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andererseits is a collaborative project undertaken by students and faculty of universities in the United States (Duke and the University of Notre Dame), in Luxembourg (University of Luxembourg), and in Germany (University of Duisburg-Essen). It provides a forum for research and reflection on topics related to the German-speaking world and the field of German studies. Works presented in the publication come from a wide variety of genres including book reviews, poetry, essays, editorials, forum discussions, academic notes, and lectures, as well as traditional peer-reviewed academic articles. By publishing such a diverse array of material, it hopes to demonstrate the extraordinary value of the humanities in general, and German Studies in particular, on a variety of intellectual and cultural levels. This edition features special sections on the writers Reinhard Jirgl and Barbara Honigmann as well as essays on Beethoven's "Heroic New Path," Antisemitism in Germany from 1890-1933, the reception of German literature in Great Britain, and a study of post-Wall East German melodrama.