The German Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

German Faculty

Dr. Ronald Horwege
Professor of German
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
e-mail: Horwege@sbc.edu

Professor Horwege helps tear down the Berlin Wall (June,1990)

Education:

Ph.D. Indiana University, 1971
Freie Universität Berlin, 1969-70
M.A. Indiana University, 1968
B.A. University of Kansas, 1966
Junior Year Abroad at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet in Bonn, Germany 1964-65

Teaching and Administrative Positions:

1985-present: Professor of German, Sweet Briar College
1990,1991,1994,1998. 2002: Assistant Director of German Summer Program in Muenster
1981-1985: Chair of Department of Modern Languages at Sweet Briar College
1979-1985: Associate Professor of German, Sweet Briar College
1971-1979: Assistant Professor of German, Sweet Briar College
1978-79 Danish Instructor at General Electric in Lynchburg, Virginia
1972 -1982: Adjunct Lecturer, Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia
1970-1971: Associate Instructor of German. Indiana University

Professor Horwege visited Ralph Grüneberger and Gerhard Weber at the Denkmalschmiede Höfgen near Grimma
after spending six weeks with the Münster Summer Program (June and July 2002)

Courses taught at Sweet Briar College:

German language (Elementary and Intermediate)
German Conversation and Composition
Introduction to German Literature
Modern German Literature
The German Novelle
German Literature before 1700
Modern German Drama
Introduction to German Culture
The Age of Goethe 1: Sturm und Drang and Early Classicism
The Age of Goethe II: Romanticism and Later Classicism
19th Century German Literature
Introduction to Business German
German Nationalism (team-taught Honors Seminar)
Growth and Structure of the German Language
Senior Seminar in German

Der Kiepenkerl (Münster 2002)

Research Interests:

German Nationalism and Literature
Early New High German
Teaching and technology

Selected Publications:

Ralph Grüneberger, Du Bist und Du Bist Nicht. Amerikagedichte. Translations and Commentary by Ronald Horwege.Berlin: Aphaia Verlag 1999.

"The German Farmer in Crisis: A Discussion of Wilhelm von Polenz's Der Buettner Bauer," article accepted for publication in a Festschrift for Frank G. Ryder. (publication forthcoming).

"Marquard von Lindau: De Nabuchodonosor,"in Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik: Reihe B: Germanistische Dissertationen in Kurzfassung,2., Bern: Herbert Lang, 1979, pp. 75-79; 4. pp.111-115.

A series of pamphlets on Western European countries published through an NEH Grant at Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia

2 Kiepenkerle (Münster 2002)

Honors/Awards:

Phi Beta Kappa(1966)
Delta Phi Alpha (German Honorary Fraternity)(1966)
Phi Alpha Theta (History Honorary Fraternity)(1966)
National Defense Eduation Act Title IV Fellowship for Graduate Study (1966-1969)
Direct Exchange Fellowship from the Free University of West Berlin(1969-1970)
Fulbright Fellowship (1976)
AATG-Goethe Institut Certificate of Merit (2003)

Grants From External Sources:

1987 Mellon Foundation Grant for a seminar at the College of William and Mary
1986 West German government grant for a seminar in West Berlin and Bonn on East-West Relations
1984 West German government Grant for a seminar on German Drama in East and West Germany at the Europäische Akademie in West Berlin
1982 Mellon Foundation Grant to attend a seminar at the University of Richmond
1982 NEH Grant from (administered through Sweet Briar College)
1982 West German government grant for a seminar in West Berlin on German political problems
1981 Goethe-Institut Grant for a seminar on German Literature since 1968, Hamburg,West Germany
1981 Exxon Foundation Gramt for a seminar for language department chairmen at the MLA Conference in New York City
1979 NEH grant to assist in the establishment of a foreign language center at Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia
1976 Fulbright Fellowship for a summer seminar on German Culture in Bonn, Göttingen and Munich, West Germany

Major Grants from Home Institution:

