Autobiography, memoir, GDR literature, Lyric Judaic studies, feminist theory/ies
Poetry in current (October 11) issue of The Delmarva Review
Plays produced at Live Arts Theater (August 2010 and July 2011)
For over two years, I have taught introductory German language to undergraduate UVA students, growing enrollment in my course from 6 students to 28. Additionally, I served as a German language Student Teacher for over 75 students in a local high school.
Drama, German and European literature of the 18th and early 19th, late 19th and 20th centuries, literary theory
My research interests lie in German and East European Jewish history and culture, the Holocaust, memory of the Holocaust, post-Holocaust trials, the reconstruction of Jewish life after 1945, and relations between Jews and non-Jews in postwar Europe. I use
Stefanie Parker is a native of Germany and has lived in the US for over 11 years. Before moving to Virginia, she completed her M.A. studies in German as a foreign language and American studies at the University of Leipzig. In 2006 she moved to Charlottesville to pursue her PhD in Germanic literature and languages. She has taught German at several colleges including Sweet Briar College, Hampden Sydney College, VCU, JMU and UVA. In her free time, Stefanie enjoys spending time with family and friends as well as reading and exploring the wide-range of arts in the area, especially theater.
Comparative literature 18th-20th centuries, modern German and Austrian literature, women's studies, GDR literature, poetry, narrative and narrative theory, cognitive approaches to literature
Her research focuses on the transmission of Holocaust memory through narrative in German Jewish and American Jewish post-Holocaust literature.
The Hygienic Apparatus: Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder (forthcoming from Northwestern University Press).
Hans Richters ‘Rhythmus 21’: Schlüsselfilm der Moderne (co-editor). Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2012. Reviewed in Medienwissenschaft 3 (2013): 321-2.
“Teaching Urban Hygiene in the Weimar Kulturfilm.” Colloquia Germanica 53.3-4 (2021): 309-333.
Transnational German History and Culture
European Studies
History and Theories of Fascism,
Democracy Studies
Critical Theory, and Cultural Studies
Historical Political Culture of Green Ideas and Practices
