German Studies Program

Sabine von Mering

Sabine von MeringProfessor of German, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Director of the Center for German and European Studies

Research Interests

  • German as a foreign language
  • Jewish-German dialogue
  • German women writers
  • German cinema
  • Age of Goethe
  • German drama
  • Fairy tales
  • Climate change and the humanities

Degrees

  • University of California, Davis, PhD
  • University of Göttingen, Erstes Staatsexamen

Awards/Fellowships

  • 2023 Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with The OpEd Project, in partnership with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
  • Recipient of the Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize 2022 (Deutsches Haus NYU)
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2022
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2021
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2019
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2018
  • Teaching Innovation Grant 2018
  • Brandeis University Provost Research Grant, 2017
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2017
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2014
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2012
  • Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, 2006
  • Hewlett Grant for Interdisciplinary Teaching 2001
  • Brandeis University Mazer Award 2000
  • Brandeis University Center for German and European Studies Research Travel Grant 1999
  • Dissertation-Year-Fellowship 1997-98, University of California Davis
  • Teaching Award for Outstanding Graduate Students 1997, University of California Davis
  • Humanities Research Award 1997, University of California Davis
  • Kaplan Award for Excellence in Student Teamwork 1997, University of California Davis

Select Publications

Select Courses Taught

  • GECS 130b: The Princess and the Golem: Fairy Tales
  • GECS 167a: German Cinema: Vamps and Angels
  • GECS 188b: Human/Nature: European Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and What to Do About It
  • GER 10a: Beginning German
  • GER 20b: Continuing German
  • GER 30a: Intermediate German
  • GER 110a: Goethe
  • GER 120b: Deutsche Mäerchen
  • GER 140a: Bertolt Brecht und das Theater des 20.Jahrhunderts

Affiliated Departments/Programs

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