2001 Sweet Biar Grant to participate in Bradley Univesity Seminar in Berlin and Prague
2000 Sweet Briar Grant to participate in the Leipzig Bookfair
2000 Sweet Briar Grant to participate in a Seminar on Modern German Literature in Berlin
1999 Sweet Briar Grant for a trip to Leipzig to complete editorial work with Ralph Grüneberger
1999 Sweet Briar Grant to attend German Script Seminar at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1996 Sweet Briar Grant for participation in an AATG Workshop on Technology in the Teaching of German
1996 Sweet Briar Grant for participation in a seminar on Austrian Culture in Graz, Austria
1994 Sweet Briar Grant for participation in the ACTFL-AATG Conference in San Antonio,Texas
1993 Sweet Briar Grant for sabbatical research in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany
1992 Gilpin Grant to participate in a seminar on GDR Poetry in Leipzig, Germany
1990 Sweet Briar Grant to participate in a seminar on the German Elections in Berlin
1986 Sweet Briar Grant for Bradley University seminar in East and West Germany
1986 Sweet Briar Grant for Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" in Seattle, Washingtion
1984 Sweet Briar College Faculty Research Grant for a seminar on Business German in Radolfzell, Germany (summer)
1983, 1984, 1985 PEW Grant to work on computer assisted instruction in German
1981 Sweet Briar College Faculty Research Grant. (summer)
1980 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Fund.(summer)
1978 Sweet Briar College Faculty Research Grant and Interdisciplinary Studies Grant for sabbatical research in Berlin.
1977 Smith Richardson Fund for Interdisiplinary Studies for Research on Nationalism. (summer)
1976 Sweet Briar College Faculty Research Grant. (summer)
1974 Sweet Briar College Faculty Research Grant to attend a seminar on Austrian Culture in Vienna, Austria. (summer)


Professor Horwege with Julius Caesar in the Erbach Palace(1998)

Memberships:

American Association of Teachers of German President of the Virginia Chapter 1978-1980, 1992-1994 .2000-2004
Executive Board 1988-1992,1998-2000
Chairman of Nominating Committee for Chapter Presidents Council 1993
AATG-PAD Scholarship Selection Committee 1978-1995, 1997, Chairman 1998-1999.
American Council for the Study of Austrian Literature

Foreign Language Association of Virginia Executive Council 1978-80,1992-1996 , 1998-present
President Elect 1993-94
President 1994-95

Member of Advisory Board for the Wayne State University Junior Year in Munich and Freiburg Program(1993-present)

Piedmont Foreign Language Educators Association

Board of Directors 1985-87

Phi Beta Kappa

Secretary-Treasurer of Sweet Briar Chapter 1988-90, 1994-96
President of Sweet Briar Chapter 1996-1999

Papers, Presentations and Other Professional Activities:

Organizer of a conference held at Sweet Briar College in 1983 to commemorate the German-American Tri- Centennial.
Organizer of AATG-Goethe Institute Immersion Weekend at Sweet Briar 1994-present.
Reviewer for 3rd Edition of Doris Merrifield: Deutsche Wirtschaftssprache für Amerikaner. Wiley, 1994
Forensics Judge for Virginia Organization of German Students, 1980-1996.. 1998-2003
"The New Germany and Europe" Panel Disscussion at Sweet Briar College, 1990.
"Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen and Germanic Mythology" talk at Sweet Briar College, 1987.
"Some Observations about Life in the new German States since the Fall of the Wall" talk at FLAVA ,1992.
"The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall" talk at Sweet Briar Parents Weekend ,1993.
"Sweet Briar in German Literature" talk for alumnae weekend at Sweet Briar College,1994.
"Tricks für die schwierigen Sachen der deutschen Sprache" talk at University of Virginia Workshop for German Teachers, March 1996.

Meetings and Conferences Attended (1990-present):

