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Barbara Kosta

  • Department Head, German Studies
  • Professor, German Studies
  • Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-1799
  • Learning Services Building, Rm. 304
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • bkosta@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. German Studies
    • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
    • “Personal Histories: Autobiography and Female Identity in Contemporary German Literature and Film.”

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2009 - Ongoing)

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Interests

Research

Autobiographical narratives; Weimar Republic and the modern woman; Weimar cinema and remakes

Teaching

Twentieth-century and contemporary German literature, film and visual culture, autobiographical writing, feminist theory, gender studies, translation studies, and cultural studies.

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • German I
    GER 101 (Fall 2025)
  • Intermediate German I
    GER 201 (Fall 2025)
  • Thesis
    GER 910 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Becoming Multilingual
    GER 150A1 (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2025)
  • German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Spring 2025)
  • German Cinema
    GER 325 (Spring 2025)
  • German II
    GER 102 (Spring 2025)
  • Intermediate German I
    GER 201 (Spring 2025)
  • Visual Culture
    GER 513 (Spring 2025)
  • Advanced German Usage
    GER 475 (Fall 2024)
  • Advanced German Usage
    GER 575 (Fall 2024)
  • Become Transcult:Study Abroad
    GER 150B1 (Fall 2024)
  • German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2024)
  • German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2024)
  • German Conversations
    GER 302 (Fall 2024)
  • German I
    GER 101 (Fall 2024)
  • German II
    GER 102 (Fall 2024)
  • Health and Language
    GER 160D2 (Fall 2024)
  • Intermediate German I
    GER 201 (Fall 2024)
  • Intermediate German II
    GER 202 (Fall 2024)
  • Literacy Thru Literature
    GER 534 (Fall 2024)
  • Literacy Thru Literature
    SLAT 534 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Summer I 2024)
  • German Cinema
    GER 325 (Summer I 2024)
  • German Culture, Science & Tech
    GER 246 (Summer I 2024)
  • German I
    GER 101 (Summer I 2024)
  • German II
    GER 102 (Summer I 2024)
  • Wicked Tales Strange Encounter
    GER 273 (Summer I 2024)
  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2024)
  • German II
    GER 102 (Spring 2024)
  • German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2023)
  • German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Become Transcult:Study Abroad
    GER 150B1 (Summer I 2023)
  • German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Summer I 2023)
  • German Cinema
    GER 325 (Summer I 2023)
  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    GER 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2023)
  • Visual Culture
    GER 513 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    GER 498H (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2022)
  • Independent Study
    GER 499 (Spring 2022)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2022)
  • Traditions + Revolutions
    GER 509 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2021)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2021)

2019-20 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2020)
  • Visual Culture
    GER 513 (Spring 2020)
  • History Of German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2019)
  • History Of German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Independent Study
    GER 399 (Spring 2019)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2019)
  • Traditions + Revolutions
    GER 509 (Spring 2019)
  • German I
    GER 101 (Fall 2018)
  • History Of German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2018)
  • History Of German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Independent Study
    GER 399 (Summer I 2018)
  • Appl Ling Ger/Forgn Lang
    GER 480 (Spring 2018)
  • Appl Ling Ger/Forgn Lang
    GER 580 (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    GER 599 (Spring 2018)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2018)
  • Visual Culture
    GER 513 (Spring 2018)
  • History Of German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2017)
  • History Of German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • History Of German Cinema
    FTV 325 (Fall 2016)
  • History Of German Cinema
    GER 325 (Fall 2016)
  • Independent Study
    GER 599 (Fall 2016)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GER 920 (Spring 2016)
  • Tales Of Love
    GER 412 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Books

  • Kosta, B., von Hammerstein, K., & Shoults, J. (2018). Women Writing World War I: From German Colonialism through World War I.. Berlin/Boston: DeGruyter.
    More info
    How have women experienced and written about war? The centennial fo World War I and renewed interest in the devastating German colonial conflicts inspire us to revisit both well-known and rare texts written by German-speaking women about these violent struggles. This interdisciplinary volume examines narratives of war beyond the arenas of combat and deepened our understanding of the gendered experience of war as it intersects with issues of race, class and nation.

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