James Lamse

Phone: (616) 526-6364
Email:lamj@calvin.edu

A.B. Calvin College
M.A. University of Michigan
Ph.D. University of Michigan (Dissertation: "Audience Involvement and the Perception of Structure in the Lyric Poetry of Hartmann von Aue")

Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Phi Alpha
Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande

Research interests
German Classical literature, foreign language pedagogy, classroom use of foreign-language video news, work and study abroad, student German-language stage productions

Teaching areas
Elementary, intermediate and advanced German language, German Romanticism, German Classicism, medieval German literature, business German, German Interim Abroad

Background
A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, I took my degrees at Calvin College and the University of Michigan and also studied at the Universität Göttingen (Fulbright 1964-65), the University of Irvine (NEH, summer 1977), the Carl Duisburg Gesellschaft (Business German, summer 1982), and attended the Bonn-Berlin Seminar (Fulbright, summer 1985). As of 2000, I have been to Germany a total of ten times. I have taught German at South Christian High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1958-62), the University of Michigan (1966-68) and Calvin College (1969-to present).

NACFLA member