State Language Teachers oonference in Roanoke, Virginia (October, 1990)
Participation in a seminar in Berlin during the German elections (December, 1990)
FLAVA-AATG conference in Farmville, Virginia (April, 1991)
Panel discussion for honors students on Europe today, Sweet Briar College (December, 1990)
VOGS conferences in Lynchburg and in Warrenton,Virginia: forensics organizer (April 1991, April 1992)
FLAVA-AATG conference in Williamsburg, Virginia (April, 1992)
FLAVA-AATG conference in Farmville, Virginia (April, 1991)
AATG national meeting in Washington, D.C. (November ,1991)
AATG-AATF conference in Straßburg and Baden Baden (July, 1992)
AATG Spring Workshop at Randolph-Macon College. Organizer of program on "Uses of Techonology in German Teaching." (April, 1993).
Annual Meeting of Virginia Organization of German Students. Forensics judge and organizer of forensics competition. (March, 1993, 1995,1996)
FLAVA-AATG Fall Meeting in Richmond. Organizer of program for AATG: "Deutsche Welle"(October,1993)
AATG national meeting in San Antonio, Texas: participant in the meeting of the Chapter Presidents' Council.( November, 1993)
AATG Chapter Presidents Meeting in Atlanta.( December, 1993).
AATG Virginia Chapter Spring Workshop at Randolph-Macon Women's College. Organizer of program on reading strategies. (April, 1994)
AATG-Goethe Institue Immersion Weekend at Sweet Briar College. Organizer and Administrator. (April,1994).
Symposium on Technology in Language Education at College of William and Mary. (March, 1994) .
Representative of FLAVA at the Board Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Atlanta (November, 1994)
FLAVA-AATG meeting in Richmond, Responsible for facilities arrangements.(October, 1994).
FLAVA Executive Board meeting at Sweet Briar College. (February 1995).
AATG Virginia Chapter Executive Board meeting. (March 1995).
FLAVA Annual Meeting in Richmond (November 1995).
Presided at the annual business meeting and was in charge of the conference and the conference planning.
Presided at the meeting of the FLAVA Executive Board.
FLAVA Executive Board Meeting at Randolph-Macon College. (February, 1996)
University of Virginia Workshop on Teaching German. (March, 1996) Talk presented (see above).
VOGS Annual Meeting in Sterling, Virginia. Forensics judge (March, 1996)
FLAVA-AATG conference in Roanoke, Virginia. (November, 1996) Member of the executive committee.
ACTFL-AATG Conference in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. (November,1996)
University of Virginia Workshop on Teaching German. (March, 1997)
AATG-FLAVA Conference in Richmond, Virginia (November, 1997)
University of Virginia Workshop on Teaching German. (May, 1999) Organizer: 2001 present

Committee Work at Sweet Briar College:

Admissions Committee (1990-92, 1993-95. 1996-99 )
Ad Hoc Committee on the Calendar (1973)
Ad Hoc Committee on a Style Book (1972)
Church and Chapel Committee (1980-85)
College Council (1973-75)
Committee on Committees (1975-77)
Concerts Committee (1971-76)
Department of Modern Languages Chairman (1981-85)
Executive Committee (1983-86,1990,1994-95)
Education Advisory Committee (1992-94, 1996-98)
Faculty Advisory Board (1981-85)
Faculty Club Executive Committee(1987-89) President (1988-89)
Faculty Grants Committee(1986-88)
Faculty Senate of Virginia(1998-2000)
Financial Aid Committee (1972-79)
Freshman-Sophomore Adviser (1971-present)
Honors Committee (1983-84,86-88)
Instruction Committee (1974-77,1986-87,1991-92, 1996-99) , Chair (1998-99)
International Studies Committee (1991-96)
Lectures Committee (1988-90)
Major Adviser (1971-present)
Phi Beta Kappa (Theta of Virginia) Secretary (1987-89, 1994-96) President (1996-99)
Steering Committee for Self-Study (1988-90) Chair of Subcommittee on Administrative Processes
Task Force on Committees (1977-78)
Wailes Center Committee (1975-76)
Co-Chair of United Way Drive (1993)

Herr und Frau Professor Horwege (2000)

Service to the Community:

New Era Progress Scholarship Committee (1987,1988), Chairman (1988)
Academic Judge for Lynchburg Junior Miss Pageant(1984-present)
Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 43 (1982-1987)
Committee Chairman for Boy Scout Troop 43 (1984- 88)
Scoutmaster Troop 43 Amherst, Virginia (1988-96)
District Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner (1985-88)
Boy Scout District Training Chairman (1985-94)
National Eagle Scout Association Scoutmaster Award of Excellence 1992
Silver Beaver Award (1992 )
Scouters Keys (1987) (1990)
Scouters Training Award (1990)
Cub Scouter Training Award (1992)
Vigil Honor in Order of the Arrow (1992)
Organizer of German Program for Amherst Elementary School (1982-85)
Organizer of High School Exchange Program with Münster, Germany (1991-92)
Supervisor for two German students doing practice teaching in Lynchburg (1993)
Member of Knights of Columbus
Member of Board of Directors of Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council (1993-97)
Member of Nominating Committee of Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council (1994-96), Chair (1995-96)
Chair of By-Laws Committee, Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council (1996-97)
Member of Pastoral Council for Amherst Catholic Community (1995-97, 1999-2001) ,Chairman (2000-2001)


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