Associate Professor of German, Johannes Schmidt, is a native of Hamburg, Germany. B.A. in Germanistics, Linguistics, and Economics (Konstanz); M.A. in Germanic Languages and Literatures (University of Massachusetts/Amherst); Ph.D. in German Literature (Hamburg).
Dr. Schmidt'd research interests range from 18th and 19th century German literature to German drama and music. He has presented papers at a number of regional, national, and international conferences. He is currently working on Schelling's "Use" of Herder.
"Herr" Schmidt has taught a variety of different courses including German drama, 18th and 19th centruy German literature, the culture and literature of exile, a WWII and Shoah humanities seminar, as well as German language and culture courses at all levels.
In the classroom, he uses music and technology to support content oriented instruction, and is currently engaging in a podcasting/ videocasting project for Clemson University and the German program.
In September 2006, Johannes Schmidt was eleceted treasurer-secretary (North America) of the International Herder Society. He servered as the president of the South Carolina Chapter of the AATG from 2003 to 2005, and again in 2006. During this time, he helped to organize four Upstate meetings and two state-wide immersion weekends for German K-12 and college teachers.
Publications:
Jeff Love and Johannes Schmidt (annotated translation): F. W. J. Schelling’s Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006) <Link>
Johannes Schmidt: "Die klare, helle Wahrheit." Johann Gottfried Herders Christliche Schriften als Auseinandersetzung mit Gotthold Ephraim Lessings religionsphilosophischen Spätschriften (Diss., Hamburg 2000)
Office: 706 Strode Tower
Office Phone: (864) 656-4299
E-mail: schmidj@clemson.edu
Web Page: http://people.clemson.edu/~schmidj/
Mailing Address:
Johannes Schmidt
Department of Languages
Clemson University
P.O. Box 340535
Clemson, SC 29634-0535
