Dr Catherine du Toit
	Senior Lecturer, French Studies Chair, Department of Modern Foreign Languages
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2063
	Office nr. : 541
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : The works and world of Henri-Pierre Roché; early 20th century literature; literary biography and autobiographical writings; comparative literature; literary myths; film studies; integration of literature and language teaching; translation On Teaching : A short word about teaching
	CV of Catherine du Toit (pdf) or web page

 

 

	Dr Rolf Annas
	Senior Lecturer, German Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2038
	Office nr. : 555
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : German and Germans in South Africa, Foreign language teaching and testing, Landeskunde, translation
	CV of Dr Rolf Annas (pdf) and an updated list of publications (pdf)

 

 

	Dr Julia Augart
	DAAD Lecturer, German Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 3886
	Office nr. : 537
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : German Literature of the 18th and 19th century; Women‘s literature; Epistolary literature; Africa in German Literature; Crime stories; Teaching of German as a Foreign Language
	CV of Dr Julia Augart (pdf)

 

 

	Ms Lesley Bergman
	Lecturer, MPhil in Hypermedia for Language Learning
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2514
	Office nr. : 554
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : SLA, the integration of SLL theories & CALL, use of social networking tools in education, digital literacy, the Moodle platform as tool to support teaching and learning
	CV of Lesley Bergman (pdf)

 

 

	Dr Isabel dos Santos
	Lecturer, German Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2065
	Office nr. : 559
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : German literature from the 18th century to the present, Austrian literature of the interwar period (especially Joseph Roth), women in literature, fairy tales, German as a Foreign Language and Suggestopedia, CALL, translation.
	CV of Dr Isabel dos Santos (pdf)

 

 

	Mrs Renate du Toit
	Part-time Lecturer, German Studies and MPhil in Hypermedia for Language Learning
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2050
	Office nr. : 558
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : 1. Didactics and methodology of teaching German as a Foreign language (special fields of interest: curriculum development, teaching of grammar, learning strategies, and assessment of language skills in Foreign Language teaching within outcomes based education in South Africa 2. Use of computers in language learning, with emphasis on the evaluation and development of language learning programmes.
	CV of Renate du Toit (pdf)

 

 

	Ms C Meng-Plathen
	Lecturer, Chinese Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 4732
	Office nr. : 540
	E-mail :
	Research Interests :
	CV of Meng-Plathen (pdf)

 

 

	Dr Éric Levéel
	Senior Lecturer, French Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2032
	Office nr. : 544
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : Simone de Beauvoir’s Works, Travels and Self-Built Existence. Literature of Travel. Autobiography as a Literary Genre. Gay Maghrebi Literature and the Representation of Homosexuality in North Africa. 20th Century French Literature. The French Intellectual and Artistic World during the Occupation of France (1940-1944). Holocaust and Pre-Holocaust Literature. French-speaking Romanian authors and intellectuals.
	CV of Dr Éric Levéel (pdf)

 

 

	Ms Johanna Steyn
	Lecturer, French Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2062
	Office nr. : 543
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : Interpreting, 19th century literature, literature of Provence
	CV of Johanna Steyn (pdf)

 

 

	Prof. Carlotta von Maltzan
	Professor, German Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2034
	Office nr. : 550
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : Africa in German literature/ Afrika in der deutschsprachigen Literatur; Intercultural Studies/ Interkulturalität; Topographies of Culture: Africa, HIV/AIDS, the city and violence in contemporary literature; German Jewish writers and Holocaust literature; Exile literature 1933-1945 (Klaus Mann); GDR literature (Heiner Müller); Women’s writing/ Gender Studies
	CV of Prof. Carlotta von Maltzan (pdf) or web page

 

 

	Prof. Yuanfang Yu
	Chinese Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2033
	Office nr : 560
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : Cross-cultural studies of foreign language teaching and learning; second language acquisition; individual learner differences
	CV of Prof. Yuanfang Yu (pdf)

 

 

	Ms Zhao Wei
	Senior lecturer, Chinese Studies
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2831
	Office nr. : 561
	E-mail :
	Research Interests : Comparison between Chinese and Western Culture.
	CV of Zhao Wei (pdf)

 

Lecturing Assistants & Tutors

French

Ms Marietjie Fouché Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail:	Ms Marie-Anne Staebler Tel. nr. : (021) 886 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail :
Ms Coumba Bâ Tel. nr. : (021) 886 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail :	Ms Liza-Marie de Bruin Tel. nr. : (021) 886 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail :
Mr Joubert Gildenhuys Tel. nr. : (021) 886 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail :	Ms Silvia Mucina-Hurst Tel. nr. : (021) 886 2133 Office nr. : 556 E-mail : Silvia Mucina-Hurst

 

German

Mrs Dagmar Dekker Office nr. : 539 Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2133 E-mail :

Mr Emile Crous Office nr. : 539 Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2133 E-mail :

 

Professor Emeritus

 

Rainer Kussler

 

Secretary

 

	Mrs Lizelle Engelbrecht
	Senior Secretary
	Tel. nr. : (021) 808 2133
	Office nr. : 548
	E-mail :

 

Extraordinary appointments

 

Prof. Ernest W.B. Hess-Lüttich (Bern, Switzerland)

Prof Michaela Holdenried (Freiburg, Germany)

Dr Ingrid Laurien (Göttingen, Germany)

Prof Gunther Pakendorf (Cape Town)

Prof. Erdmute White (Purdue, USA)

Mr Mohamed Aït-Arab (University of Réunion)