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RESEARCHING GERMAN EXILES

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Research Grants for German Exile Studies

Past Recipients

This webpage recognizes the recipients of the German Exile Studies Research Grants at USC's Feuchtwanger Memorial Library. The research grant was established in 1997, made possible by the generous gift of Marta Feuchtwanger to the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library at the University of Southern California.

2008

Evelyn Juers, Sydney, Australia Research for her book House of Exile - about the world in exile of a group of writers and intellectuals who fled Germany in the 1930s, first for other European countries, and then for the USA.

Larissa Schütze, München, Germany Dissertation about German-speaking film artists in the Warner Bros. Studios, 1933-1945

Anne Hartmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Project to review and reevaluate Lion Feuchtwanger’s travelogue MOSKAU 1937 and to reconstruct his stay in the USSR with the help of reports of interpreter D. Karavkina and materials from the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library for a possible re-reading of the travelogue.

 

2007

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Ian Wallace, Clevedon, UK Research for a number of entries on the life and works of Lion Feuchtwanger for the web-based Literary Encyclopedia, and preparation for a talk and public discussion on the occasion of Lion Feuchtwanger’s 50th death year.

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Christoph Schmitt-Maass, Cologne, Germany “Feuchtwangers Visionen. Medienrezeption und Erzählstrategien in den späten historischen Romanen Lion Feuchtwangers.“ Paper presented at the 3rd Conference of the International Feuchtwanger Society.

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Sandra Nagel, Memorial de la Shoah, Paris, France Project to establish a temporary exhibition about the French internment camp Les Milles on the site of the former camp which will also illustrate the life, internment and emigration of Lion Feuchtwanger.

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Christian Schärf, Universität Mainz, Germany Research on the correspondence between Heinrich and Nelly Mann. The letters shall be transcribed and published for a critical edition. A detailed commentary of the relationship between Heinrich and Nelly Mann, its influence for the literary works of the author and a description of the general circumstances of his exile life will complete the publication.

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Hanna Therese Maaria Hörmann, München, Germany Research for a master thesis which will investigate Lion Feuchtwanger’s poitical an personal ideas on his novel DIE FÜCHSE IM WEINBERG and the influence and importance the constituting cosmopolitanism had on it.

 

2006

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Sally Bick, Windsor Ontario, Canada Work on a book about the Hollywood film music of Hanns Eisler and his critical and theoretical writings in the field. Eisler was a central figure in Hollywood émigré circles and worked closely with Brecht, Fritz Lang and Theodor Adorno among others.

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Anne-Clara Schenderlein, Germany

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Waltraud Maierhofer, University of Iowa, USA

Spring 2002

Breixo Viejo, Graduate student at the New School University (New York) and University of Madrid Breixo Viejo is writing his dissertation on Hanns Eisler's "Film Music Project" and creating a documentary "Stretta" about the origins, development and results of this project. Mr. Viejo consulted the rich correspondence files in the Hanns Eisler Collection in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library for his two projects.

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Heike Specht, Graduate student, University of Munich Heike Specht's doctoral dissertation examines five generations of the prominent Bavarian-Jewish family of the Feuchtwangers. While at USC, Ms. Specht read the extensive correspondence files between Lion Feuchtwanger and his siblings and his diary. In addition, she also consulted manuscripts of Feuchtwanger's speeches and essays.

Winter 2002

Noah Isenberg, Associate Prof. of German Studies, Wesleyan University Dr. Isenberg's current book project, "Perennial Detour: The Cinema of Edger G. Ulmer and the Experience of Exile," brought him to USC to conduct research in the extensive collections of German emigre film makers in the Cinema-TV Library's Performing Arts Archive.

Catrin Schulz, Graduate student from University of Kansas, Lawrence While at the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library, Catrin Schulz researched the manuscript drafts and correspondence related to Lion Feuchtwanger's short stories, in particular "Herrn Wollsteins Gepäckscheine" ("Mr. Wollstein's Trunk Checks").

Spring 2001

(photo not available)	Jordan E. Bear, Student at Johns Hopkins University Jordan Bear's research at USC focused on Fritz Lang and the relationship between the German émigré sensibility and the identity of Los Angeles.

Andrea Bunzel, Graduate Student, University of Montpellier Ms. Bunzel's visit to the Feuchtwanger Library related to her dissertation topic of Lion Feuchtwanger's Josephus Trilogy. In particular, she research the relationship between the historical novels and Feuchtwanger's source materials.

Winter 2000

Ian Wallace, University of Bath Dr. Wallace is currently researching German-Jewish writers forced into exile in the 1930s. For his project at the Feuchtwanger Library, he focused on Lion Feuchtwanger's autobiographical work Unholdes Frankreich and novel Exil, with particular interest in the creation of Unholdes Frankreich and its relationship to other texts based on experiences in French internment camps.

