Edith Kern

Background

Kern, Edith was born on February 7, 1912 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Daughter of L.G. Berg and J. Bison.

Education

Bachelor, Bridgewater College, 1942. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Language and Lit, Johns Hopkins University, 1946.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bridgewater College, Virginia, 2002.

Career

Assistant professor modern languages University Maryland, University Kansas. Director Ford Foundation television project University Pennsylvania, 1946-1960. Professor French Graduate School, St. Johns University, New York City, 1960-1965.

Professor Romance literature and comparative literature Graduate School University Washington, Seattle, 1965-1972. Doris Silbert professor humanities, chairman comparative literature program Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1972-1977, professor emeritus, 1977—2005. John Cranford Adams professor Hofstra University, 1977-1981.

Faculty New School for Social Research, New York City, 1986—2005. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1962, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1965, Stanford University, 1970, University Warwick, England, 1978, Brandeis University, fall 1978, State University of New York at Binghamton, spring 1979, Colgate University, 1982. Distinguished professor Purdue University, 1984.

Director National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Seminar, 1975. 79, experimental year-long National Endowment of the Humanities Seminar for College Teachers, 1977-1978. Elected. Council Scholars for Library. of Congress, 1983-1986.

Member faculty New School Social Research, 1985-2005. Docent Metropolitan Museum Art, 1984-2002.

Achievements

• Edith Kern has been listed as a noteworthy Romance languages and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Absolute Comic

    (Hardcover)

  • The Influence of Heinsius and Vossius Upon French Dramatic Theory
  • Existential Thought and Fictional Technique: Kierkegaard Sartre Beckett

Membership

Member Modern Language Association (vice president 1975-1976, president 1977-1978), Comparative Literature Association (national executive council 1973–2005 ), National Society Literature and Arts, American Comparative Literature Association, International Comparative Literature Association, Renaissance Society of America, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.

Connections

Father:

L.G. Berg

Mother:

J. Bison