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Three Receive
Faculty
Promotions
Congratulations to Michael Giordano
(French) who has been promoted to the
rank of Professor, and to Ann Rothe
(German), and Haiyong Liu (Chinese),
who have been promoted to the rank
of Associate Professor with tenure. n
A recent publication by Professor
Emeritus Donald C. Spinelli examines
the relationship between two of
the most interesting personages in
eighteenth-century Europe. In his article,
“Beaumarchais and d’Eon: What an
Affair,” Spinelli examines the often
tempestuous dealings of Pierre-Augustim
Caron de Beaumarchais, author of The
Barber of Seville and The Marriage
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Donald
Haase -- Professor of German, fairy tales expert, and
longtime chair of the former Department of German
and Slavic Studies -- was recently elected to the Wayne State
University Academy of Scholars. As its name suggests, the
Academy is comprised of a select group of WSU faculty members
whose research and scholarship brings prestige to the university.
The author of numerous articles, book chapters, and papers,
Haase is the editor, most recently, of the three-volume Greenwood
Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales, and is the longtime
editor of Marvels & Tales, a fairy-tales studies journal published
by Wayne State University Press. n
Three Win University
Research Grants
Congratulations to Alina Cherry (French), Felecia Lucht
(German), and Elena Past (Italian) for being awarded
University Research Grants for 2011. The Research Grant
Program serves as an important vehicle for assistant
professors in their initial years at the University by
supporting research that is directed toward scholarly
publications and/or creative activity. n
of Figaro, and the chevalier/chevalière
d’Eon, from whose name the term
“eonism” is derived.
As the result of a recent court case,
Beaumarchais had lost his civil rights,
and felt that if he could help King Louis
XVI avoid a scandal involving the
chevalier, he could get into the good
graces of the king and regain these rights.
By a close examination of some of the
Fall 2011
Spinelli Examines Beaumarchais-d’Eon Relationship
unpublished correspondence generated
by various participants in this adventure,
it is possible, writes Spinelli, to explore
the whole intrigue in order to arrive at
new conclusions in this fascinating affair.
Professor Spinelli’s article may be found
in “Beaumarchais and d’Eon: What an
Affair,” The Chevalier d’Eon and his
Worlds, edited by Simon Burrows et al,
(London: Continuum, 2010), 57-71. n
Professor Haase Joins Academy Of Scholars
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