Associate Professor Gerhard Fischer

Associate Professor Gerhard Fischer

Honorary Associate Professor
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Humanities & Languages

Gerhard Fischer is an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Linguistics. He is a literary scholar and historian. He studied German and French literature and theatre studies in Germany and the United States where he received an M.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature (State University of New York, Binghamton, NY). He has taught at the Odenwaldschule in Germany, universities in New York, Minnesota and California, and at the University of Algiers; in Australia since 1977. Numerous publications on modern German literature and theatre, on Australian migration history during the 19th century, on World War I (Enemy Aliens, U of Queensland Press 1989), and on questions of multiculturalism.

Fischer has written five books and over a hundred articles in journals and academic collections. As convenor of the Sydney German Studies Symposia he has edited ten volumes of scholarly essays, including Heiner Müller. ConTEXTS and HISTORY (Tübingen 1995), Schreiben nach der Wende. Ein Jahrzehnt deutscher Literatur, 1989-1999 (with David Roberts, 2. ed. Tübingen 2007) and W.G. Sebald. Schreiben ex patria / Expatriate Writing (Amsterdam and New York 2009).

Fischer’s ‘theatrical casebook’ The Mudrooroo/Müller Project (UNSW Press, 1993) – which contains an original play by Mudrooroo, The Aboriginal Protesters Confront the Declaration of the Australian Republic on 26 January 2001 with a Production of Heiner Müller’s The  Mission – was shortlisted for a NSW State Literary Award; the play, produced by Fischer in conjunction with the Performance Space for the Sydney Festival 1995 and featuring an entirely Aboriginal cast, was described as a “landmark“ in Australian theatre by the Sydney Morning Herald; following its success at the Sydney Festival, it was invited to tour to festivals in Germany (Weimar and Munich).

Fischer is currently working on a new book on internment in Australia during World War I, to be published jointly by Historic Houses Trust and UNSW Press in conjunction with an exhibition, The Enemy at Home, at the Museum of Sydney (7 May – 11 September 2011).

Gerhard Fischer is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2001, he was awarded the Commonwealth Government’s Centenary Medal.

Phone
9385 2327
Location
238 Morven Brown
  • Books | 2017
    Fischer G, 2017, The Dragon Mother's Dream A Year in La Jolla –
    Books | 2011
    Helmi N; Fischer G, 2011, The Enemy at Home, Original, UNSW Press - Historic Houses Trust, Sydney
    Books | 2011
    2011, Collective creativity : collaborative work in the sciences, literature and the arts, Fischer G; Vassen F, (ed.), Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichende, Rodopi, Amsterdam, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000293600000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Books | 2009
    2009, W.G. Sebald: Schreiben ex patria / Expatriate Writing., Fischer G, (ed.), Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York
    Books | 2007
    2007, Schreiben nach der Wende — Ein Jahrzehnt deutscher Literatur, 1989–1999, Fischer G; Roberts D, (ed.), Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen
    Books | 2007
    2007, The Play Within the Play: The Performance of Meta-Theatre and Self-Reflection, Fischer G; Greiner B, (ed.), Rodopi Press, Amsterdam
    Books | 2002
    Fischer G, 2002, GRIPS - Geschichte eines popularen Theaters (1996-2000), First, Iudicium Verlag, Munchen, Germany
    Books | 2001
    2001, Adventures of Identity. European Multicultural Experiences and Perspectives, Fischer G, (ed.), Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen
    Books | 2001
    2001, Schreiben nach der Wende — Ein Jahrzehnt deutscher Literatur, 1989–1999, Fischer G, (ed.), Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen
    Books | 2000
    2000, Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand, Fischer G, (ed.), University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia
    Books | 1999
    1999, Der Schriftsteller Volker Ludwig: Kabarettautor Liedtexter Stuckeschreiber, Fischer G, (ed.), Alexander Verlag, Berlin, Germany
  • Book Chapters | 2017
    Fischer G; Koch G; Winter S, 2017, 'Der andere Schauplatz der Gestaltung: Blochs Theaterkonzeption', in Zimmermann RE (ed.), Ernst Bloch: Das Prinzip Hoffnung, Walter de Gruyter, Brain/Boston, pp. 152 - 174
