Jeffrey High

Associate Professor of German Studies

Contact Information:
Phone: (562) 985-7674
Fax: (562) 985-4259
Email: jhigh@csulb.edu

Education :
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A.: University of Massachusetts, Amherst; B.A.; University of Massachusetts, Boston

Research and Teaching Interests :
Schiller, Aesthetics, Kleist, Thomas Jefferson, Goethe, Kleist, Thomas Mann, History of Revolution, Scottish Enlightenment, Moral Philosophy, Literary Theory, Charlotte von Schiller, Witch Persecutions, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Pop Culture

Selected Publications:

• “Friedrich Schiller’s (Secular) Aesthetic Education and ‘The Gods of Ancient Greece’,” Secularism and the Enlightenment (2009 Forthcoming)
• Jeffrey L. High, ed., Schiller's Literary Prose Works. New Translations and Critical Essays (Rochester: Camden House, 2008)
• "(A fragment of) A True Story (from most recent history). The 'Truth' in Schiller's Literary Prose Works," in: Schiller's Literary Prose Works. New Translations and Critical Essays, Jeffrey L. High, ed., (Rochester: Camden House, 2008)
• "Introduction: Schiller and the German Novella," in: Schiller's Literary Prose Works. New Translations and Critical Essays, Jeffrey L. High, ed., (Rochester: Camden House, 2008)
• Friedrich Schiller, “The Criminal of Lost Honor,” in: Jeffrey L. High, ed., Schiller's Literary Prose Works. New Translations and Critical Essays (Rochester: Camden House, 2008)
• “Schiller, The Author of Literary Prose,” in Friedrich Schiller. Playwright, Poet, Philosopher, Historian, German Studies Series, Paul Kerry, ed., (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007)  

• "Schiller, National Wars for Independence, and ‘merely political’ Revolutions,” in: Schiller, Poet of Nation, Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik, Nicholas Martin, ed., (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006)

• "Schiller, Goethe, Kleist, and Aschenbach: Thomas Manns Selbsterklärung zum Novellenklassiker in Der Tod in Venedig ," in: Walter Delabar, ed., Thomas Mann (1875-1955) ( Berlin : Weidler Verlag, 2005)
  "Friedrich von Schiller, Citizen of France," in: Proceedings of the 2003 Consortium on Revolutionary Europe (Charlotte, University of North Carolina Press, 2005)
• "From Happiness to Glückseligkeit, From Edinburgh to Williamsburg to Ludwigsburg : The Influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on Thomas Jefferson and Friedrich Schiller," in: Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik ( Bern : Peter Lang, 2004)
• Schillers Rebellionskonzept und die Französische Revolution ( Lewiston : Edward Mellen Press, 2004)
• "Charlotte von Stein und Schillers Französisches Bürgerrecht," in: Zeitschrift für Germanistik , Heft 1, January ( Bern : Peter Lang, 2004)
• "Faust Appeal and No End in Sight: Knittlingen 1480-Albuquerque, 2003," in: The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Berlioz Festival ( Albuquerque : Publications of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, 2003)
• With Jennifer M. Hoyer and Ray Wakefield, "Teaching Process Writing with Computers: From Theory to Practice on a larger Scale," in : Die Unterrichtspraxis (52) (2003)
• With Charlotte Melin, Wende. Deutsch für das erste Jahr ( University of Minnesota , 2002)
• Die Goethezeit: Werke - Wirkung - Wechselbeziehungen. Festschrift für Wilfried Malsch, ed. (Göttingen: Schwerin Verlag, 2001)
• "Schiller, the French Revolution, and the Primary Sources," in: Die Goethezeit: Werke - Wirkung - Wechselbeziehungen , ed. Jeffrey L. High (Göttingen: Schwerin Verlag, 2001)
• With Friederike von Schwerin -High, Kaleidoskop. Instuctor's Resource Manual, Fifth Edition (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1998)
• "Schillers Plan, Ludwig XVI. in Paris zu verteidigen," in: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft , ed. Ulrich Ott, Wilfried Barner, and Walter Müller-Seidel (Stuttgart: Kröner Verlag, 1995)

Awards and Honors:

California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Award 2008

US Goethe Institute Representative, Colloquium "Die Macht der Sprache," Berlin 2007

California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Award 2007

California State University Long Beach CLA Faculty Recognition Award 2006

California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Award 2006

California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Award 2005

California State University Long Beach CLA Faculty Recognition Award 2003

California State University Long Beach Summer Research Stipend 2003

University of Minnesota CLA Fees Committee Instructional Technology Grants 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998

University of Minnesota Undergraduate Steering Committee Award for Outstanding Teaching 2001

University of Minnesota : CLA Outstanding Service Award 2000

University of Minnesota CLA Student Board Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award 1999

Fulbright-Hays Research Grant 1994-96

BAFöG Scholarship 1991

Massachusetts State Graduate Scholarship 1988-90

Max Kade/DAAD Scholarship 1988-89

Massachusetts Board of Regents Scholarship 1985-87

Conference Presentations:

