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
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)
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
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German I
GER 101 (Fall 2025) -
Intermediate German I
GER 201 (Fall 2025) -
Thesis
GER 910 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dissertation
GER 920 (Spring 2021) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2021)
2019-20 Courses
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dissertation
GER 920 (Spring 2016) -
Tales Of Love
GER 412 (Spring 2016)
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 infoHow 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.