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Fischer G, 2014, 'Anne Frank auf dem Broadway und in Hollywood. Das Theaterstück und der Film The Diary of Anne Frank von Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1955/59)', in Anne Frank. Mediengeschichten., Metropol Verlag, Berlin, pp. 37 - 53, http://www.metropol-verlag.de/pp/neuerscheinungen/neu_1_2007.htm
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Fischer G, 2014, 'On Egon Erwin Kisch's Landung in Australien as a History of Australia for Australian Students of German Studies', in Intercultural Encounters in German Studies, edn. Australian Studies in German Literature, Philosophy and Cult, Roehrig Universitaetsverlag, St. Ingbert, pp. 71 - 89, http://www.roehrig-verlag.de/products/Literaturwissenschaft/Transpositionen-Transpositions/Intercultural-Encounters-in-German-Studies.html
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Fischer G; Vassen F, 2011, 'Collective Creativity: Traditional Patterns and New Paradigms', in Fischer G; Vassen F (ed.), Collective creativity : collaborative work in the sciences, literature and the arts, edn. Original, Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. xi - xxv
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Fischer G, 2011, 'Vierzig Jahre GRIPS: Konintuitaet und Wandel eines Berliner Theaters', in Deiters F-J; Fliethmann A; Weller C (ed.), Groteske Moderne - Moderne Groteske. Festschrift fuer Philip Thomson / Festschrift for Philip Thomson, edn. Original, Roehrig Universitaetsverlag, St. Ingbert, pp. 153 - 174, http://www.roehrig-verlag.de/products/Literaturwissenschaft/Transpositionen-Transpositions/Groteske-Moderne-Moderne-Groteske.html
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Death Shirt and Shroud: Metaphors of Work Vormarz Poems by Chamisso/Hood/Freiligrath/Heine)', in Deiters F-J; Fliethmann A; Lang B; Lewis A; Weller C (ed.), Narratives of War, edn. 1, Rombach, Germany, pp. 51 - 70
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Debating the German Presence’ in Australia: Notes and Research Desiderata', in Bandhauer A; Veber M (ed.), Migration and cultural contact: Germany and Australia, edn. 1, Sydney University Press, Sydney NSW, Australia, pp. 131 - 152
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Debating the ‘German Presence` in Australia: Notes and Research Desiderata', in Fischer G (ed.), W.G. Sebald: Schreiben ex patria / Expatriate Writing., edn. 1, Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York, pp. 121 - 143
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Totenhemd und Leichentuch: Metaphorik zum Thema Arbeit in Gedichten des Vormärz (Chamisso, Hood/Freiligrath, Heine)', in Deiters F-J; Fliethmann A; Lang B; Lewis A; Weller C (ed.), Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft / Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies, edn. 2, Rombach Verlag, Freiburg i. Br.BerlinVienna, pp. 51 - 70
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'W.G. Sebald`s Expatriate Experience and His Literary Beginnings', in Fischer G (ed.), W.G. Sebald: Schreiben ex patria / Expatriate Writing., edn. 1, Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York, pp. 15 - 24
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Writing ex patria: W.G. Sebald and the Construction of a Literary Identity', in d'Haen T; Goerlandt I (ed.), Literature for Europe?, edn. IV, Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. 259 - 278
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Fischer G, 2008, 'Anne Frank, Naoni Kirschbaum und Inge Deutschkron auf der Buhne: Uber die Dramarisierugen judischer Madchenschicksale zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus', in Glasenapp GV; Ewers H-H (ed.), Kriegs- und Nachkriegskindheiten, Studien zur literarischen Erinnerungskultur fur junge Leset, edn. 1, Peter Lang, Germany, pp. 163 - 178
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Fischer G; Greiner B, 2007, 'The Play Within the Play: Scholarly Perspectives', in Fischer G; Greiner B (ed.), The Play Within the Play: The Performance of Meta-Theatre and Self-Reflection, edn. First, Rodopi Press, Amsterdam, pp. 11 - 16
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Fischer G, 2007, 'Hans Magnus Ensenberger and the `German Question` after 1989', in Magerski C; Savage R; Weller C (ed.), Moderne begreifen. Zur Paradoxie eines sozio-ästhetischen Deutungsmusters., edn. Original, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 121 - 134
