Co-author Network
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Co-investigator Network
member of
- Modern Language Association 2023 - 2024
- Austrian Studies Association 2022
- Conference on Christianity and Literature 2018 - 2020
- American Association of Teachers of German 2017
Positions
- Associate Professor and Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
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David Smith
Affiliation
Publications
selected publications
presentations
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presentation
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A (European) Literature Past and Future: Zweig's Dedication to
, Austrian Studies Annual Conference 2025
Dostoevsky - Recent German-Language Graphic Narratives About Human Migration: Their Potential and Limitations, Thirteenth Southeast German Studies Workshop 2021
- Refugees and Human Migration, ECU's Global Decisions Series 2019
- Existential Crisis through the Objectification of Christ and the Virgin Mary: Peter Henisch's Der verirrte Messias (The Lost Messiah), Thomas Glavinic's Unterwegs im Namen des Herrn (On the Road in the Name of the Lord), and Magdalena Kaszuba's Das leere Gefäß (The Empty Vessel), Conference on Christianity and Literature 2019
- "Frankenstein as Literature: A Case for the Humanities", Frankenstein at 200 and "Eating Animals": A Celebration and Discussion Sponsored by ECU's program in Great Books 2018
- Politics as 'Zeitmaske?': Understanding the Divine in the Works of Stefan Zweig, Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2018
- Politics as 'Zeitmaske?': Understanding the Divine in the Works of Stefan Zweig, Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2017
- Social Engagement or Social Tourism?: Understanding the Benefits and Limitations of A Short-Term Trip to Help Refugees in Germany for Students of German, Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2017
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Research
principal investigator on
- German for Science, Engineeering, and Technology awarded by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany 2024
- Alternative Textbook Program awarded by ECU's Joyner Library 2020 - 2021
- Incorporating Student Research Experiences in FORL 2680 to Improve Student Learning and Retention awarded by ECU Teaching Grant 2020
- THCAS Research Travel Grant awarded by Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences (THCAS) 2018
- Integrating Research Experiences into German 1002 awarded by ECU Office of Undergraduate Research, REDE 2018
- Co-Curricular Collaboration Grant 2016
- BB&T Active Learning 2015
- Early German Enlightenment Commemorations of Gutenberg's Printing Press awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Faculty Research Visit Grant 2007
Service
professional service activities
- German Day Am collaborating with other teachers of German at the high school and college level to plan and judge events related to German Day contest and activities for high school learners of German during the week of March 21. 2021
- Käthe Wilson Scholarship Committee, American Association of Teachers of German The Käthe Wilson Scholarship is awarded in honor of the founder of Delta Epsilon Phi, the German Honor Society for high school students. The scholarship winner will participate in the AATG Summer Study Program for High School students, ;spending three weeks in Germany living with a host family and attending classes at a ;Gymnasium. 2017
Background
education and training
- B.A. in German, The Citadel
- M.A. in German Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. in German Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill