PROFESSOR PRANDI
Universities Attended
University of California, Berkeley:
BA in German; B.A. Comparative Literature; Ph.D. German Literature University of Göttingen; University of TübingenPositions: Since 1984 at Illinois Wesleyan
1993- Professor of German, Illinois Wesleyan University
1981-84 Ass't Prof. of German, Columbia University, New YorkPublications
"Die Frau als Welt: Liebe ohne Gegenliebe im Buch der Lieder." In Heine gehört auch uns: Internationales Heine-Symposiums '97 in Beijing. Ed. Zhang Yushu. Verlag der Peking-Universität, 1998."Anna Louisa Karsch," in Women Writers in German Speaking Countries, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1998, 208-214.
"The Road to Wisdom in Mozart's Magic Flute," in Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 26, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998.
"Egmont: Critical Evaluation" and "Elective Affinities, Bibliography" in Masterplots, ed. Frank N. Magill, 26 Vols., Englewood Cliffs (NJ): Salem Press, 1996.
"Dare To Be Happy!" A Study of Goethe's Ethics. University Press of America, 1993.
"Anna Luisa Karsch," in Bitter Healing: Anthology of German Women Authors from Pietism to Romanticism. Ed. by J. Blackwell and S. Zantop. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1990. 127-39.
"Point of View and the Possibility of Empathy: Woyzeck" in Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 13, Nr. 4 (1985).
"Women Warrior as Hero: Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans and Kleist's Penthesilea," Monatshefte (Winter 1985).
"Goethe's Iphigenie as Woman," The Germanic Review (Winter 1985).
Spirited Women Heroes: Major Female Characters in the Dramas of Goethe, Schiller and Kleist. New York: Peter Lang, 1983.
Reinhard Lettau, Breakfast in Miami. Translated from the German by by Julie Prandi and Reinhard Lettau. London: Calder, 1982.
Professional Organizations: American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Modern Language Association, American Association of Teachers of German, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Goethe Society of North America.
Courses Taught in German:
German language courses: elementary, intermediate, advanced
German Cultural History, 800-1871
German Literature of the Golden Age, 1750-1850
20th Century German Literature
German Intellectual History, Kant to Nietzsche
German Poetry, 1700-1900
German Drama, 20th CenturyCourses Taught in English
Giants of German ThoughtHumanities: 17-18th Century. Humanities: 1600 to the Present.
Freshman Colloquium: Magic Transformation
Freshman Colloquium: The Devil, the Woman and Faust
Goethe Seminar
20th Century French, German, Russian Drama
Continental Masters of Short Fiction (French, German, Russian)
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COMMITTEE WORK AND OTHER SERVICE
1997- Committee on Advising
1997- Committee on Advising
1996-98 Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable
1996 The Arts Committee, Gen Ed Task Force.
1993-95 Curriculum Council
1988- Western European Studies Committee
1991-96 Pre-Law Committee
1985- Academic Adviser
1992-93 Academic Assessment Planning Sub-Committee
1991-93 Teacher Education Committee
1992 Japan Committee
COMMITTEE WORK AND OTHER SERVICE, CON'T.
1989-91 Nominating Committee
1989-90 Humanities Speakers Committee
1987-90 Graduate Fellowship Committee
1986-87 Faculty Advisory Committee
1985-87 Curriculum Council
1985-87 Pre-Medical Committee
THESIS COMMITTEES
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Adviser for:
Lynn Ellerbruch (IS, 96)
Chris Welber (IS, 95)
Jennifer Cutsforth, History Honors (95)
Angelica Ushatova, Comparative Literature Honors (94)
Garret Graubins, Political Science Honors (94)
Rhea Rosenlof, Business School Honors (91)
Supervised: Amanda Weber (IS, 1995)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT SERVICE
1997 Worked on class evaluation form for Basic Sequence
1995-96 Organized two department colloquia: a research forum in the
Fall and a pedagogy colloquium in the Spring.
1993 Head of Foreign Language Placement Committee, which lead to
implementation of a new placement system beginning Fall 1994.
1993 Temporary Head of Foreign Language Department, January-May 1993.
1986- German Section Head, 1986-
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1986- German Section Head, 1986-
every year: Open House, FL Information Table
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1997 Attended several Mellon Center noon workshops.
1996 Attended three noon workshops on Gateway courses and one workshop
on using the internet to access materials for German classes.
1996 MCLL Department Colloquium on teaching basic sequence courses.
1995 Attended Lily Conference on College Teaching, Miami U.,
November.
1995 Attended AATG, Southern Illinois Chapter, Hands-on Internet
Workshop for German teachers, U of I, August 1995.
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Workshop for German teachers, U of I, August 1995.
1995 Panel: placement procedures for those entering college German
programs (with representatives from five other Illinois
Colleges), Southern Illinois AATG, Springfield, in April.
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, cont.:
1992 Attended American Association of Higher Education Assessment
Conference, workshops on portfolio evaluation and syllabus
evaluation for general education.
Representing the IWU Assessment Sub-Committee. Miami Beach, June
1991 Attended Conference on Research Perspectives in Adult Second
Language Learning, Columbus, OH in October.
1991 Attended CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction) confer-
ence, Atlanta, GA in April. Workshop on IBM authoring software.
1990 Attended the Berlin Seminar "Literature and Society of the Two
German States." Lectures and discussions with prominent authors
from the two Germanies." July 16-21.
1990 Computer Workshop for IWU FL faculty, May 14-18
1990 Attended Peoria World Affairs Council, March 3, with several of
my students. Topic: Eastern Europe.
1987 Oral Proficiency Training Workshop
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1987 Oral Proficiency Training Workshop
1998 Attended: Globalization and Governance: The United States and
Europe in Comparative Perspective. Conference for DAAD Alumni
and Fellows, University of California, Berkeley, May.
1997 AAUP National Meeting, Berkeley CA, May.
author: J. Prandi
jprandi@titan.iwu.edu
Illinois Wesleyan University
update: 5/99