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Coming Up Next:
Prof. Claudia Schwabe
We're excited to invite for the Interview Series our very own Prof. Claudia Schwabe!​​
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Claudia Schwabe is Professor of German at Utah State University. She teaches and researches German fairy tales and folklore, fairy-tale pedagogy, otherness, and pop culture. She is author of Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture (2019), editor of The Fairy Tale and Its Uses in Contemporary New Media and Popular Culture (2016), and co-editor of New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales (2016). Schwabe is Vice President of The Brothers Grimm Society of North America (BGSNA) and director of the Brothers Grimm Haus housed at Utah State University. She will be sharing about her research and about the new Haus which had is grand opening on 3/25/26.
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When: Tuesday, April 21, 11am-12pm EST/EDT.
Join us over Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/93592082992
Meeting ID: 935 9208 2992
Learn more about Prof Schwabe in our "About Us" page!​
Click here to learn about the Grimm Haus!
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The BGSNA is a literary, nonprofit (501)(c)(3) public benefit corporation. It was organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public purposes in the state of Florida on October 2, 2021. The purposes of the corporation are to encourage and promote the study and research of all aspects of the legacy and the spirit of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their works, their lives, their period, and the historic and contemporary dissemination of the Grimms' fairy tales as well as their other texts.
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“The Brothers Grimm:
The Real Story of Germany's Storytellers”
by Gabriele Rose (2022)
"[...] This film tells the unknown side of the famous fairy tale collectors through scenes and interviews with the two brothers based on original texts. The docudrama provides an intensive insight into the lives of the two great writers and shows how close their relationship was."
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​“It is excellent! … Anyone who might want to teach a course about fairy tales should begin with this film, for it raises many questions and clarifies who the Grimms were and how important they are.”
- Prof. Jack Zipes
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”