Evelyn S. Firchow


EVELYN SCHERABON FIRCHOW Professor of German and Germanic Philology Folwell 205, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (952) 890-4454 or (612) 625-2080 Fax: (612) 624-8297 firch001@umn.edu

Education and Degrees: University of Vienna, Austria University of Texas, Austin, Texas, B.A. University of Manitoba, Canada, M.A. Harvard University, Cambridge, Ph.D. University of Munich, Germany Fellowships and Honors Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung fellow: Munich (1960/61), Tübingen (1974), Marburg (1981), travel grant (1985), Marburg (1990), Marburg (1993), Bonn (2001) Fulbright-Hayes/NDEA Faculty fellow, University of Iceland 1966/67 Fulbright Research Professor, University of Iceland 1980, 1994 Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, research fellow 1973 Austrian Government, Vienna, research fellow 1977 National Endowment for the Humanities fellow for Independent Study and Research 1980/81, Travel grant 1991 Permanent Visiting Professor, Jilin University, Chang Chun, China since 1987 American Institute of Indian Studies fellow, India 1988 Bush fellow, University of Minnesota 1989-1990 Thor Thors Fellow, University of Iceland 1994 Faculty fellow, Summer, University of Minnesota 1995, 1996, 2004 McKnight fellow, Summer, University of Minnesota 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004 DAAD fellow 2000 Corresponding Member, Center for Multilingualism, Brussels, Belgium since 1986
Grants and Leaves Sabbatical, University of Minnesota 1973/74, 1980/81, 1989/90, 1997/98 Quarter Research Leaves, University of Minnesota 1971, 1986, 1988 Minnesota Humanities Commission, research grant 1995/96, 1997/98 Graduate School, University of Minnesota, research grants 1965-1977, 1978-1980, 1983-1991, 1993-1996, 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005 Travel grants, University of Minnesota 1969, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1987, 1990, 1992-2001, 2002-2003 UROP grants, University of Minnesota 1987-88, 1990-2003 Teaching and Administration Teaching Fellow of German, Harvard University 1957/58, 1961/62 Instructor and Assistant professor of German, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1962-65 Associate Professor of German, University of Minnesota 1965-69 Full professor of German and Germanic Philology, University of Minnesota 1969-present Visiting professor, University of Florida, Gainesville 1973 Visiting research professor, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 1982/83 Visiting professor, Jilin University, Chang Chun, China 1987 Visiting professor, University of Graz, Austria 1989, 1991, 2002/03 Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria 1995 Visiting Professor, University of Bonn, Germany 1996 Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica 2000 Courses taught at the University of Minnesota Central Interests Medieval German language and literature (Old High German, Middle High German, Early New High German) History of the German language Medieval Germanic languages (Old Norse, Old English, Old Low German) Medieval Latin Medieval palaeography and text editing Modern German language German-American language and culture Translation (German, English, Icelandic, Latin) Bibliography
Selected Publications Professional Associations Bibliography Courses at the U of M Links Homepage German, Scandinavian & Dutch Department

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