Faculty
Ahrens, Wolfgang
Professor Emeritus
BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Ohio State University)
Email: wahrens@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: German Studies, Medieval period, literature of the 16th and 17th centuries, German dialects, Scandinavian studies and Name studies
Kraenzle, Christina
Associate Professor
Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Tel: (416) 736-2100, extension 88742
Email: kraenzle@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: Contemporary German literature, German film, cultural studies, transnational cultural production, urban studies.
Mueller, Gabriele
Associate Professor
Diplomlehrer (University of Leipzig), M. Phil., Ph.D. (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
Tel:(416) 736-2100, extension 40004
Email: gmueller@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: Contemporary German cinema and literature, film history, German cultural studies.
Spokiene, Diana
Associate Professor and Co-ordinator of German Studies
Dipl.Phil. (University of Vilnius), M.A. (University of New Brunswick), Ph.D. (University of Alberta)
Tel: (416) 736-2100, extension 88745;
Email: spokiene@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: Modern German literature; Inter/cultural Studies; Gender and cultural production; small nations in the context of globalisation.
Webber, Mark Joel
Professor Emeritus
A.B. (Harvard University); M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale University)
Tel: (416) 736-2100, extension 20220
Email: mwebber@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: Junges Deutschland; Kafka; language pedagogy; German Studies.
Contract Faculty
Bera, Matt
PhD (York University, History)
Euchner, Maria
BA (University of King's College), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (University of Toronto)
Tel: 416 736-2100, ext. 20079
Email: maria.euchner@utoronto.ca
Research and teaching interests: 18th to 21st century German literature, thought, and culture, Opera Studies, Adaptation, Fin de siècle, Expressionism, Weimar Republic
Fröhlich-Dees, Maria
Staatsexamen (Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany), M.A. (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education-University of Toronto)
Tel:(416) 736-2100, extension 88739
Email: frohdees@yorku.ca
Teaching experience: German and English as second languages at different levels in various educational and business venues
Research interest: Second language acquisition/learning and teaching
Haynes, Helga
Graduate Degree in Translation (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany)
Email: helgahay@yorku.ca
Neuländer, Marina
B.A. (University of Zagreb), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Interpreters' Certificate, (Dolmetscher Institut / Institute for Interpreters, Heidelberg)
Tel:(416) 736-2100, extension 88742
Email: mneuland@yorku.ca
Research and teaching interests: Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Visiting DAAD Professor
Best, Ulrich
Ph.D (Geography) University of Plymouth, 2005 , Diplom-Geograph. FU Berlin (Geography, Sociology), IT 1999
Vordiplom. University of Heidelberg (Geography, Sociology), IT 1996
Tel: (416) 736-2100 x 22406
Email: ubest@yorku.ca
Research Interests: The critical geography of Europe, border studies, Urban geography, History and theory of geography, Critical geopolitics of energy
