GSD Magazine

GSD Magazine, an annual publication, presents the people, ideas, and visions that make our department a fun and rich intellectual home.

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Faculty Voices

Kierkegaard on the Go

by Paul Houe
Professor Poul Houe reflects on Kierkegaard's practice of walking and talking and thinking
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Embracing the Mud and Dust of (Hi)stories

by Monika Moyrer on Mülleresque Realizations
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The Aesthetics of Terrorism

By Carrie Collenberg
Photo: submitted
Ph.D. candidate Carrie Collenberg argues that art and terror have an inescapable relationship
Shortly after 9/11, Karlheinz Stockhausen caused an international uproar by commenting that the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center were the greatest work of art in the cosmos.
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Behind the Masquerade

by Anne Wallen
Ph.D. Candidate Anne Wallen Examines the Role of Masked Balls in 18th-Century GERMANY AND Scandinavia
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Going off the Beaten Path

A little Norwegian can make a big difference. Just ask Jonathon Rusch.
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The Accidental Student

By Helen West
Alumna Juanita Rice's path has been anything but prescribed
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Full Stream Ahead

by Danny Lachance
Singing and smelting, Ray Wakefield has been sharing with students his passion for language, history, and culture for nearly 40 years
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Going Dutch

by Helen West
Dutch instructor Jenneke Oosterhoff uses the real world in language instruction
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Fall 2008 GSD Magazine Cover