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Joseph MCVEIGH, Ph.D, Professor of German Studies
Smith Faculty Director 2009-2010
Jutta GUTZEIT has been the Associate Director of Smith JYA in Hamburg since 2001. She has a Master's in German Studies and English Language and Literature from the University of Hamburg, and her Ph.D. work there covers Hamburg Theatre from 1933-1945.
Jocelyne KOLB, Ph.D. Professor of German Studies
Smith Faculty Director 2010-2011
Gertrud GUTZMANN, Ph.D, Professor of German Studies
Smith Faculty Director 2008-2009
Jutta GUTZEIT, M.A. in German Literature, University of Hamburg, is a specialist of European drama. Jutta Gutzeit teaches a course on theater in Hamburg (where students attend performances of the works they read) as well as advanced language courses. She has taught for the Smith in Hamburg program since 1993 and has a loyal following, as she does at the Hamburg Volkshochschule, where she teaches literature classes. Jutta Gutzeit’s role as a teacher in the program is augmented by her role as Associate Director, a position she has held since 1998 and in which she has made herself indispensable. She knows everything there is to know about the cultural scene in Hamburg, of which she attends innumerable events in the winter.
Rainer NICOLAYSEN, has a Dr. Phil. in History and M.A. in German Literature, University of Hamburg, where he teaches as a Privatdozent and is a curator in the Archive for the History of the University of Hamburg. Professor Nicolaysen has taught for Smith in Hamburg since 1996; he is an expert on German history of the nineteenth and twentieth century, particularly on the period between 1933 and the present. He has written books, for instance on the political scientist Siegfried Landshut and the history of the Volkswagen Foundation, and numerous essays, and he has edited, co-edited, and contributed to several volumes of articles. At present he is working on a history of the University of Hamburg during and after the Third Reich, and one day we hope that he will write about the history of the Smith Junior Year Abroad at the University of Hamburg. For the program he teaches German history from 1871 to 1990, and in the summers he regularly teaches at the German School of Middlebury College as the Max Kade Distinguished Professor. He has never met a group of Smith students that he did not like or admire—and the feeling is mutual.
Manfred BONUS has taught for the Orientation Program of Smith in Hamburg since 1993. At the University of Hamburg he studied sociology, political science and philosophy. He teaches German language at the Hamburg Volkshochschule and at the Goethe Institute, for which he regularly holds seminars about German politics and culture. In his courses on German grammar for the Orientation Program students appreciate his ability to teach them not only the structures they need for work and conversation, but also material about German culture and politics that they can talk about.
Andreas STUHLMANN studied German literature at the University of Hamburg, from which he received his doctorate in 2006, and at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an expert on literature of the 19th century, particularly on the author Heinrich Heine and on German-Jewish relations, and currently teaches courses on German literature and culture at the University of Hamburg. Andreas Stuhlmann knows Hamburg inside and out and knows how to transmit his knowledge of and enthusiasm for the city to students of the Smith in Hamburg program. He has taught in the Orientation Program for many years–with a hiatus of three years while he taught at the University of Cork in Ireland—and currently teaches a ‘Hamburg Seminar’ for the program. He is known for his vivacity and for the variety of his interests.
Ania FERSL is the most recent addition to the faculty of the Orientation Program of Smith in Hamburg. She is a graduate student of American Studies at the University of Hamburg and studied for a year at Smith College, from which she obtained a Diploma in American Studies in 2007. She is savvy about the Hamburg scene and knows what to show students at the University and beyond. She introduces students to German student life, local customs, and the libraries, and helps them develop an eagerness to explore the city on their own, yet they are particularly happy when she joins them in their explorations.
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