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Prof. F. BirgelFranz A. Birgel
Professor of German & Film Studies
Co-Director of the German Studies Program

 

B.A., La Salle College 
A.M., Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania 

Ettinger Building - Room 102 D 
Telephone: 484-664-3345
Fax: 484-664-3722 
E-mail: birgel@muhlenberg.edu 

Dr. Birgel teaches many of the courses offered by the German Program: German language courses, Masterpieces of German Literatur
e I & II, German Civilization, German Cinema, German Prose, and Readings in German Drama for theater majors. Within the college's new film studies program, he teaches German Cinema and The Western Film, and he is preparing a new course on Berlin in Film.

Dr. Birgel's
present research interests include German film history, cinematic adaptations of literary works, and the interrelationship between history and film. Together with Professor Klaus Phillips of Hollins University, he recently edited a collection of essays on the German filmmaker and author Doris Dörrie. Dr. Birgel is currently pursuing research on East German feature films about Native Americans and on the cinema of the Third Reich.

Publications by Dr. Birgel



Albert A. Kipa
Professor Laureate – German, Russian
Saeger Professor of Comparative Literature

B.A., City College of New York
A.M., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania



Office: Ettinger Building - Room 104 A
Phone: 484-664-3341
Fax: 484-664-3722
E-mail: kipa@muhlenberg.edu

Albert Kipa is Muhlenberg's first Professor Laureate and former Head of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (1989-1993; 1997-2004). He teaches courses devoted to German, Russian, and world literature. He specializes in Germano-Slavic literary and cultural relations and is the author or co-author of studies (books, articles) and reviews in his field. He has been the recipient of Fulbright, NEH and IREX grants, as well as Goethe Institute/AATG, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and the Ukrainian Free University’s merit awards. From 1980 to 1982 he served on a National Advisory Council to the U.S. Department of Education. Currently he serves as president of The Ukrainian Academy of Arts & Sciences in the U.S. and is a Fellow of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine.



Marita Reeder
Part Time Lecturer in German


B.A., Universitaet Giessen, Germany
M.Ed. Lehigh University
 

Office: Ettinger Building - Room 106 C
Phone: 484-664-3635
Fax: 484-664-3722
E-mail: reeder@muhlenberg.edu

After teaching for ten years at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, Ms. Reeder, a native of Germany, joined Muhlenberg College in the fall of 2002. Aside from teaching first and second year German, she developed self-paced programs for students and a course on scientific reading. At Muhlenberg she's primarily teaching language courses. Ms. Reeder has also done numerous translations, from court papers to a treatise on light refraction, advertisements and prose. When at home she likes to listen to classical music and enjoys gardening.

 
 
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