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Fischer G, 2007, 'Playwrights Playing with History: The Play within the Play and German historical Drama (Buchner, Brecht, Weiss, Muller)', in Fischer G; Greiner B (ed.), The Play Within the Play: The Performance of Meta-Theatre and Self-Reflection, edn. First, Rodopi Press, Amsterdam, pp. 249 - 265
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Fischer G, 2004, 'Introduction. Kaestner-Debate or Kaestner-Discourses? On the Sydney German Studies Symposium 2002', in Fischer G (ed.), Erich Kaestner Yearbook Volume 4, Debating Kaestner. Critical Positions on a Controversial Author, edn. 1, Konigshausen & Neumann, W0rzburg, Germany, pp. 9 - 16
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Fischer G, 2004, 'Self-Performance and Self-Mirroring in the Work of Erich Kaestner (1929/35, 1940, 1948)', in Fischer G (ed.), Erich Kaestner Yearbook Volume 4, Debating Kaestner. Critical Positions on a Controversial Author, edn. 1, Konigshausen & Neumann, W0rzburg, Germany, pp. 27 - 40
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Australien', in Lehmann H-T; Primavesi P (ed.), Heiner Muller Handbuch [Heiner Muller Handbook], edn. 1, Verlag J B Metzler Stuttgart, Weimar, pp. 361 - 362
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Doppel-Existenzen, oder: `Fur einen Schriftsteller hat sich aber...`', in Knobloch HJ; Koopmann H (ed.), Der `gesamtdeutsche` Roman seit der Wiedervereingung, edn. First, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen, pp. 77 - 97
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Zement', in Lehmann H-T; Primavesi P (ed.), Heiner Muller Handbuch [Heiner Muller Handbook], edn. 1, Verlag J B Metzler Stuttgart, Weimar, pp. 298 - 302
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Fischer G, 2002, 'Engagierte Literatur als historisch-kritische Darstellung der Gesellschaft. Zum Zeitshuck der Weimarer Republik', in Neuhaus S; Selbmann R; Unger T (ed.), Engagierte Literatur als historisch-kritische Darstellung der Gesellschaft. Zum Zeitshuck der Weimarer Republik, edn. First, Konigshausen & Neumann, Wurzburg, pp. 116 - 130
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Fischer G, 2001, 'Der Lierat als Historiker: Zur Darstellung der Zeitgeschicjhte bei Grass und Delius', in Fischer G; Roberts D (ed.), Schreiben nach der Wende — Ein Jahrzehnt deutscher Literatur, 1989–1999, edn. Second, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen, pp. 141 - 158
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Fischer G, 2001, 'Der `fremde Blick`: Notizen, Beobachtungen und Danksagung zum 1999 Sydney German Studies Symposium', in Fischer G; Roberts D (ed.), Schreiben nach der Wende — Ein Jahrzehnt deutscher Literatur, 1989–1999, edn. Second, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen, pp. 7 - 10
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Fischer G, 2001, 'Multicultural Identities: European Perspectives', in Adventures of Identity. European Multicultural Experiences and Perspectives, edn. Original, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen, pp. 9 - 16
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Fischer G, 2000, 'Adventures of Identity', in Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand, edn. Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 3 - 20
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Fischer G, 2000, 'Integration, Negative Integration, Disintegration: The Destruction of the German-Australian Community during the First World War', in Alien Justice - Wartime Internment in Australia and North America, edn. Original, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland Australia, pp. 1 - 27
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Fischer G, 2000, 'Mis-taken Identity: Mudrooroo and Gordon Matthews', in Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand, edn. Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 95 - 112
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Fischer G, 1999, '`Alles hat seine Grenzen` - Volker Ludwigs literarische Anf¿nge und das Reichskabarett', in Der Schriftsteller Volker Ludwig: Kabarettautor Liedtexter Stuckeschreiber, edn. Original, Alexander Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 27 - 38
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Fischer G, 1999, '`Karnevalistisches Weltempfinden` und Dramaturgie der sozialen Integration: Die Komdien¿sthetik Volker Ludwigs', in Der Schriftsteller Volker Ludwig: Kabarettautor Liedtexter Stuckeschreiber, edn. Original, Alexander Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 79 - 89
