Hans-Wilhelm Kelling
— Teaching Professor
German Studies
Contact Information
Office: 3107 JFSB
Phone: 422-6225
Email: hans-wilhelm_kelling@byu.edu
Commonly Taught Courses Survey in German literature
Cultural History
Goethe
Schiller
Medieval Period
Post World War II period
Grammar review
Various seminars in culture and literature
Semester Schedule: Office: 3107 JFSB
Winter 2011: German 202, 301 and 490 (Film).
Spring 2011: German in translation
Summer 2011: Honors Course on Faust
Fall 2011: German 301 and 330
Biography: Dr. Kelling was born and raised in Germany. When he was 21 he came to the US to continue his education, but was called to serve as a missionary in the Eastern States first. After completing his time as a missionary, he came to BYU, received his BA, and then went to Stanford on a scholarship where he received his MA in German and went on to receive his Ph.D. For a year he studied at the University of Göttingen and completed his research for his doctoral dissertation. His specialization is German classical literature (Goethe, Schiller, Romanticism), and German cultural history. He also teaches medieval and modern literature and has taught business courses for the MBA program. Dr. Kelling has directed six Study Abroad Programs in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria and in Berlin, Germany. He was chair of the German department and director of the European Studies program. He has served in many administrative and teaching positions at BYU and in the Church. From 1973 to 1976 he served as President of the Germany Munich Mission. For the past almost twenty years he has been director of the Foreign Language Housing program. He has four children and twelve grandchildren. His beloved wife, Joyce, suddenly and unexpectedly died three years ago.