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November 8, 2005

Boise State Professor Studies in Germany as Fulbright Scholar

Beret Liv Norman, an assistant professor in Boise State’s Modern Languages and Literatures Department, has returned from studying in Germany as a Fulbright scholar.

Norman is the second faculty member at Boise State to receive a Fulbright scholarship this year; Marcy Newman, an assistant professor in the English Department, is doing research in Amman, Jordan.

Norman traveled to Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig during her three-week stay in Germany. She was one of 21 participants at a seminar on contemporary German literature. Norman was able to meet several novelists, essayists, poets and critics from all over the country.

She also studied the changing education system in Germany. Traditional German postgraduate education includes a seven-year degree, but universities are gradually adopting a system that is similar to the bachelor’s and master’s degree systems of the United States.

Norman is working on a book about the project with her fellow visiting professors. She also said that she’s carrying the lessons she learned back to her classroom, and hopes that her experiences will help make the class more relevant for her students. She took photos with a few of the German authors she heard, and has plans for their use in the classroom.

“It’s kind of fun that I can say, ‘Here’s me next to the person we’re talking about,’” she said.

Boise State will host a visiting Fulbright scholar in the spring. Karoly Nemeth of Budapest, Hungary, will conduct research on certain types of volcanic eruptions that occurred in this area millions of years ago.

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Contact: Beret Liv Norman, Modern Languages and Literatures, (208) 426-1072, beretnorman@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

 

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