The Europeanization of Cinema: Interzones and Imaginative Communities

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments MajorresearchforthisbookwasconductedwhileIwasaFulbrightScholar.I benefitedgreatlyfromthegenerosityofthatgrantandthetimeitafforded. Many people have given much appreciated feedback on various parts of the project along the way. I would especially like to thank Savaş Arslan, David Bathrick, Daniela Berghahn, Paul Cooke, John Davidson, Kristin Dickenson, TobiasEbbrecht,FriederikeEigler,JaninaFalkowska,VeronikaFuechtner,Deniz Göktürk, David Gramling, Sabine Hake, Ewa Hauser, Todd Kontje, Priscilla Layne, Venkat Mani, Barbara Mennel, Tobias Nagl, Mary Rhiel, Katrin Sieg, Jill Smith, Ayça Tunç, and Astrid Weigert. TheUniversityofPittsburghhasofferedmeagreatintellectualhomeandmy colleagueshavebeenagreatsupportandimportantinterlocutors.Theprograms in German Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, European Studies, Global Studies,andtheHumanitiesCenterhavevariouslyofferedimportantvenuesin whichIcouldbenefitfromtheexchangeofideas.IwanttothankSusanAndrade, Jonathan Arac, Daniel Balderston, Suzanna Crage, Nancy Condee, Sabine von Dirke, Pinar Emiralioğlu, Lucy Fischer, Jane Feuer, Lina Insana, Marcia Landy, JohnLyon,ColinMacCabe,BarbaraMcCloskey,ClarkMuenzer,VolodiaPadunov ,AlbertaSbragia,TerrySmith,andGregorThum.IappreciateverymuchN. JohnCooper’sgeneroussupportofthebook;valuableleavetimeallowedmeto bring it to completion. viii • Acknowledgments I am grateful to the students in my seminars for the opportunity to develop ideas with them. The conversations with Yvonne Franke along the way helped clarify many ideas and I am happy she is now a colleague in the profession. Sabine Penak and Rita Bakacs have graciously offered their insights and insider knowledge. I am grateful to Nancy Albright for her careful engagement with the text. Danny Nasset has been an exceptional editor. Most of all I want to thank Mohammed Bamyeh, who was there. The Europeanization of Cinema ...