Martina Kerlova
Professor of Instruction
M.A. in German Studies, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague
- m-kerlova@northwestern.edu
- 847-491-5788
- Kresge Hall, Room 3-325
Martina Kerlova is a Professor of Instruction in the Department of German and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. She coordinates the Intermediate German language program and serves as Director of Slavic Languages. She has published and presented on Austrian and German literature and language teaching methodology. Her academic interests include Central European history, literature, and languages, and their Anglo-American connections. She also works as a translator.
Martina Kerlova has earned numerous fellowships, including funding from DAAD, ÖAD, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. At Northwestern she has received grants from the Hewlett Foundation to develop language learning material for Czech and German. In addition to German, Martina has taught first, second, and third-year Czech in the Slavic Department and offers courses on “Prague: City of Cultures, City of Conflict", “Czech New Wave Film: Cinema with a Human Face”, and “Germans and Slavs.” In her previous lives, Martina taught German in Prague and Vienna, administered the European Union’s retraining programs for the Czech Republic, led intercultural training workshops for Volkswagen Group and IG Metall, and wrote market reports for companies entering the central European market after 1989. In her free time, she likes to hike and cross-country ski.