Heiko Zimmermann

Heiko Zimmermann studied Physics, English, Philosophy, Pedagogy and German at the Universities of Leipzig and Leeds. He has taught at the universities of Bayreuth, Trier, Leeds and Sivas, and Trinity College Dublin. His doctoral dissertation (published in 2015) deals with authorship in electronic literature. The founding member of the International E. M. Forster society is also a member of the MLA and the Electronic Literature Organization. Heiko Zimmermann joined the English department in 2017.

• electronic literature
• E. M. Forster
• critical theory
• contemporary literature and media
• late Victorian and Modernist British literature

• “Electronic Literature and Its Departure from the Supremacy of the Author Function.” Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature: New Interdisciplinary Directions. Ed. Andrea Selleri and Philip. London: Palgrave, 2016. [book chapter] 
• Autorschaft und digitale Literatur: Geschichte, Medienpraxis und Theoriebildung. Trier: WVT, 2015. Print. Handbücher und Studien zur Medienkulturwissenschaft 11. [Book: ISBN 978-3-86821-617-2]
• "Performance and Social Interaction: New Challenges for the Archiving of Digital Writing." CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 16.5 (Purdue U P, 2014): New Works on Electronic Literature and Cyberculture. [article]
• "Diverging Strategies of Remembrance in Traditional and Web-2.0 On-Line Projects." Cybercultures: Mediations of Community, Culture, Politics. Ed. Harris Breslow and Aris Mousoutzanis. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2012. 151-63. Print. Critical Issues 83. At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries. [article]
• "Teaching E. M. Forster in 2010: Essayistic Reflections." New Aspects of E. M. Forster. Ed. Krzysztof Fordo?ski. Warsaw: Instytut Kulturologii i Lingwistyki Antropocentrycznej, Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego and International E. M. Forster Society, 2010. 137-60. Print. [article]
• "Erinnerung im Web 2.0: Das Internet als (persönliches) Gedächtnis." Vorträge aus dem Studium Universale 2004-2007. Ed. Elmar Schenkel and Nadja Kroker. Leipzig: Universität Leipzig 2009. 131-49. Print. Leipziger Universitätsreden ns 106. [article]
• "Paradiesvögel in Mauve - Ronald Firbanks 'Die Blume unter dem Fuße'." Berliner Literaturkritik 7 Apr. 2008 <http:// www.berlinerliteraturkritik.de/ detailseite/ artikel/ paradiesvoegel-in-mauve-ronald-firbanks-die-blume-unter-dem-fusse.html> [review]
• "E. M. Forster's Autobiographies: Modes of Telling a Life in Fiction." Fiction and Autobiography: Modes and Models of Interaction. Ed. Sabine Coelsch-Foisner and Wolfgang Görtschacher. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2006. 119-31. Print. SEL&C: Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture 3. [article]

In case the online services of the UEL collapse at any point, I will upload info to my Corona backup website. Please make a note of the following URL:

http://heikozimmermann.de/corona

DOs

• Read the syllabus and the materials on Moodle. This gives you the power of knowledge. You will know what you have to do, in what context, for what purpose. You will not only know the formal requirements but all sorts of other rules and regulations.
• Listen carefully what the lecturer tells you about the presentations. If unsure, ask.
• Discuss your presentation with the lecturer during his office hours and at least a week in advance. Only by talking with the lecturer will you be able to know the precise function, scope and length of your presentation. Ideally attend the office hours early, so that you have the chance to find relevant literature.
• Depending on what you have decided upon in the seminar, either upload handouts to the respective folder on Moodle at least a week in advance (this is for your fellow students) or bring enough copies on paper to your presentation.
• Depending on what you have decided upon in the seminar, upload handouts and screen presentations to the respective folder on Moodle at least a week in advance. This is for the lecturer.
• Use image captions:

Fig. 1: A sparrow perching on a twig in Ludwigsburg

• Give your sources in parenthetical references in your screen presentation.
• Give a list of all (!) used sources at the end of your screen presentation.
• Sources are given according to the MLA Handbook, please get the MLA Handbook from the library. Don't just present a list of URLs as your sources. This will not suffice.
• Come early and prepare to present (i.e. prepare your computer or the computer in the seminar room--talk to other presenters and the lecturer), so that there are no gaps before your presentation.
• Stick to the time allotted to your presentation.
• In your presentation software, switch language to English and use the spell checker.
• Make sure to know the meaning and the pronunciation of all the words and concepts you are using or referring to in your presentation.

