Evelyn Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German; German Program Coordinator
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Courses Taught
All levels of German language classes, which all incorporate contemporary culture and development of intercultural communication skills; German cultural history courses; Medieval German literature and culture courses which focus on questions of gender, race, ethics, engaging with the other, and what shaped social discourses at that time; The German Media; Berlin and Identities in the 20th and 21st centuries. All courses emphasize social, political and cultural issues as appropriate to the course.
Education
Ph.D., Germanic Medieval Studies (major) & Women Studies (minor), University of Minnesota,
2003
M.A., English, Louisiana State University, 1994
B.A., German & English Ruprecht-Karls-Universit盲t Heidelberg, Germany, 1990
Research Interests
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Germanic medieval literature and culture
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(Illuminated) medieval manuscripts
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Construction of gender, race and the Other in literature and culture
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The application of media & technology to second/foreign language acquisition
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Integration of social issues in the teaching of literature and culture
Publications and Media Placements
Edited Volumes:
Meyer, Evelyn & Melissa Ridley Elmes (co-eds). Ethics in the Arthurian Legend. Boydell and Brewer. 2023. 400pp. ()
Meyer, Evelyn & Andrea Schindler (co-eds.) Geschichten sehen, Bilder h枚ren. Bildprogramme im Mittelalter. Conference Proceedings Bamberg, July 12-13, 2013, Univ. of Bamberg P. 2015. 216pp.
Andress, Reinhard (ed.), Evelyn Meyer & Gregory Divers (co-eds.). Weltanschauliche Orientierungsversuche im Exil / Changes of World View in Exile. Rodopi. 2010. 371pp.
Book Chapters (selection):
鈥淭oo Quickly or Not Quickly Enough, Too Rash and Too Harshly: The Arthurian Court鈥檚 Lack of Ethics in Hartmann von Aue鈥檚 Erec and Iwein and Wolfram von Eschenbach鈥檚 Parzival鈥� in: Ethics in the Arthurian Legend. Eds. Evelyn Meyer and Melissa Ridely Elmes, Boydell & Brewer. 2023. 35-64.
鈥�'Warum Mittelalter? Das interessiert mich nicht wirklich!' Kreative Projekte im medi盲vistischen Literaturseminar im Ausland.鈥� in: Medi盲vistische Perspektiven im 21. Jahrhundert. Festschrift f眉r Ingrid Bennewitz zum 65. Geburtstag. Ed. Andrea Schindler. Wiesbaden: Germany: Reichert. 2021. 429鈥�45.
鈥淭eaching a Daughter Sexual Desire and Love Lore: Herzeloyde鈥檚 Mentorship of Sigune in Wolfram von Eschenbach鈥檚 Titurel and Albrecht von Scharfenberg鈥檚 J眉ngerer Titurel鈥�, in: Gender Bonds, Gender Binds: Men, Women, and Family in Middle High German Literature, Essays in Honor of Ann Marie Rasmussen. Edited by Alison L. Beringer, Sara S. Poor, and Olga Trokhimenko. Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter. 2021. 117-136.
鈥淲olfram von Eschenbach鈥檚 Parzival: A Complex Reshaping and Expansion of A Source.鈥� Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Literature. edited by Ken Seigneurie (general editor), Wiley Blackwell: Hoboken, USA, and Chichester, UK. 2020. Vol. 2: 967-978.
鈥淭he Slippery Concept of Evil in Hartmann von Aue鈥檚 Erec and Iwein.鈥� The End-Times in Medieval German Literature: Sin, Evil, and the Apocalypse. Ernst Ralph Hintz and Scott Pincikowski, eds. Rochester, NY: Camden. 2019. 190-215.
Articles (selection):
鈥淒as ungerechtfertigte Leid der Frauen: Hartmanns Variationen des Typus der 鈥榣eidenden
Frau鈥� in Enite, Laudine und Lunete鈥� Hartmann von Aue 1230-1517. Kulturgeschichtliche Perspektiven der handschriftlichen
脺berlieferung. Margreth Egidi, Markus Greulich and Marie-Sophie Masse, eds. Zeitschrift f眉r deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur - Beiheft 34. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel. 2020. 147-168.
co-authored with Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, 鈥淎nn Marie Rasmussen鈥�, in: Samantha J. Rayner 鈥淔emale Arthurian Scholars: An Initial Collection of Tributes.鈥� Journal of the International Arthurian Society 7:1 (2019): 3-41, ours: 30-31.
co-authored with Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand. 鈥�sine mugens nicht erdenken: wand ez kan vor in wenken rechte alsma ein schellec hase: Women鈥檚 German Medieval-Arthurian Scholarship.鈥� Journal of the International Arthurian Society 7:1 (2019): 61-90.
co-authored with Lee Forrester, 鈥淚mplementing Student-Produced Video Projects in Language Courses: Guidelines and Lessons Learned鈥�, Unterrichtspraxis 48:2 (2015): 192-210. Best Article in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German Award 2016, AATG.
Editions/Transcriptions of Medieval Manuscript Texts:
Hartmann von Aue. Iwein. Manuscript A: Universit盲tisbibliothek Heidelberg, Codex Palatinus Germanicus 397: Introduction to the manuscript edition and edition of the manuscript text (184pp). Hartmann von Aue Knowledgebase Portal, Universit盲t Trier, published online http://hvauep.uni-trier.de/kb_iwein.php?q=transcriptions (2007).
M枚nch von Salzburg 鈥淟ied von den sieben Tagzeiten鈥� (late 14th, early 15th century) contained at the end of Kalocsa Ms. 20.672, 11th century. Transcription and Translation, published at (2007), invited by Prof. Paul Shore, then Educational Studies, 抖阴pro.
Honors and Awards
Evelyn Meyer won the "2016 Best Article in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German Award" by the AATG (American Association of Teachers of German), with collaborator Lee Forester, Ph.D. of Hope College. The article for which they received his award is 鈥淚mplementing Student-Produced Video Projects in Language Courses: Guidelines and Lessons Learned,鈥� Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 48:2 (2015): 192-210. Award Presentation at the Annual AATG/ACTFL Convention, Boston, MA, November 19, 2016.