    Book Chapters | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Plädoyer für ein altmodisches Medium: Über Walter Benjamins Kunstwerk-Aufsatz und das Theater im Computerzeitalter', in Koreanische Gesellschaft fur Germanistik (ed.), Asiatische Germanistentagung 1997, edn. Original, KGG, Seoul, pp. 169 - 182
    Book Chapters | 1997
    Fischer G, 1997, 'Desintegration: Über die Zerstorung der deutsch-australischen Community wahrend des Ersten Weltkrieges', in Migration und Integration, edn. Original, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 121 - 143
    Book Chapters | 1997
    Fischer G, 1997, 'ImDickicht der Dorfer,oder, den plot in Butzbach suchen. Provinz als Thema und Schreibanlaß bei Delius', in F.C. Delius. Studien uber sein literarisches Werk, edn. Original, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tübingen, pp. 49 - 68
    Book Chapters | 1995
    Fischer G, 1995, 'Heiner Muller in Taormina, Sydney, Berlin: The Reception of a `Postmodern Classic` and the Challenge of the Present', in Heiner Muller, Contexts and history, edn. Original, Stauffenburg Verlag, Tubingen, pp. 1 - 22
  • Journal articles | 2021
    Fischer G, 2021, 'Enemy Aliens: Internment and the Homefront War in Australia, 1914–1920', Anglica, 30, pp. 107 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.7311/0860-5734.30.3.07
    Journal articles | 2021
    Fischer G, 2021, 'Remembering Mudrooroo (1938–2019)', Anglica, 30, pp. 5 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.7311/0860-5734.30.1.01
    Journal articles | 2015
    Fischer G, 2015, 'Immigration, Integration, Disintegration: The Perilous Road to Australian Multiculturalism', Griffith Review, 48, pp. 30 - 44
    Journal articles | 2012
    Fischer G, 2012, 'The Governor-General's Apology: Reflections on Anzac Day', Cultural Studies Review, 18, pp. 220 - 239
    Journal articles | 2012
    Fischer G, 2012, 'Verfremdung als literarisch-ästhetische Kategorie in der erzählenden Prosa: Bertolt Brechts', Brecht-Yearbook, 37, pp. 176 - 185
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fischer G, 2008, 'The GRIPS Theatre and Politics today: 40 Years After', Journal for Theatre Pedagogy, 53, pp. 68 - 69
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fischer G, 2008, '`Good Building`: Bertold Brecht`s Utopian Historical Optimism at the End of World War II', Cultural Studies Review, 14, pp. 137 - 146
    Journal articles | 2006
    Fischer G, 2006, 'On the traces George Fosters: The German `48er` emigrant in Australia', TRANS: Internet Magazine for Culture Sciences, pp. 1 - 9
    Journal articles | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Arbeiter-Schriftsteller: Dichotomien einer Daseinsform. Zu Wolfgang Hilbigs Roman Eine Ubertragung [Work Author: Dochotomies of a Form of existence. On Wolfgang Hilbig`s novel `A Tranferral`]', Seminar - a Journal of Germanic Studies, 34, pp. 316 - 328
    Journal articles | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Erich Kastner. Life periods, political engagement, literary activity', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 129 - 132, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000183829500015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2003
    Fischer G, 2003, 'Worker-writer: Dichotomies in a form of existence. Wolfgang Hilbig`s novel Eine Ubertragung', Seminar - a Journal of Germanic Studies, 39, pp. 316 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/sem.v39.4.316
    Journal articles | 2000
    Fischer G, 2000, 'Die Auferstehung der Lebenden. Eine interkulturelle, theatrale Kritk zu Heiner Mullers Der Aufrag', Heiner Muller: Probleme und Perspektiven Bath-Symposion 1998, pp. 457 - 476
    Journal articles | 1999
    Fischer G, 1999, 'Johen Fukanoh na Gikyoku - Berurin no `Syochi`', Public Theatre: Magazin for Theatre and Theory, pp. 24 - 28
    Journal articles | 1999
    Fischer G, 1999, 'Promiscuidad, Emancipacion, Sumision: El Proceso Educador y el Establecimiento de un Modelo de Actuacion Femenino en La Historia Marco de Las 1001 Noches', Anaquel de Estudios Arabes, 10
    Journal articles | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Franz Xaver Kroetz: The construction of a political aesthetic', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 140 - 142, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000074438100021&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Karnevalistisches Weltempfinden und Dramaturgie der sozialen Integration: Die Komödienästhetik Volker Ludwigs', Forum Modernes Theater, 13, pp. 184 - 194