Fall 1999

	Hélène Yeche, University of Poitiers Dr. Yeche's research project focused on Feuchtwanger's novel Narrenweisheit oder Tod und Verklärung des Jean-Jacues Rousseau to study the reception of the political and philosophical ideas of the French Revolution in German exile literature in Southern California.
	Manfred Flügge, writer, Berlin Mr. Flügge researched the Heinrich Mann Collection in conjunction with his upcoming publication on exiles in Southern California.

Summer 1999

Thomas David, writer, Hamburg Mr. David used archival materials in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library for his biography of Fritz Lang; his goal in specific was to learn more about Lang's relationship with his fellow German exiles in Southern California.

Spring 1999

	Christine Heine-Teixeira, Assistente, University of Madeira While conducting research for her dissertation, Ms. Heine-Teixeira focused on Feuchtwanger's expansion of the genre of historical fiction and Feuchtwanger's portrayal of Jewish topics and themes.
(photo not available)	Linde Fliedner-Lorenzen, graduate student, University of Bonn Ms. Fliedner-Lorenzen consulted archival sources in the Feuchtwanger Library for her dissertation in which she analyses how the wives of three German writers living in exile influenced their husband's work and how these women helped their husbands survive in a foreign country.

Winter 1999

	Melanie Krob, independent scholar, New Orleans Dr. Krob's project examined the German exiles' use of France and its cultural icons as symbols in their writings.
	Vera Stegmann, Assoc. Professor of German, Lehigh University During Dr. Stegmann's stay, she researched the Hanns Eisler Collection with particular attention to Eisler's correspondence and his writings on film music.

Fall 1998

	Courtney Peltzer, graduate student, University of Kansas Ms. Peltzer researched Lion Feuchtwanger's historical play and novel Jud Süß and his play "The Devil in Boston" while visiting the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library.
	Kristin Rebien, graduate student, University of Leipzig Ms. Rebien's research focused on the writer Bruno Frank and his wife, Liesl Frank, using archival materials in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and the archival film collections of USC's Cinema/Television Library.
	Julia Haselmayr, graduate student, University of Ausburg Ms. Haselmayr's research at the Feuchtwanger Library related directly to her master's thesis in which she explored Lion Feuchtwanger's understanding of "artist" and his ideas about himself as an artist. In particular she considered the impact of politics, war, and living in exile on an artist's (i.e. Feuchtwanger's) work.
	Gerd Gemünden, Assoc. Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Darmouth College Dr. Gemünden's project traced the relationship between the films of German emigré director Douglas Sirk and the writings of important members of the German exile community in Los Angeles.

Summer 1998

Jonathan Skolnik, graduate student, Columbia University As a component of his doctoral dissertation, Mr. Skolnik's research at the Feuchtwanger Library examined Feuchtwanger's relation to the literary model of the popular German-Jewish novels of the 19th century.

Spring 1998

	Alexander Stephan, Professor of German, University of Florida Dr. Stephan researched a number of topics related to Lion Feuchtwanger during his visit to the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library, including investigation of the surveillance of German exile writers in the United States and reviewing lesser-known Feuchtwanger texts for publication.
	Jürgen Schebera, independent scholar, Berlin Dr. Schebera researched the Hanns Eisler Collection in connection to his forthcoming edition of Eisler correspondence.
	Kai Heidkamp, graduate student, University of Kansas Mr. Heidkamp's research in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library involved a comparison between the political context for Feuchtwanger's Die Brüder Lautensack and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus.
	Sigrid Thielking, Professor of German, University of Essen Dr. Thielking researched and consulted unpublished Feuchtwanger texts for her forthcoming collection of Feuchtwanger's essays.
	Roland Jaeger, art historian, Hamburg Dr. Jaeger researched American exile publications during his research stay.
	Lisa Mays, graduate student, University of Kansas Ms. Mays focused her research at the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library on determining Feuchtwanger's psychological understanding of personal space during his exile in France and America on the basis of textual references in his personal letters and autobiographical work, Der Teufel in Frankreich.

Fall 1997

	Frank Baron, Professor of German, University of Kansas Dr. Baron conducted research at the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library investigating the background (in particular Thomas Mann's role) in the August 1943 declaration signed by several German exiles Southern California which argued the need to fight for an unconditional capitulation of Germany.
	Holger Gumprecht, freelance journalist, Hemmingen, Germany Mr. Gumprecht visited the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library to conduct research on his current book (to be published by Aufbau Verlag) about the writers who fled Germany and Nazi-occupied lands during the Third Reich and found a safe haven in Southern California.

For more information contact the Feuchtwanger Librarian.