Mark Thamert, O.S.B.

Associate Professor of
Germanic Languages and Literatures

Saint John's Abbey and University
Collegeville, MN 56321

(320) 363-2394
mthamert@csbsju.edu
Curriculum Vitae

 

      

 

 

New:  August Opening Convocation Talk to SJU Faculty and Students -- audio  |  Text

New:   Abbey Banner Article about 2008 Teaching Award

German Department Newsletter:  Spring 2007

 

July Term 2009:  Rome- Assisi-Tuscany-Florence-Munich --
                    This website includes a link for on-line application.

Spring Break Trip in Europe!  Vienna - Salzburg - Munich                       

Great Books Seminar,   
                         HONR 310-311   Great Books List

Semester Abroad, Fall:     Salzburg Semester Program

Curriculum Vitae

 
    

 

Education

Ph.D. Germanic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University, 1985
M.Div. Theology, Saint John's University, 1979
B.A. German, Saint John's University, 1973

 

Courses Taught

HONR 250 Great Poets and Life Questions || Spring 2000 || Spring 2001 || Spring 2004
HONR 310 The Divided Consciousness  ||  Article on Great Books Education
HONR 310 Great Books & Great Ideas ||  Great Books List
HONR 311 Civilization and Its Discontents || Spring 2003
HONR 311 Great Books and the Moral Imagination|| Spring 2005
  HONR 390 Great Poets and the Moral Imagination  Fall 2000 || Great Books List
GERM 111-212 First and Second Year German || Spring 2001 || Spring 2002 || Spring 2003 || Spring 2005   TLF  PRGG   PMSLR   GfR
GERM 311-312 German Conversation and Composition
GERM 338 19th-Century Romanticism and Realism: The Novelle
GERM 343 German Poetry and Music   Fall 2000 || Spring 2005 || Leseliste! || zum Hören
GERM 346 Medieval German Literature
GERM 399 Senior Projects and Presentations in German:  1. Rilke by Brooke Kreitinger (2001) 2. Der Stress des Westens by William Rogers (2005).
CORE 226 Medieval Masterpieces in Translation
CORE 390 Spiritual Worlds and the Moral Imagination (Senior Seminar taught Athens and Rome)
CORE 390 Classic Texts and the Ethical Life (Senior Seminar taught in Salzburg)
CORE 390 Great Poets and the Moral Imagination    Fall 2000  ||  Spring 2002
HONR 398
 Senior Honors Theses: 1. Kreativität, Individualität und Umwelt bei Friedensreich
Hundertwasser by Jennifer Sell (1993) 2. So Says Hans Sachs by Vachel Miller (1991).
3. Nietzsche by Nels Ylitalo (2001).

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Professional Interests

German Poetry, Romanticism and Medieval Studies
 Great Books Pedagogy
 World Poetry (Rilke, Rumi, Neruda emphases)
Literary Theory (Barthes, Bahktin emphases)
Benedictine Spirituality
  Personality Theories and Student Motivation in the Classroom

Links I use often:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a-z (great books, artists, musicians)
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/book.htx (great books)
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/gallery.htx (art gallery)
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/music.htx (music hall)
http://www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/ (texts on the Internet)
http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~mthamert/great book lists.htm (reading the classics)


Curriculum Vitae ||  Where I lived in 1968 and 1974 in Austria

MCL Homepage || Saint John's & Saint Ben's Homepage 

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