Ann Schmiesing biography
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A professor of German and Scandinavian Studies, Schmiesing has been a 麻豆免费版下载Boulder faculty member since 1995. Her book听The Brothers Grimm: A Biography听(Yale, 2024) won the American Folklore Society鈥檚 Wayland D. Hand Prize and the UK Folklore Society鈥檚 Katharine Briggs Award, and appeared on the听New Yorker听鈥淏est Books of 2024,鈥澨New Statesman听鈥淏est Summer Reads 2025,鈥 and听History Extra听鈥淏est History Summer Reads of 2025鈥 lists. She is also the author of the books听Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms鈥 Fairy Tales听(Wayne State, 2014) and听Norway鈥檚 Christiania Theatre, 1827-1867: From Danish Showhouse to National Stage听(Fairleigh Dickinson, 2006). Her publications in nationally and internationally peer-reviewed journals include articles on the Brothers Grimm, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Daniel Chodowiecki, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Bj酶rnstjerne Bj酶rnson, Henrik Wergeland, and Johan Falkberget, and on issues pertaining to fairy tales, drama, narrative fiction, theatre history, book illustration, and disability studies. She has also published and/or presented papers on several issues in humanities pedagogy, including service learning, curriculum development, and the utilization of rare books collections in humanities teaching.
Before assuming her administrative roles, Schmiesing served as chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures (2007鈥11), director of the Sewall Residential Academic Program (2015鈥16), and dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate affairs (2016鈥18). She received the Excellence in Leadership and Service Award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly in 2016.听
Schmiesing earned a PhD from Cambridge University (UK), an MA from the University of Washington, and a BA from Willamette University.听听
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