Spring 1997

Karel Trinkewitz, Hamburg, Germany
General info about the artist: in Czech and in German

Fall 1998

Gisela Hemau, Bonn, Germany
General info about the poet: in German

Hans Magnus Enzensberger, München, Germany
General info about the writer: in German and in English
Book discussed: Der Untergang der Titanic

Bernhard Schlink, Berlin, Germany
General info about the writer and judge: in German and in English
Books discussed: Der Vorleser / The Reader (Info about the book)

Ingo Schulze, Berlin, Germany (at the time of the video conference in Seattle)
General info about the writer: in German and in English
Books discussed: 33 Augenblicke des Glücks / 33 Moments of Happiness

Thomas Brussig, Berlin, Germany
General info about the writer: in German and in English
Books discussed: Helden wir wir / Heroes like us
And: Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee

Spring 1999

Nathalie Jacoby (scholar), Freiburg

Greg Steinmetz, Berlin, Germany
General info about the Colgate alumnus and Eurpean correspondent of the Wall Street Journal: in English

Martin Grzimek, Santiago de Chile, Chile
General info about the writer: in German and in English
Books discussed: Stillstand des Herzens / Heartstop

Jan-Erik Gürth (radio Journalist), Berlin, Germany

Sandra Schoell (scholar), Freiburg, Germany

Gloria Fisk (scholar), New York City

Sten Nadolny, Berlin, Germany, and his English translator Breon Mitchell, Bloomington, Indiana
General info about the writer: in German and in English
Books discussed: Ein Gott der Frechheit / The God of Impertinence

Milena Moser, Zürich, Switzerland (at the time of the video conference in Berkeley University) (Homepage)
General info about the writer: in German

Ruth Klüger, Göttingen, Germany
General info about the scholar and writer: in German and in English
Collaboration with Middlebury College, Vermont, and Freiburg University

Fall 2000

Benjamin Lebert, Berlin, Germany
General info about the writer: in German and in English

Uwe Timm, Hamburg, Germany
General info about the writer: in German and in English

Ingeborg Hecht (holocaust survivor), Freiburg, Germany

Gisela Hemau, Bonn, Germany, and Violeta Dinescu, Paderborn, Germany
General info about the poet G. Hemau: in German
General info about the composer V. Dinescu: in German and in English
World premiere at Colgate of ›Kythera‹ (poem by Hemau, composition by Dinescu)
Announcement in Colgate News
Detailed info about the poet G. Hemau and the world premiere: in German

Spring 2001

Bernhard Schlink (writer), visiting Colgate and speaking via multi-point viodeoconference with other US institutions
(Allegheny College, Binghamton University, Indiana University, Middlebury College, Skidmore College)

Fall 2001

Andrea Heyde (director of German Book Office), New York

John von Düffel, Hamburg, Germany
General information about the writer and dramatic advisor: in German

Spring 2001

City Theater, Freiburg, Germany: Production (director: André Turnheim) of Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald by Ödön von Horvath
(1) Via videoconference conversation about the play with the director, the set designer, and the actors
(2) On-campus theater workshop by Angelika Weiß (dramatic advisor, City Theater Freiburg) and Uwe Möller (Dance Theater, Basel, Switzerland)

Fall 2001

Angelika Weiß (dramatic advisor, City Theater, Freiburg) about the planned production of a play for children: Die Geschichte von Kalif Storch (based on the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff)

Klemens Renoldner (theater director, scholar, and writer): Die Geschichte von Kalif Storch

City Theater, Freiburg, Germany: Production of Die Geschichte von Kalif Storch by Michael Oberer and Klemens Renoldner
Collaboration with the course »Theater und Schule« of the Pedagogical University, Freiburg, and a literature class of the Angell High School (Gymansium), Freiburg (newspaper report about the collaboration)

Spring 2002

City Theater, Freiburg, Germany: Production of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (reference)
Discussion with the director Cihan Inan and the ensemble at different locations (the ensemble was in Freiburg, the director in Geneva, Switzerland

David Pinner (actor and playwright), reading selected scenes of his play Marx and Sparks at Colgate with an international audience connected via videoconference

Fall 2005

City Theater, Freiburg, Germany, and Berliner Ensemble: Production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller.
Discussions with
(1) Hermann Wündrich, dramatic advisor of the production in Berlin (director Hasko Weber),
(2) director (Stefan Rottkamp) and ensemble of the Freiburg production,
(3) John von Düffel, writer and dramatic adviser of the Thalia Theater, on contemporary German theater
(4) Norbert Oellers, editor of the critical edition of Schiller's works
(5) theater workshop with Angelika Weiß, dramatic advisor of the Freiburg theater:
(a) in Germany with Freiburg students, (b) at Vassar with US-students
Collaboration with courses at Vassar College (Jeffrey Schneider), Lafayette College (Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger), Wheaton College (Reinhard Mayer), Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg (Ursula Elsner and Reinhold Voss) and Universität Paderborn (Bernhard Doppler) (Reference)

Report on NITLE Website and in Colgate and Lafayette Papers

Fall 2007

Thalia Theater, Hamburg, und City Theater, Freiburg: Production of Ulrike Maria Stuart by Elfriede Jelinek, Wien, Austria.
(1) Discussions with directors and ensembles of both productions as well as students of the Jelinek Institute in Vienna and the performance artist Valie Export, Austria.
(2) Additional interdisciplinary and interinstitutional workshops, theater and exhibition visits, and lectures
Collaboration with courses at Vassar (Silke von der Emde), Lafayette (Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger), Wheaton (Reinhard Mayer), Universität Freiburg and Universität Paderborn (Bernhard Doppler)

Spring 2008

State Theater, Mainz, Germany: 35. Mai. Children's opera by Violeta Dinescu.

1996/97

Intermediate German in collaboration with a Course for Teachers of German as a Foreign Language, University of Freiburg (Helmut Rössler), Germany, and Indiana University, Bloomington (Catherine C. Fraser) (Reference)

2001 to 2005

Beginning German with Clinton High School, Clinton, NY

Spring 2008

Literature course with Stephan Mühr, University of Pretoria (Reference)