Staff

German

Modern Foreign Languages Departmental Chair

Prof. Ingo Müller

Professor, German

Telephone: (021) 808 3886

Office: 539

Research Interests: German Literature from the 18th Century to the Present from an Interdisciplinary Perspective; Literary Theory, Literaricity, Aesthetics and Intermediality; Literature of Romanticism & Fin de Siècle; Postcolonial Studies (Representation of Africa in German Literature and Music Theatre); Libretto as a Literary Genre & Dramaturgy of Drama and Opera, German Lied.

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CV of Prof. Ingo Müller

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Dr Isabel dos Santos

Senior Lecturer, German

Telephone: (021) 808 2065

Office: 559

E-mail: Dr Isabel dos Santos

Research Interests: German Literature from the 18th century to the present, Austrian Literature of the interwar period (especially Joseph Roth), Women in Literature, Fairy Tales, German as a Foreign Language and Suggestopedia, CALL, Translation.

Mr Lukas Valtin

DAAD-Lecturer, German

For consultations concerning DAAD-related matters (scholarships, programmes), you are welcome to book an appointment here. Please also send a short email stating the topic of your enquiry.

Office: 537

E-mail: Mr Lukas Valtin

Research Interests: Contemporary German and English Literature; Cultural studies; Utopianism; (Post)Colonial Literature; Discourse Analysis; Christian Kracht

CV Mr Lukas Valtin

Dr Doret Jordaan

Lecturer, German

Office: 558

E-mail: Dr Doret Jordaan

Research Interests: Ecocriticism, Geocriticism, Literature, Comparative Literature, Landscape, Deserts, Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Life and Work of Uys Krige

CV of Doret Jordaan

Mrs Marianne Friedman

Part-Time Lecturer, German

Office: 549

French

Prof. Catherine du Toit

Professor, French

Telephone: (021) 808 2063

Office: 541

E-mail: Prof. Catherine du Toit

Research Interests : The works and world of Henri-Pierre Roché; early 20th century literature; literary biography and autobiographical writings; comparative literature; literary myths; film studies; integration of literature and language teaching; translation

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CV of Catherine du Toit (pdf)

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Prof. Éric Levéel

Associate Professor, French

Telephone: (021) 808 2032

Office: 544

E-mail: Prof. Eric Levéel

Research Interests: Simone de Beauvoir's Works, Travels and Self-Built Existence. Literature of Travel. Autobiography as a Literary Genre. Gay Maghrebi Literature and the Representation of Homosexuality in North Africa. 20th Century French Literature. The French Intellectual and Artistic World during the Occupation of France (1940-1944). Holocaust and Pre-Holocaust Literature. French-speaking Romanian authors and intellectuals.

CV of Prof. Éric Levéel (pdf)

Dr Gibson Ncube

Senior Lecturer, French

Telephone: (021) 808 2062

Office: 543

E-mail: Dr Gibson Ncube

Research Interests: French and Francophone Literatures, Comparative Literature, Gender and Queer Studies, Onomastics, Cultural Studies.

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CV of Dr Gibson Ncube (pdf)

Mr Jaco du Plooy

Part-time Lecturer (Stellenbosch Main Campus and Military Academy, Saldanha), French

Telephone: (021) 808 2133

Office: 540

E-mail: Mr Jaco du Plooy

Chinese

Mr Allen Luo

Lecturer, Chinese

Telephone: (021) 808 2133

Office: 561

E-mail: Mr Allen Luo

Dr Bo Lyu

Lecturer, Chinese

Telephone: (021) 808 2133

Office: 520

E-mail: Dr Bo Lyu

Research Interests: Renascences and Metaphysical Poetry Studies, Late Victorian Literature Studies, Translation Studies, Financing Project and PPP Strategy, Commercialization of Horror Films, Cinematic Fact and Film Industrial Services, Government Policies regarding the Film Industry.

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CV of Dr Bo Lyu (pdf)

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Mrs Wan Chi (Ada) McLachlan

Lecturer, Chinese

Telephone: (021) 808 2133

Office: 560

E-mail: Mrs Wan Chi (Ada) McLachlan

Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Chinese as a Foreign Language, Confucianism Studies, Translation, Contemporary Chinese Literature, Chinese CALL.

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CV of Mrs Wan Chi (Ada) McLachlan (pdf

Spanish

Ms Beatriz Villacañas Claver

MAEC-AECID Spanish Lecturer

Office: 557

E-mail: Ms Beatriz Villacañas Claver

Research Interests : Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Uses of Theatre in Foreign Language Learning, Technologies in the ELE Classroom, Rhetoric and Debates in a Non-Native Language, Spanish Theatre of the Second Half of the 20th Century, the Work of Alejandro Casona.

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CV of Ms Beatriz Villacañas Claver (pdf)

Departmental Administrative Office

Photo of Administrative Officer Ms Lizelle Engelbrecht

Mrs Lizelle Engelbrecht

Senior Departmental Officer

Telephone: (021) 808 2133

Office: 548

E-mail: Mrs Lizelle Engelbrecht

Retired and Emeritus Professors

Prof. Rolf Annas

Prof. Dr Rolf Annas

Associate Professor, German

E-mail : Prof. Rolf Annas

Research Interests :German and Germans in South Africa, Foreign language teaching and testing, Landeskunde, translation

List of publications (pdf)

Prof. Carlotta von Maltzan

Prof. Carlotta von Maltzan

Professor, German

E-mail : Prof. Carlotta von Maltzan

Research Interests : Africa in German literature; Intercultural Studies; Topographies of Culture: Africa, HIV/AIDS, the city and violence in contemporary literature; German Jewish writers and Holocaust literature; Exile...