- Phone:
- 317-274-8740
- Email:
- nmneuman@iu.edu
- Website:
- https://liberalarts.indianapolis.iu.edu/maxkade/
- Departments/programs:
- World Languages and Cultures
- German
- Centers/institutes:
- Max Kade German-American Center
Cavanaugh Hall (CA) 329
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202 Education
- PhD, Germanic Studies, minor in Moving Image Studies, University of Minnesota 2016
- MA, Arts and Cultural Leadership, minor in Museum Studies, University of Minnesota 2013
- MA, Germanic Studies, University of Minnesota 2005
Academic interests
20th and 21st century German and German-American cultural studies
cinema studies, cinema archives
representations of identity
Teaching
Language sequence (1st-4th semester German)
German Cinema/Der deutsche Film
Oberstufe Grammatik
Schreiben und Sprechen
Deutsche Kultur Heute
Awards and Grants
Conference Grant, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (2020)
Enhanced Mentoring Program with Opportunities for Ways to Excel in Research (2020, IUPUI)
Curriculum Enhancement Grant (2020-2021, IUPUI)
German Studies Association Max Kade Berlin Fellowship (2018-2019)
Kansas Humanities Council Grant (2018)
Short Term Research Grant, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (2016)
Stipend, Transatlantik-Programm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2016)
Albert Bernard Faust Research Grant, Society for German-American Studies (2014)
Publications
"Anna Heger’s Grammatical Futurity" (Seminar, 56(3-4), 302-321)
“Announced but not Enacted: Anti-Racist German Studies as Process,” second co-author with Andrea Dawn Bryant, Ervin Malakaj, and David Gramling (Applied Linguistics, 19.1, 124-128)
“Entertainment, Art, or Education? The Emergence of Film Studies in the Twin Cities” (The Moving Image, amz057, 1-9)
“The Archive and Writing (German) Film History.” Becoming TransGerman: Cultural Identity Beyond Geography, edited by Thomas O. Haakenson, Tirza True Latimer, Carol Hager, and Deborah Barton, editors. Peter Lang, 2019, 159-94.
Related professional service
Postdoctoral Fellow, Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Visiting Assistant Professor of German, Kansas State University
Service
Book Review Editor (German) for Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature (2016-present)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Ambassador (2019 – present)
Encyclopedia entries on Media and Popular Culture for Modern Germany (ABC-CLIO) and book review for Society for German-American Studies
Events for Max Kade German-American Center (https://liberalarts.indianapolis.iu.edu/maxkade/), IUPUI, Kansas State University, University of Minnesota
student study abroad (IUPUI, Kansas State University)
