German Studies Review (GSR) is the scholarly journal of the German Studies Association (GSA), the world’s largest academic association devoted to the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary study of the German-speaking countries. Recent issues have covered topics from Alexander von Humboldt and postcolonial theory to Krupp housing estates in the Ruhr valley to the popularity of German gangsta rap. A peer-reviewed journal, GSR includes articles and book reviews on the history, literature, culture, and politics of the German-speaking areas of Europe encompassing primarily, but not exclusively, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Table of Contents
Introduction pp. 443–447 Andreas W. Daum, Sabine Hake, Brad Prager
The Association
Forty Years of the GSA, 1976–2016 pp. 449–469 Sara Lennox, Gerhard L. Weinberg
The Project of German Studies: Disciplinary Strategies and Intellectual Practices pp. 471–492 Celia Applegate, Frank Trommler
The Disciplines
From National to Transnational German Studies: Some Historical Reflections, 1977–2017 pp. 493–503 Konrad H. Jarausch
The Role of Literature in the German Studies Association pp. 505–516 Paul Michael Lützeler
Interdisciplinarity, German Studies, and the Humanities pp. 517–527 Janet Ward
Researching Multilingually in German Studies: A Brief Retrospective pp. 529–540 David Gramling
Film and Media Studies pp. 541–551 Gerd Gemünden
Critical Theory and the German Studies Association pp. 553–563 Lutz Koepnick
Feminist German Studies and the GSA pp. 565–575 Hester Baer
Trajectories in the Study of National Socialism pp. 577–588 Joseph W. Bendersky
New Paths, New Directions: Reflections on Forty Years of Holocaust Studies and the GSA pp. 589–599 Waitman Wade Beorn
German Studies and Jewish Studies: Symbiosis of Two Fields pp. 601–610 Leslie Morris
Readings and Misreadings?: The GDR and the GSA pp. 611–620 Marc Silberman
Visions of the Other German-Speaking Lands: Austrian and Swiss Studies at the German Studies Association Conferences and in the German Studies Review pp. 621–627 Gary B. Cohen
From Multidisciplinary to Transdisciplinary: On the History of German Studies Review, 1978–2015 pp. 629–643 Amanda Z. Randall
German Studies in Nordamerika: eine Außensicht pp. 645–654 Ulrich Grothus
Personal Perspectives
The GSA and My Own Hot Autumn pp. 655–656 Stephen Brockmann
The GSA—A Brief Bildungsroman pp. 657–659 Suzanne L. Marchand
Listening at the GSA: Lessons Learned pp. 661–663 Irene Kacandes
How to Found a Scholarly Organization and Give it Instant Prestige pp. 665–667 Gerald R. Kleinfeld
Die Wurstmaschine; or, How Sausage Is Made pp. 669–670 David E. Barclay
Entrepreneurial and Engaging: Reflecting on Forty Years of the GSA pp. 671–672 Marion F. Deshmukh
The Necessity of the GSA pp. 673–674 Jeffrey L. Sammons
Growing up with the GSA pp. 675–677 Daniel Purdy
Student to Scholar: Coming of Age at the GSA pp. 679–680 Suzanne Brown-Fleming
The Art Historical Haven within the GSA pp. 681–683 Paul B. Jaskot
The GSA and Canada pp. 685–686 James Retallack
Partners in Time: The GSA and the DEFA Film Library pp. 687–689 Skyler J. Arndt-Briggs
A Publisher’s Perspective pp. 691–693 Marion Berghahn
Contributorspp. 695–699