Join us for a movie talk with H. Peter Reinkordt (Professor Emeritus of German at Doane College), following the 1:00 p.m. screening of ANSELM on Sunday, January 21. Presented by Friends of The Ross.

Tickets for ANSELM are at regular Ross prices. Available online and at the Ross Box Office.

H. PETER REINKORDT

H. Peter Reinkordt was Professor of German at Doane University, Crete. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1972 in German Language and Literature. Reinkordt has taught at a private secondary school in Switzerland, at UNL, and Nebraska Wesleyan before settling at Doane College in 1984 and teaching there until 2011 full time, and as emeritus he taught one history course each fall until 2016.

While his areas of special interest and research are German literature of the Medieval Period and the 20th century as well as German history and culture, he taught a range of classes involving German language acquisition. His focus on contemporary history of Europe deals with fascism, the Holocaust and recent developments with special emphasis on Germany, particularly post-WW II and more recently unification of East and West Germany since the fall of the wall in 1989.

In the seventies Reinkordt lived and worked in Switzerland for four years, traveling widely in Europe as well as through Asia and Egypt. He keeps in touch with current European events by frequent trips to Europe. He has been involved with the film program at the Ross since the early 1980’s, then the Sheldon Film Theater, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

ANSELM 3D Showing at The Ross January 19-February 1

Shot over the course of two years in stunning 3D, Wim Wenders’ ANSELM is a unique cinematic portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer, exploring his life, inspiration and creative process, and immersing the audience in the work of one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. More info…