Joseph W. Moser
- Assistant Professor of Languages
- Email Joseph W. Moser
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., Ohio State University
- B.A., Hiram College
Research Interests
Twentieth and Twenty-first century German language, literature, and culture; Austrian Studies; Film Studies; Holocaust Studies; Jewish Cultural History in Germany and Austria from the Enlightenment to the Present
Recent Publications/Activities
Book
- 2,001 Most Useful German Words. Dover Language Guides. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2012.
Articles
- “The Kafkaesque in Robert Schindel’s Novel Gebürtig.“ In: Journal of the Kafka Society of America. vol. 35 and 36, 2011-12: 65-7. [published May 2014]
- “Vienna Imperial at Home and Abroad: The City as Film Myth in the 1930s and 1940s” and “Scene Reviews of Endstation (1935), Operette (1939), and Der Bockerer (1981).” In: World Film Locations: Vienna Ed. Robert von Dassanowsky. Intellect Series, 2012: 8-9, 20-1, 34-5, and 80-81.
- “Picaresque characters in Lilian Faschinger’s Vienna Passion.” In: Modern Austrian Prose: Interpretations and Insights, vol II.Ed. Paul Dvorak. Ariadne Press, 2012: 249-65.
- “Czernowitz. Die westliche Kulturmetropole im Osten der Donaumonarchie.” In: Konzept Osteuropa: Der “Osten“ als Konstrukt der Fremd- und Eigenbestimmung in deutschsprachigen Texten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Eds. Dagmar C.G. Lorenz and Ingrid Spörk. Königshausen und Neumann, 2011: 13-25.
- “Franz Antel’s Bockerer series: Constructing the Historical Myths of the Second Republic of Austria.” In: New Austrian Film. Eds. Robert von Dassanowsky and Oliver Speck. Berghahn Books, 2011: 43-53.
National Conferences
- “Detectives in a Criminal Regime: Krimis in Nazi Comedy Film,” German Studies Association (GSA), Kansas City, MO, 18-21 September 2014.
- “Pre-WW I Austria-Hungary in Nazi Entertainment Film,” Austrian Studies Association (ASA), Austin, TX, 6-9 February 2014.
- “Humor in Austrian TV Krimis,” German Studies Association (GSA), Denver, CO, 3-6 October 2013.
- “Class Struggles in Hans Moser’s Films,” Austrian Studies Association (ASA), Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2-3 May 2013.
- “Marika Rökk: Constructions of Exoticism in Nazi Film,“ German Studies Association (GSA) Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 4-7 October 2012.
- “Paul Hörbiger’s roles in Nazi Comedy and Propaganda Film,” Austrian Studies Association (ASA) Conference, Long Beach, CA, 26-29 April 2012.
- “The Kafakesque in Robert Schindel’s Novel Gebürtig,” Roundtable sponsored by Kafka Society, Modern Language Association (MLA), Seattle, WA, 5-8 January 2012.
Classes Regularly Taught
- German language
- German Film
- Twentieth Century Culture
- Austrian Civilization