    Journal articles | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Waiting for "history" - The playwright Heiner Muller.', SEMINAR-A JOURNAL OF GERMANIC STUDIES, 34, pp. 465 - 466, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000077211300022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1997
    Fischer G, 1997, 'Theater im postkolonialen Zeitalter. Studien zum Theatersynkretismus im englischsprachigen Raum.', Forum Modernes Theater, pp. 219 - 222
    Journal articles | 1995
    Fischer G, 1995, '`Negative Integration` and an Australian Road to Modernity: Interpreting the Homefront Experience in Australia during World War I', Australian Historical Studies, pp. 452 - 476
    Journal articles | 1995
    Fischer G, 1995, '‘Negative integration’ and an australian road to modernity: Interpreting the australian homefront experience in world war I', Australian Historical Studies, 26, pp. 452 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10314619508595974
    Journal articles | 1990
    FISCHER G, 1990, 'DOCUMENTARY THEATER - GERMAN - BARTON', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 207 - 209, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1990EH26500015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1988
    FISCHER G, 1988, 'ENEMY LABOR - INDUSTRIAL UNREST AND INTERNMENT OF YUGOSLAV WORKERS IN WESTERN-AUSTRALIA DURING WORLD-WAR-I', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, 34, pp. 1 - 15, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1988P036200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1988
    FISCHER G, 1988, 'THE LEHRSTUCK EXPERIENCE ON A CONTEMPORARY-STAGE + BRECHT,BERTOLT - ON BRECHT AND THE GRIPS-THEATER 'VOLL AUF DER ROLLE'', MODERN DRAMA, 31, pp. 371 - 379, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1988Q957100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1988
    Fischer G, 1988, 'From escapist fantasy to social imagination: Notes on the development of an emancipatory Theatre for Children', Germanic Review, 63, pp. 19 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00168890.1988.9935434
    Journal articles | 1987
    FISCHER G, 1987, 'THE GERMANS AND FREEDOM - PERSPECTIVES OF THE POST-WAR PERIOD - GERMAN - MAIER,H', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, 33, pp. 321 - 321, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1987M728600021&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1986
    FISCHER G, 1986, 'THE REFORMATION OF COMEDY - GENRE CRITIQUE IN THE COMEDIES OF HORVATH,ODON,VON - BALME,CB', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 111 - 112, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1986E825200012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1983
    FISCHER G, 1983, 'BEETHOVEN 'FIFTH' IN TRIAL-BAY - CULTURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN AN AUSTRALIAN INTERNMENT-CAMP DURING WORLD-WAR-I', JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 69, pp. 48 - 62, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1983RM22100004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1981
    FISCHER G, 1981, 'THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL-CHILDRENS-AND-YOUTH-FESTIVAL AT THE GRIPS-THEATER IN WEST-BERLIN, JUNE 6-15, 1981', THEATER, 13, pp. 83 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00440617-13-1-83
    Journal articles | 1981
    FISCHER G, 1981, 'THE YOUTH PLAYS OF GRIPS', MODERN DRAMA, 23, pp. 448 - 471, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/md.23.4.448
    Journal articles | 1980
    FISCHER G, 1980, 'THE ADAPTED HERO - STUDIES ON GDR DRAMA - GERMAN - MACZEWSKI,J', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 290 - 292, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1980LS45500049&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1979
    Journal articles | 1979
    FISCHER G, 1979, 'STATE BEGINS TO WITHER AWAY ... NOTES ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARIS COMMUNE BY BAKUNIN, MARX, ENGELS AND LENIN', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, 25, pp. 29 - 38, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1979JE61100003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1977
    FISCHER G, 1977, 'WOMAN, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN SOCIALIST-SOCIETY - MULLER,HEINER 'ZEMENT'', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 248 - 267, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1977FN19700008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1977
    Fischer G, 1977, 'Frau, ehe und familie in der sozialistischen gesellschaft: Anmerkungen zu heiner mÜllers ‘zement’', AUMLA-Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 48, pp. 248 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/aulla.1977.009
