ESP Biography



BRIAN GINGRICH, Stanford 1st-yr grad student--German Studies (PhD)



Major: German Studies

College/Employer: Stanford University

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

I come from a fairly small town in between San Antonio and Austin, TX. I spent my undergraduate years just north of Austin, at a small liberal arts college called Southwestern University, where I majored in both English and German, with a minor in Spanish. During that time I studied abroad twice--for six weeks in Valparaiso, Chile and then for a year in Trier, Germany. I've always had an interest in teaching: aside from working towards a career as a professor of German culture and literature, each July I travel to a small town in eastern Germany to work at an English-language camp.



Past Classes

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L244: Vampires in Film in Splash! Spring 2009 (Apr. 04 - 05, 2009)
This should be a chance to take a more in-depth look at what might be the most well-known character in movie history--the vampire. Why ARE there so many vampire films? Why are people attracted to them? What kind of affinity might exist between this medium and this character? We'll try to get to the bottom of some of these questions while exploring ways to look at movies both critically and carefully. This will, of course, require viewing a range of clips (both short and long, but unfortunately no full features) from films like Nosferatu: eine Symphonie des Grauens, Dracula (1931), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Shadow of the Vampire, and more!