Rev. David J. Collins, S.J.

Assistant Professor of History

Contact Information:
on sabbatical in Germany
djc44@georgetown.edu

http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/history/faculty/dcollins.html

Interests:
Things German: Alps, Bach/Beethoven/Brahms, Canisius, Dürer, Erich Kästner, Franka Potente, “Gott mit dir, du Land der Bayern,” . . . Ollie Kahn, Pfaffenwinkel, C. D. and E. Quirin Asam, Riesling, Spätzle, Tatort, umlauts, Veit Stoß, Wolpertinger, Xanten, Die Zeit.

Interesting Facts:
Father Collins was born at the Georgetown University Hospital and raised inside the beltway. The most unusual place he has ever spent the night was on a bridge over the Danube River after the Romanians had let him out of their country and the Bulgarians had suddenly closed their side without letting everyone finish crossing over.