/German for the Professions Testing Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee Member, Lecture and Awards Committee Member, KUrier and Social Media Committee Indiana University Co-organizer/Moderator of the Student-Faculty Colloquia 2012-2014 Outreach Campaign and Public Relations Material for Undergraduate Studies 2012-2014 German House Coordinator Fall 2008 Co-President for Graduate Steering Committee 2007-2008 Graduate Student Biennial Conference Planning Committee 2005 Leser Lecture Co-organizer for Graduate Steering Committee 2004-2005 Academic Fellowships, Grants, and Honors Center for Teaching Excellent Departmental Teaching Grant: Using Digital Platforms for Project-Based Instruction and Assessment to Integrate Cultural Competency and Linguistic Proficiency in the Foreign Language Classroom 2015 Russell A. Havens Scholarship in Foreign Languages, Indiana University 2011-2012 Salaroglio Modern Foreign Language Scholarship, Indiana University 2011-2012 IU Direct Exchange Fellowship for the Freie Universität 2010-2011 Max Kade Summer Fellowship, IU Department of Germanic Studies 2010 Archival Summer Seminar Grant for Research Training, German Historical Institute, Washington D.C. 2010 Max Kade Summer Fellowship, IU Department of Germanic Studies 2008 IU Direct Exchange Fellowship for the Freie Universität, Berlin 2006-2007 J. Lassen Boysen Scholarship, University of Texas, Department of Germanic Studies W.F. and Marion Michael Play Scholarship, University of Texas, Department of Germanic Studies Verband der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Clubs, Study Abroad Fellowship: Universität Würzburg, University of Texas, Department of Germanic Studies Transatlantik 21 Conference (Deutsch-Amerikanisches Seminar zu den künftigen internationalen Beziehungen), Strausberg and Berlin, Germany 2003-2004 2003-2004 2002-2003 January 2003 Languages English German Native speaker Near-native fluency Meyertholen 5 of 6
French Reading knowledge Professional Memberships Modern Language Association (MLA) German Studies Association (GSA) Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Coalition of Women in German (WiG) College Art Association (CAA) American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Kansas Association of Teachers of German (KATG) Friends of Eutin, Sister Cities of Lawrence American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Meyertholen 6 of 6