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Germanic Collections
The virtual exhibit "Transnational Poster Art: Former
East Germany (GDR) and Latin America, 1970-1989," by
Elizabeth Schwartz and Diana T. Swartz grew out
of a seminar I offered in the Department of German Studies in
Spring Quarter, 1996. In this seminar, "Exhibiting GDR
Culture: Politics and Practice in the Display of Literary and
Historical Archives," Diana submitted as her term paper
a proposal for an exhibit of East German poster art focusing on
relations between the former GDR and Latin America. We decided
to continue the project as a virtual exhibit, which Diana and
Liz would prepare for the Germanic Collections website. The results
are before you in the form of their excellent text and selection
of posters.
In preparing the exhibit, Diana and Liz drew upon local resources
such as library materials in the Stanford University Libraries
and the poster collection of the Hoover Institution Archives.
I would like to thank Elena Danielson and her staff in
the Hoover Archives for their valuable guidance and services.
Special thanks are also due to Nathalie Auerbach, Bibliographic
Asst. for Germanic Collections in the Stanford University Libraries,
for her coordination of many aspects of the project and her guidance
about web matters.
By Henry E. Lowood, Curator of the Germanic Collections
at Stanford University Libraries
Liz Schwartz
Stanford '97, is currrently deciding which country to live in, United States or Chile, and what language to speak, Spanish or English. She has studied, researched, and worked in Chile at different times over the past three years. After graduating with a B.A. in Spanish and an English minor in 1997 from Stanford, she returned to Chile for a year to perfect her language skills. She plans eventually to pursue a PhD in Latin American Literature.
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Diana T. Swartz
Stanford '97, '98, recently received her Masters Degree in Education at Stanford focusing on language policy and discrimination. She plans to attend University of Pennsylvania Law School beginning in Fall 1999 and pursue a career in social justice. During her year away from school, Diana will be working in Germany, reading books and visiting museums in her spare time.
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Last modified:
June 27, 2005
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