• “Don Karlos: Schillers Abfall der Niederlande Vereinigten Staaten von der Spanischen Britischen Regierung,” Stadt Marbach Schiller-Fest, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach (2009)
• “Georg Forster und die erste Deutsche Republik, Mainz 1792-93,” University of New Mexico, Taos, NM (2009)  
• “Friedrich Schiller and French Occupation,” PAMLA, Pomona                                                            College (2008)
• “Friedrich Schiller’s (Secular) Aesthetic Education and ‘The Gods of Ancient Greece’,” Secularism and the Enlightenment Conference, Claremont McKenna College (2008) “Schiller’s Declarations of Independence,” 16th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University of California, Berkeley (2008)
• "'Einen zu bereichern unter Allen, Mußte diese Götterwelt vergehn': A Register of Schillerian Blasphemy," Special Session of the Goethe Society of North America, German Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego (2007)
• "Familiarity with the External World: Schiller and the Sources for his Literary Prose," NEASECS Panel, University of New Brunswick, CA (2006)
• "Schiller, National Wars for Independence, and "merely political Revolutions," Colloquium: Schiller, Poet of Nation, University of Birmingham, UK (2005)
• "Schiller, National Wars for Independence, and "merely political Revolutions," Colloquium: Schiller, Poet of Nation, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
• "'Personal Offense' and German Evolution: The Political Program of the Xenien," MLA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (2004)
• "Thomas Jefferson and Friedrich Schiller -Transatlantic Understanding at Work," Pioneering German Studies in the Trans-Atlantic Context, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque (2004)
• "The Scottish Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and Friedrich Schiller," ASECS Panel, Boston (2004)
• "Friedrich Schiller's Concept of Rebellion and the 'Failure' of his Dramatic Protagonists," ASECS Panel, Boston (2004)
• "Autonomy and Happiness or Barbarism and Slavery? On Schiller, Totality, and the Responsibility of Revolution," Consortium on Revolutionary Europe , High Point University (2004)
• "Aesthetics and Politics on Condition of Friendship: Caroline Böhmer, the Schlegel-Circle, the Schiller-Circle, and Schiller's Georg Forster- Xenien," ISECS Panel, UCLA, Los Angeles (2003)
• "From Happiness to Glückseligkeit, From Edinburgh to Williamsburg to Ludwigsburg: The Influence of the Scottish Enlightment on Thomas Jefferson and Friedrich Schiller," Society for German-American Studies Conference, Loyola University , Baltimore (2003)
• "Friedrich von Schiller, Bürger von Frankreich," Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, University of Louisiana at Lafayette/l'Université des Acadiens (2003)
• "Wende Online Interactive : Anatomy of a Larger-scale Internet Software Development Project," MWALL Conference, Concordia College, Moorehead, MN (2002)
• "First-year German Online Activities at the University of Minnesota," CALICO Annual Meeting, University of California Davis (2002)
• "CALL Courseware for First-year German at the University of Minnesota," CALICO Annual Meeting, University of Central Florida (2001)
• "Writing with Computers: Curricular Integration and Articulation," with Jennifer M. Hoyer, Charlotte Melin, and Ray Wakefield, ACTFL/AATG Annual Meeting, Boston (2000)
• "Writing with Computers: Between Departments and Language-Learning Labs," with Perry Bennett, MWALL Conference, University of Michigan (1999)
• "Putting a Human Face on Technology: Departmental Technology Liasons," with Perry Bennett, Marlene Johnshoy, and Rick Treece, MWALL Conference, University of Michigan (1999)
• "To Infinity and Beyond: A Look at the Field of Language Learning Technology Present and Future," Keynote Panel Presentation and Discussion : IALL Conference, University of Maryland (1999)
• "Teaching Writing with Computers," with Jennifer Hoyer and Ray Wakefield , IALL Conference, University of Maryland (1999)
• "Schiller's Plan to Defend Louis XVI in Paris," NEASECS Conference, University of Ottawa (1996)
• "Schillers Briefe und die Französische Revolution," Schiller Nationalmuseum und Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar (1995)

Courses Taught:

"Heinrich von Kleist"

"Friedrich Schiller"

"Thomas Mann"

"Theoretical Approaches to German Literature"
"The German Drama of the Late Enlightenment"
"Death and the Maiden: A History of Witch Persecutions in German-speaking Europe"
"The 'German' Novella from Boccaccio to Stephen King"
"Die Geschichte in der Geschichte: Diskursanalyse und deutsche Literatur";
"Die Novella im europäisch-amerikanischen Hinblick";
"Friedrich Schiller. Die Ästhetik des Selbstopfers: Theorie, Lyrik, Prosa, Drama"; "Kommunikatives Unterrichten für das erste Jahr"
"American Short Stories"
"Graduate Reading German"
"German Culture and Literature from Romanticism to Reunification"
"German Culture and Literature from 9AD to the Enlightenment"
"German Translation and Translation Theory"
" Reading and Analysis of German Drama, Poetry, and Prose"
"Advanced German Composition and Conversation"
"Intermediate German"
"Intensive First-Year German"
"Novice German"