MADELYN BURCHILL
Instructor
German
Specialty:
Swiss history and culture
Myth, folk heroes & fairy tales as historic record of that
which binds the culture of our world together.
Research:
• Swiss history and culture, especially lore and
history surrounding the William Tell legend
• Language learning promotion
• Using children’s literature in early stages
of language acquisition
Interests:
Educational travel at all levels from secondary through adult (Elderhostel)
Native American culture and history
Education:
B.A., Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn.
M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara,
Calif.
Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Goethe Institut Brilon, Westfalen, Germany
Universidad Internacional, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Contact: burchill@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3603
JONATHAN CLARK
Associate Professor/Chair
German
Specialty:
German language
Literature and film
17th century German culture
Literary theory
Research:
• Monograph on Daniel and Christoph Klesch
• 17th Century preachers and poets from Upper Hungary (Slovakia)
who were exiled to Germany during the Austrian Counter-Reformation
Books and Editions:
• Ed. and Intro., with Karl F. Otto, Jr. Bibliographia Kleschiana:
The Writings of a Baroque Family, Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1996.
• Ed. and Intro. Quirinus Kuhlmann, Der Neubegeisterte Böhme
1674. 2 vols. Bibliothek des literarischen Vereins Stuttgart 317
and 318. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann Verlag, 1995.
• “Julius Wilhelm Zincgref.” Dictionary of Literary
Biography. Vol. 164. Ed. James Hardin. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman
and Gale Publishers, 1996. 379-383.
Interests:
Early modern German culture
German Film
Women and violence in the early modern period
Wood working, travel, philately
Education:
B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkely, Berkeley, Calif.
Contact: clark@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3599 office, (218) 287-1827 home
STEPHEN GROLLMAN
Assistant Professor
German
Specialty:
German language
Literature
Culture
Business German
Research:
• Heinrich Mann: Narratives of Wilhelmine Germany, New York:
Peter Lang, 2002
Interests:
Early twentieth century literature and culture,
German history in literature, International Business, German as
a language of business, opportunities for students to work in Germany,
or for students with German language skills and experience abroad
to be employed in the United States
Education:
B.A., SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N. Y.
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Contact: grollman@cord.edu
