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...Eckehard Kaerner, 50, an Austrian high school teacher headed for some vacation study in Israel, died of multiple wounds under a brightly lit Christmas tree near the E1 A1 counter. "Suddenly there was this terrible noise, not single shots but real explosions," said a Viennese man who jumped behind a counter. "Three or four meters to my left, three people had fallen to the ground. There was a small child, all bloodied, its mother, who was also wounded, and a man who lay bleeding and seemed dead. To my right, another man had fallen and did not budge anymore...
Thomas Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature Eckehard Simon, whose class Literature and Arts C-25, “The Medieval Stage,” discusses the historic role of theatre as a widespread informer of religion, says that passion plays have traditionally had the unsettling effect of justifying anti-Semitism in their audiences. Though they were widespread throughout Europe until the 19th century, often provoking Christian violence towards Jews during Holy Week, he says, only one internationally recognized passion play is performed today, in the Bavarian village of Oberammergau...
...Faculty members like Eckehard Simon, chair of the Germanic languages and literatures department, seem to understand where the boundaries...
...first time, everyone in the English department will have an office," says Professor of Germanic Philology Eckehard Simon, a member of the humanities quad planning committee...
...field are here for the taking. I also believe that professors who teach in the core curriculum successfully teach "approaches to knowledge" in their core courses, rather than merely exploring one specific topic. One of the best classes I have had at Harvard is Professor of Germanic Philology Eckehard Simon's Literature and Arts C-43, "The Medieval Court." Rather than concentrate solely on the content of the literature itself, we studied the court and politics, knighthood and the rise of chivalry, castles and feudal society. The specific literature of the time was merely a stepping stone, or window, into...