I Am Not You: On the Need for Distance / by June J. Hwang | TRANSIT
I Am Not You: On the Need for Distance TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 June J. Hwang Download PDF Abstract One of the main problems in many conversations about race, class, and privilege today is not too much distance, but rather too little. Or to be more precise, too little recognition of the importance distance […]
The Future of the Distant Past: On Teaching the Pre-modern History of Africans in Europe / by Kristin Kopp | TRANSIT
The Future of the Distant Past: On Teaching the Pre-modern History of Africans in Europe TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 Kristin Kopp Download PDF Abstract In this article, the author argues that the field of German Studies is poised to contribute to both Black Studies and Critical Race Studies through teaching the history of the […]
When Texts Travel: Edward Dmytryk’s The Blue Angel (1959) Remake / by Barbara Kosta | TRANSIT
When Texts Travel: Edward Dmytryk’s The Blue Angel (1959) Remake TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 Barbara Kosta Download PDF Abstract The following paper explores the relationship between Josef von Sternberg’s 1930 film The Blue Angel and Edward Dmytryk’s 1959 remake to consider what happens when an “original” film is repurposed to address another socio-historical time […]
Ernst Lubitsch & the Transnational Twenties: The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (USA 1927) / by Rick McCormick | TRANSIT
Ernst Lubitsch & the Transnational Twenties: The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (USA 1927) TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 Rick McCormick Download PDF Abstract Ernst Lubitsch epitomized the transnationalism of the cinema in the 1920s as the first German director to come to Hollywood and one who brought over a number of German film artists to Hollywood […]
Attack of the Cyberzombies: Media, Reconstruction, and the Future of Germany’s Architectural Past / by Rob McFarland | TRANSIT
Attack of the Cyberzombies: Media, Reconstruction, and the Future of Germany’s Architectural Past TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 Rob McFarland Download PDF Abstract While in Frankfurt a few weeks ago, I visited the site of the Dom/Römer project, a series of 35 buildings that are under construction in the historical center of Frankfurt am Main. […]
Reading the “Schwarz” in the “Schwarz-Rot-Gold”: Black German Studies in the 21st Century / by Nancy P. Nenno | TRANSIT
Reading the “Schwarz” in the “Schwarz-Rot-Gold”: Black German Studies in the 21st Century TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 2 Nancy P. Nenno Download PDF Abstract In 2016, Black German Studies celebrates the 30th anniversary of the publication of Farbe bekennen: Afrodeutsche Frauen auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte. The result of the encounter of Black German women in […]
Volume 10.1: Foreward | TRANSIT
TRANSIT 10.1: Foreword Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce the publication of the first installment of texts for our 2015–2016 Tenth Anniversary Volume. Articles in this publication center around two themes of interest to contemporary German Studies: digital humanities research and the concept of the barrier. These research prompts for TRANSIT emerged out of […]
PROLEGOMENON: Distant Reading and Computational Networking in German Studies / by David D. Kim | TRANSIT
PROLEGOMENON: Distant Reading and Computational Networking in German Studies PROJECT ONE: WorldLiterature@UCLA: Tracking International Publics with Goethe PROJECT TWO: Patterns of the Anthemion: Discovering Networks of Coincidence in W.G. Sebald’s Die Ausgewanderten PROLEGOMENON: Distant Reading and Computational Networking in German Studies TRANSIT vol. 10, no. 1 David D. Kim Download PDF Acknowledgements I would like […]
PROJECT ONE: WorldLiterature@UCLA: Tracking International Publics with Goethe / by David D. Kim and Nickolas de Carlo | TRANSIT
PROLEGOMENON: Distant Reading and Computational Networking in German Studies PROJECT ONE: WorldLiterature@UCLA: Tracking International Publics with Goethe PROJECT TWO: Patterns of the Anthemion: Discovering Networks of Coincidence in W.G. Sebald’s Die Ausgewanderten PROJECT ONE: WorldLiterature@UCLA Tracking International Publics with Goethe David D. Kim and Nickolas de Carlo Download PDF Acknowledgements We would like to thank […]
PROJECT TWO: Patterns of the Anthemion Discovering Networks of Coincidence in W.G. Sebald’s Die Ausgewanderten / by David D. Kim and Mark J. Phillips | TRANSIT
PROLEGOMENON: Distant Reading and Computational Networking in German Studies PROJECT ONE: WorldLiterature@UCLA: Tracking International Publics with Goethe PROJECT TWO: Patterns of the Anthemion: Discovering Networks of Coincidence in W.G. Sebald’s Die Ausgewanderten PROJECT TWO: Patterns of the Anthemion Discovering Networks of Coincidence in W.G. Sebald’s Die Ausgewanderten David D. Kim and Mark J. Phillips Download PDF […]