James A Parente Jr

Contact Me

paren001@umn.edu
612-626-1620

German, Scandinavian and Dutch
328F FolH

9 Pleasant Street SE

Affiliations

• German, Scandinavian and Dutch

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Yale University.

Specialties

• Renaissance, Reformation, and Baroque literature and culture
• Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Latin literature and culture
• German, Netherlandic, Scandinavian literature and culture

Courses Taught

• German 8210 - Seminar on Early Modern German Literature
• German 3511- German Culture and Civilization, Middle Ages-1700

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Dean: College of Liberal Arts , 2008 - 2013
• Interim Dean: College of Liberal Arts , 2007 - 2008
• Associate Dean: Faculty and Research, College of Liberal Arts , 2000 - 2007
• Chair: Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch , 1998 - 2000
• Acting Director: Institute of Linguistics, ESL, Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures , 1996 - 1997
• Editorial Board: Studies in Dutch Language and Culture , 2006 - present
• Editorial Advisory Board: Renaissance Quarterly , 2006 - 2009
• Executive Council: American Association for Netherlandic Studies , 2002 - 2005
• President: Society for German Renaissance and Baroque Literature , 1990 - 1991
• Executive Committee: MLA Division for German Literature before 1700 , 1989 - 1993

Research

• Renaissance Latin literature in the German Empire, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia :
• Medieval & early modern national identity: Germany and Netherlands:
• German, Netherlandic, and Scandinavian drama :

Publications

• Parente, James Andrew, Bloemendal, Jan. "The Humanist Tradition--Maria Stuart (1646)." Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679): Dutch Playwright in the Golden Age (2012): 341-358.
• Parente, James Andrew. "Imagining the Dutch Golden Age in Anglo-American Fiction." From De Halve Maen to KLM: 400 Years of Dutch-American Exchange (2008): 413-424.
• Tragoedia Politica: Strasbourg School Drama and the Early Modern State, 1583-1621. Parente, James, 1996.
• Carnal Knowledge: Writing about Sex in Early Modern Germany. Parente, James, 1996.
• The Theatricality of History in the Dutch Golden Age. Parente, James, London: Centre for Low Countries Studies, 1993.
• Parente, James Andrew, Schade, Richard, Schoolfield, George. Literary Culture in the Holy Roman Empire, 1555-1720. University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
• Religious Drama and the Humanist Tradition: Christian Theater in Germany and the Netherlands, 1500-1680. Parente, James, Leiden: Brill, 1987.

Awards

• Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Princeton, NJ, 1989 - 1990
• University Scholar, University of Illinois, 1989 - 1992
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1984 - 1985