DON’Ts

• Don’t use „German“ quotation marks but “English”.
• Don’t use dictionary definitions of words and concepts unless you presentation is about dictionaries.
• Don’t plagiarize.
• Don’t be late.
• Don’t drop out of the course without notice.

Some students struggle with the question of how to address lecturers and other members of staff in the university context. There are certain standards. Please note that one can always breech such rules. If you do so, you should, however, do so consciously. To give you an example: If you are more the Hippie type of person and want to fight hierarchies, you might not want to care about standards, but you will know that you will be confronted with some opposition or even rejection--either because people are sensitive about their titles or because your specific way of addressing people might appear to be sloppy, uninterested, inconsiderate or rude. If you do not care about expressing a political agenda, it seems worthwhile to just stick to the established codes of conduct. 

• Here are the rules for communication in German: "Akademische Titel: Wann Diplom, Doktor, Professor dazugehören."
• Here are the rules for communication in English: "Dr Who or Professor Who? On Academic Email Etiquette" (scroll down to the rules if you are in a hurry). Please note: rule #4 only applies for communication in English. If you communicate in German, you can drop titles only if you are on first-name terms or are explicitly invited to drop them. 

A note for our exchange students from Romance countries: While in most Romance languages basically everybody who teaches is called professor, this is not the case in Germany. Take the time to find the academic title of the person you want to contact. You'll find the information on their website. Using "professor" too much will never appear rude but might look sloppy or inconsiderate, so the time to look up titles is well spent.

Please also note, that while some members of staff might refer to other members of staff in a certain manner (e.g. first names or without titles), this does not mean that you are supposed to use the first names or dropping titles when contacting the respective person.

Bitte reichen Sie Hausarbeiten bis zum zum Ende des Semesters sowohl elektronisch (E-Mail) als auch auf Papier (Post) ein. 

Hier finden Sie Hinweise zur Form. Ich bitte Sie außerdem, auf der Titelseite Namen, Studiengang, Matrikelnummer, E-Mail-Adresse, Semester, vollständigen Kursnamen und Abgabedatum anzugeben. Weiterhin geben Sie bitte an, ob es sich bei der Arbeit um eine Modulprüfung handelt und für welches Modul diese abgelegt wird. Die Anmeldung zur Modulprüfung erfolgte per LSF. Eventuelle Unstimmingkeiten bei der Anmeldung in LSF besprechen Sie bitte mit dem Prüfungsamt. 

Sollten Sie noch nie eine Hausarbeit geschrieben haben, finden Sie Hinweise im Buch Arbeitstechniken Literaturwissenschaft von Burkhard Moennighoff und Eckhardt Meyer-Krentler. Dies ist ein germanistisches Buch. Leider verwendet es eine etwas verwirrende Zitierweise. Deswegen nutzen Sie bitte für alle formalen Fragen das MLA Handbook (Auflage 7 oder 8). Bis zur Auflage 6 beinhaltet das MLA Handbook auch Beispielseiten im hinteren Teil. Bis zur Auflage 7 finden Sie viele nützliche Hinweise zur Recherche und Organisation von Hausarbeiten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass Ihre Hausarbeit eine Thesehaben sollte oder eine klare Forschungsfrage. Mit der von Ihnen gewählten, von Theorie und Sekundärliteratur unterfütterten Methodik untersuchen Sie einen Gegenstand und beantworten Ihre Forschungsfrage oder beweisen Ihre These.

Bitte suchen Sie sich ein Thema, das Sie interessiert, an dem Sie sich bilden und selbst wachsen können, das aber einen engen Bezug zu einem Seminarthema hat. Die Arbeit sollte im Kern anglistisch literatur- oder kulturwissenschaftlich sein. Kurze Rückfragen per Mail beantworte ich gern. Idealerweise sprechen Sie Themen--sollten Sie sich nicht sicher sein oder Hilfe benötigen--in einer meiner Sprechzeiten ab. 

Die Bewertung der Hausarbeit erfolgt nach den Kriterien: Sprache und Stil, Struktur, Inhalt sowie Form. 

Bitte beachten Sie, dass für die Anrechnungen von Studienleistungen bei Hochschul- oder Studiengangswechsel ab 1. Februar 2019 meine geschätzten Kollegen Frau Hall (GS & SoP) und Herr Kuuskoski (Sek1 & EULA) zuständig sind.