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Holly H. Liu, Ph.D.

Holly H. Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Modern Language - German & Chinese
Joined Alma College Faculty in 2006
(989) 463-7237
Office Hours: Winter 2013: on sabbatical until August 22, 2013

Education

  • Ph.D., German Language and Literature, Vanderbilt University
  • M.A., German Language and Literature, Texas Tech University; Peking University
  • B.A., German Language and Literature, Peking University

Research Interests

*Twentieth-Century with focus on Postwar (East and West) German Literature and Culture
*Postwall and Contemporary German Literature and Culture
*Memory and Narrative Theory
*East German Cinema
*German Film since the 1990s
*Turn of the Century and Contemporary Vienna
*Chinese Contemporary Literature and Film

Recent Courses Taught

  • German Grammar Review through Culture.  GRM 280.
  • Beginning German.  GRM 111-02.
  • Beginning German.  GRM 111-01.
  • Beginning German II.  GRM 112.
  • Advanced Conversation & Composition II.  GRM 312.
  • Beginning German I.  GRM 111-02.
  • Advanced Conversation & Composition I.  GRM 311.
  • Beginning German I.  GRM 111-01.

Selected Book Publications

  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  Erinnerung als Erzälstrategie: DDR-Vergangenheitsbewältigung seit der Wende bei Monika Maron, Helga Schütz und Brigitte Burmeister (forthcoming).  Germanistische Texte und Studien. Georg Olms Verlag.  2014.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D. Co-translator and Primary Editor (from German into Chinese).  Wir gehen ins Museum.  Georg Olms Verlag. September 2010.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D. Co-translator and Primary Editor (From German into Chinese).  Wir gehen ins Theater.  Georg Olms Verlag. September 2010.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D. with Elke Gilson and Barbara Hahn (eds.).  Literatur im Jahrhundert des Totalitarismus: Festschrift für Dieter Sevin.  Hildesheim: Olms Verlag.  2008.

Selected Articles

  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  "Liberating Voices from East Germany and China - A Personal Perspective."  Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal 2 (2011).September, 2012. 89-97.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  "Vom Glanz der Elbe: Helga Schütz und Dresden."  Trans: Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften.  17 (2010). (http://www.inst.at/trans/17Nr/7-8/7-8_liu17.htm)  February 24, 2010.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  "'Was nicht zum Leben taugt, das taugt zum Schreiben'-Monika Marons neuer Versuch mit der Glückssuche."  In gebrochener Synthese-Beiträge zur Literatur, Kultur und Sprache: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. habil. Klaus Hammer. Bd. 1. S?upsk: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pomorskiej. Oktober, 2009. 214-22.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  "Aber Heidschi Bumbeidschi."  TRANS-LIT2.  Vol. XV/No.1, 82-83  April 2009.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D.  "Unter dem Namen Norma=Unter dem Namen Roman? Über die Nichtübereinstimmung von Erinnerung und Erzählen in der Romanstruktur von Brigitte Burmeisters >>Unter dem Namen Norma<< (1994)."  Akten des XI. Internationalen Germanistenkongresses Paris 2005.  Band 10. Bern: Peter Lang AG, 2007. 421-30.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D.  "'Kindliches Denken poetisch einzufangen': Zur Erinnerungsstrategie von Helga Schütz in Jette in Dresden und Grenze zum gestrigen Tag."  Kopf-Kino: Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien: Festschrift für Volker Wehdeking.  Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 71-79.  2006.
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Selected Reviews

  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  Review of the German textbook Wie geht's, 9th edition,
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D..  Review of Familiengeschichte ohne Idylle: Rezension über Monika Marons neuestes Buch Pawels Briefe, by Monika Maron.  Märkische Oderzeitung (Frankfurt/Oder).  1. März 1999.
  • Holly H. Liu, Ph.D.  Review of Pawels Briefe - Eine Familiengeschichte, by Monika Maron.  GDR Bulletin.  26 (1999): 66-67.

Recent Presentations

  • Holly Liu was invited to give a talk:.  "Germanistik in den USA - Studium und Forschung."  Peking University.  Beijing, China.  February 25, 2013.
  • Holly Liu was invited to give a talk.  "Liberating Voices From East-Germany and China - A Personal Note."  Liberating Voices: The 10th Annual Humanities Symposium.  Belmont University, Nashville, TN.  September 2011.
  • Holly Liu was awarded a Fulbright Summer Grant to participate in the.  "Baden- Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies."  Tübingen, Germany.  June 20-July 2, 2011.
  • Holly Liu participated in the weekend seminar.  "Momentaufnahme, Familiengedächtnis, Erzählverfahren: Die Poetik des Albums in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur."  sponsored by Washington Univesity, Deutsches Literaturarchiv (DLA) and Robert Bosch Stiftung.  Marbach, Germany.  June 2-4, 2011.
  • Holly Liu.  "Chaired a section at the International Symposium: "Form-Violence-Meaning: Two Hundred Years Heinrich von Kleist"."  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.  April 7-10, 2011.
  • Holly Liu.  "Wendeliteratur und Monika Maron."  Zentrum für Deutschlandstudien, Peking University.  Beijing, China.  December 17th, 2009.
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Selected External Research Grants

  • Baden- Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies.  Holly Liu.  "Fulbright Summer Grant."  German-American Fulbright Commission, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and the University of Tübingen.  Effective: June 20, 2011.
  • Residency at Washington University Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature.  Holly Liu.  "Summer Research for Forthcoming Book Publication."  Funded by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).  Effective: May 19, 2009.

Awards, Honors, Recognitions

  • 2009 Outstanding Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching award

Service to the College

  • Member of Academic Standards Committee 2012-2015

 

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