Jean Isabel Hübener

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Education:

• Bachelor of Arts with honors in French and German (1927) - University of Western Australia, Australia 
• PhD in Mediaeval German and French - University of Bonn, Germany

Dates employed: 1951 - 1967

Faculty: Arts

Department: Modern Languages

Position held: 

• Professor of German (1951 - 1952)
• Department of German Head (1952 - 1967)

Activities/contributions:

• Efforts led to the creation of  a separate Department of German. 
• First head of Department of German.
• Made significant contribution to the Harriet Irving Library's collection of German language and literature works. 
• Graduate studies in German were implemented in 1964, during Hübener's time as department head.
• During her time as head, the Department of German became renowned within the Maritime Provinces.

Additional notes:

• Dissertation subject was "The role of the landscape in German and French mediaeval courtly epics." 
• Appointed to Guggeinheim Fellowship in 1949 to participate in research on intellectual resistance to the Nazis.
• Named professor emerita at Encaenia on May 15, 1975

Sources:

• UA Case 77
• Jean and Gustav Hübener fonds UA RG 362: http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/unb_permalink.html?key=24543

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