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Mark Thamert, O.S.B.

German Studies Program

Department of Modern and Classical Languages



Saint John's University
Collegeville, MN 56321

(320) 363-3520
mthamert@csbsju.edu
Curriculum Vitae

German Studies Website

Newsletter: German Department News

Great Books Seminar:    Great Books 2011-2012

DeutschFest, March 9, 2012:   DeutschFest 2012

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 ||

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

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

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

e-mail for Mark Thamert

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	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 \|\|
	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).