Nels "Jeff" Rogers | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Nels "Jeff" Rogers

Professor, German Studies

Director, International Film Studies Certificate

Director, Max Kade German House and Cultural Center

Area Coordinator, German Studies

Born in the desert and raised in the woods. I discovered a passion for books, ideas and intellectual discussion while attending school in Germany during the Cold War. Today, my teaching and research focus on German film since unification, the horror genre as an international form, and the intersection of aesthetics and politics. These interests are of course combined with work in DaF (German as a Foreign Language) and second language pedagogy and curriculum as they relate to German and the Humanities .

Contact Information

nelsjrogers@uky.edu

POT 1071

257-4540

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania B.A., University of Oregon

Research Interests

Weimar Modernism, German Film, Post-89 German Literature, Critical Theory, Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition

Affiliations

German Studies
International Film Studies
Modern & Classical Languages Literatures & Cultures
International Studies

Research

My current research interests are in the area of mass culture in Germany in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly film. Of late, this has included integration of film into the foreign language classroom and the SLA environment.

Recent publications include:

"Articulating the Curriculum through Cultural Themes: A Literacy and Genre Approach to Teaching Protest, Rebellion and the Revaluation of the Past. Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 45.1 (2012)

"Am Beispiel Anatomie: A Proficiency-Orietned Approach to Film for the Novice and Intermediate German Classroom." Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 40.2 (2007)

Recent Book Reviews for Colloquia Germanica include reviews of Hester Baer's "Dismantling the Dream Factory," Katharina Gerstenberger's "Writing the New Berlin: The German Capital in Post-Wall Literature." and Randall Halle's collection "After the Avant-Garde: Contemporary German and Austrian Experimental Film."

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

German Film Today. An E-Book for GER 305, German Film Today, soon to be made available as an Open Educational Resource.

"Teaching Innovation in Times of a Pandemic," Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 3, Article 17 (2022).

"Articulating the Curriculum through Cultural Themes: A Literacy and Genre Approach to Teaching Protest, Rebellion and the Revaluation of the Past. Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 45.1 (2012)

"Am Beispiel Anatomie: A Proficiency-Orietned Approach to Film for the Novice and Intermediate German Classroom." Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 40.2 (2007)

The Brecht-Industry: Politics and the Avantgarde in a Divided Germany. In: Communications from the International Brecht Society 30 (2001)