Author Archives: Elise Volkmann

About Elise Volkmann

Elise Volkmann is a Ph.D. candidate in German Studies at UC Berkeley.

Humor in Heidelberg: Saša Stanišić’s Herkunft

After reflecting on the connection between multilingualism and multidirectional creativity in Ilija Trojanow’s Nach der Flucht, MGP editor Elise Volkmann returns, with co-author Angèle Yehe Zheng, for another blog post on the healing power of humor against trauma in Saša … Continue reading

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Overcoming Static Inertia: Ilija Trojanow’s “Nach der Flucht”

Elise Volkmann, Ph.D. candidate of German Studies at Berkeley, reflects on our event with novelist Ilija Trojanow and his book Nach der Flucht (2017), examining how a person who has fled can turn the loss of language and the struggle … Continue reading

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