    Journal articles | 1976
    FISCHER G, 1976, ''KAMELE AUF DEM KAISERMANTEL' - GERMAN ARABIC MEETINGS SINCE CHARLEMAGNE - GERMAN - HUNKE,S', BOOKS ABROAD, 50, pp. 942 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40131251
  • Conference Papers | 2009
    Fischer G, 2009, 'Call for Papers: The Sydney German Studies Symposium 2009', in Fischer G; Vassen F (ed.), COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY: COLLABORATIVE WORK IN THE SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, EDITIONS RODOPI B V, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst Sydney, Sydney, pp. 355 - 359, presented at Sydney German Studies Symposium 2009, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst Sydney, Sydney, 23 July 2009 - 26 July 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000293600000026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Fischer G, 2006, 'Introduction: WG Sebald's Expatriate Experience and His Literary Beginnings', in Fischer G (ed.), W G SEBALD: SCHREIBEN EX PATRIA/EXPATRIATE WRITING, EDITIONS RODOPI B V, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst, Sydney, pp. 15 - 24, presented at 8th Sydney German Studies Symposium, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst, Sydney, 20 July 2006 - 23 July 2006, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000274972500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Fischer G, 2006, 'Leave ex patria: W. G. Sebald and the Construction of a Literary Identity.', in Fischer G (ed.), W G SEBALD: SCHREIBEN EX PATRIA/EXPATRIATE WRITING, EDITIONS RODOPI B V, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst, Sydney, pp. 27 - 44, presented at 8th Sydney German Studies Symposium, AUSTRALIA, Goethe Inst, Sydney, 20 July 2006 - 23 July 2006, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000274972500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Fischer G, 2006, '¿Flying Robert¿ Subversive pictures and texts of Jean Baptiste Regnault, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, F. K. Waechter, Eckart and Rainer Hachfeld and Heinrich Hoffmann', in XIIth Congress of German in Latin America, XIIth Congress of German in Latin America, Havana, Cuba, presented at XIIth Congress of German in Latin America, Havana, Cuba, 13 March 2006 - 17 March 2006
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Fischer G, 2004, 'Kein Interesse an Deutchland? Enzenbergers literische Arbeiten zur `deutschen Frage` vor und nach der Wende', in Bogdal KM (ed.), Das 12. Sorak-Symposium 2004, Das 12. Sorak-Symposium 2004, Osaek Green Yard Hotel, Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do, Korea, pp. 29 - 48, presented at Das 12. Sorak-Symposium 2004, Osaek Green Yard Hotel, Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do, Korea, 07 October 2004 - 10 October 2004
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Fischer G, 2004, 'Koreanisierung von Volker Ludwigs Linie 1', in Chul CJ (ed.), World Literature and Interculturalism, World Literature and Interculturalism, Hankuk University of Foreign studies (HUFS), Seoul, South Korea, pp. 19 - 36, presented at World Literature and Interculturalism, Hankuk University of Foreign studies (HUFS), Seoul, South Korea, 04 October 2004 - 05 October 2004
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Fischer G, 1999, 'Lokal-Theater, Welt-Theater : Uber die Exportfahigkeit dramatischer Literatur am Beispiel de Komodien Volker Ludwigs', in Asiatische Germanistentagung in Fukuoka 1999 - Schwellen uberschreitungen, Asiatische Germanistentagung in Fukuoka 1999 - Schwellen uberschreitungen, Fukuoka, Japan, presented at Asiatische Germanistentagung in Fukuoka 1999 - Schwellen uberschreitungen, Fukuoka, Japan, 21 August 1999
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Absage an Heiner Müller', in Gellert I; Koch G; Vaßen F (eds.), Ma?nehmen. Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eislers Lehrstuck `Die Ma?nahme`. Kontroverse, Perspektive, Praxis, Maßnehmen. Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eislers Lehrstück `Die Maßnahme`. Kontroverse, Perspektive, Praxis, pp. 238 - 250, presented at Maßnehmen. Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eislers Lehrstück `Die Maßnahme`. Kontroverse, Perspektive, Praxis
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Fischer G, 1998, 'Performing Multicultural and Post-Colonial Identities', in Across the Lines, Across the Lines, pp. 215 - 236, presented at Across the Lines

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