Dr. Julia Karolle-Berg, Ph.D
Professor
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Areas of Expertise
Chair, Department of Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures, John Carroll University (2021-2025)
Professor of German, John Carroll University (2019-present)
Director, Honors Program (2011-2015)
Research Interests
Early German-language crime and detective literature; twentieth-century German cultural history; popular-cultural theory and form; narrative theory; intercultural competence; proficiency- and content-based language instruction; language assessment.
Education
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Courses Taught
- All levels of German language and culture
- First-year writing seminars (Honors)
- Literature and culture in translation: Holocaust literature, crime and detective fiction, graphic novels
- Teaching world languages
- Introduction to intercultural competence
Publications
“The Case of the Forgotten Kriminalromane: Rediscovering Otto Soyka’s ‘Metaphysical DetectiveStories.’” Journal of Austrian Studies, vol. 52, no. 4, 2019, pp. 1-21.
“Between Continuity and Change: Early Twentieth-Century German-Language Crime and Detective Novels and the ‘Familienkrimi.’” German Life and Letters, vol. 71, no. 4, 2018, pp. 415-33.
“On the Popularity of the Kriminalroman: The Reception, Production, and Consumption of German Crime and Detective Novels (1919–1933).” German Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 3, 2018, pp. 305-21.
