Dr. Reinhard Andress
Professor, German Language & Literature, and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
randress@luc.edu
Teaching and Research Interests
- German language pedagogy
- 20th Century German literature
- Cultural history of Germany
- German film
- German exile studies
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Translation (German to English, English to German, Spanish to German)
Selected Recent Publications
- "Das Tagebuch von Carlos Montúfar: Faksimile und neue Transkription." With Silvia Navia. Humboldt im Netz, 24 (2012), http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin24/andress-navia.htm.
- "Alexander von Humboldt und Carlos Montúfar als Reisegefährten: ein Vergleich ihrer Tagebücher zum Chimborazo-Aufstieg," Humboldt im Netz, XII, 22 (2011): http://www.unipotsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin22/andress.htm.
- "Robert(o) Schopflocher als Selbstübersetzer." Ibero-amerikanisches Jahrbuch der Germanistik 5 (2011), pp. 157-72.
- "'Tercer espacio' e 'hibridación': el caso del escritor argentino-alemán Robert(o) Schopflocher", Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos 70 (2011), pp. 251-68.
- Weltanschauliche Orientierungsversuche im Exil / New Orientations of World View in Exile. With Evelyn Meyer and Gregory Divers. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2010.
- Benno Weiser Varon, Ich war Europäer (from Spanish to German together with Egon Schwarz). Vienna: Picus Verlag, 2008.
- "Der Inselgarten" - das Exil deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller auf Mallorca, 1931-1936. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001.
Education
| 1971-75 | East High School, Rockford, IL |
| 1975-77 | Rockford College, Rockford, IL |
| 1977-78 | University of Illinois Austria-Illinois Exchange Program, Baden, Austria Pädagogische Akademie, Baden, Austria Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 1978-79 | Rockford College: B.A., Major in German, Minor in Spanish |
| 1979-81 | University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: M.A., Major in German Literature, Minor in Germanic Linguistics |
| 1981-84 | Universität Wien: Part-time studies while functioning as the Teaching and Administrative Assistant to the University of Illinois Austria-Illinois Exchange Program |
| 1984-88 | University of Illinois: Ph.D., Specialization in GDR (East German) Literature |
Organizations
- German Studies Association
- Council of College of Arts and Sciences
- American Jesuit Colleges and Universities