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I'd like to begin now by
introducing Bettina Brandt, who

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is one of the key members
of this performance team,

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and then she will go on to
explain and then of course

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introduce Yoko Tawada.

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Dr. Bettina Brandt is presently
an Assistant Professor

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of German at Montclair
State University.

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She arrived there from MIT and
Columbia University on her way,

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and at Columbia was the
fundraising director

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of the on campus German culture
center, the Deutsches Haus.

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She obtained her PhD
from Harvard University

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in comparative literature
and holds two MA degrees,

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one in German and one in
French, from the University

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of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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Dr. Brandt's research
focuses on innovative moments

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in 20th century literature and
art from the historical avant

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garde to contemporary
francophone and German

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writings.

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She is currently on
leave with an NEH grant

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to finish her book,
which is entitled

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along the lines of transnational
German writers and the surreal.

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And she is focusing in that book
on Yoko Tawada, Herta Müller,

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and Emine Ozdamar,
among others, perhaps.

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So, I would like you
to please join me

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in welcoming and greeting
Dr. Bettina Brandt

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as we proceed with
the performance.

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[APPLAUSE]

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