German Studies People

Faculty

Russell Berman

Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of German Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Research Interests

German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Political History, Theory & Culture

Adrian Daub

Professor of Comparative Literature , Professor of German Studies, J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Director, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Research Interests

Film History, Criticism & Theory
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Philosophy and Literature
Poetry and Poetics
Women’s Studies

Alys George

Assistant Professor of German Studies, Junior Faculty Representative, AY 25-26

Research Interests

Contemporary Literature
Cultural History & Studies
Feminist Studies
Film History, Criticism & Theory
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Medical Humanities
Modernism
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Lea Pao

Assistant Professor of German Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, German Studies

Research Interests

German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Narratology
Poetry and Poetics

Matthew Wilson Smith

Professor of German Studies, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Director of German Studies

Research Interests

Drama History, Criticism, and Theory

Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of German Studies, Professor, by Courtesy, of English, History, and Comparative Literature, Chair, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Cultural History & Studies
Digital Humanities
English Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Narratology
Poetry and Poetics
Visual Arts and Visual Culture
Women’s Studies

Visitors

Margit Dahm

Visiting Scholar in the Department of German Studies, February 10 - April 9, 2026

Cornelius Torp

Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor, Autumn 2025

Esther von Stosch

Lecturer, Department of German Studies, Autumn 2025, Postdoctoral Scholar, January 12, 2026 to August 31, 2027

Faculty by Courtesy

R. Lanier Anderson

J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor in Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Philosophy and Literature

Shane Denson

Associate Professor of Art and Art History, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Communication

Research Interests

Digital Humanities
Film History, Criticism & Theory
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Amir Eshel

Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Director of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Contemporary Literature
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Hebrew Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Philosophy and Literature

Charlotte Fonrobert

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Classics

Marisa Galvez

Professor of French and Italian, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies and of Comparative Literature, Director, French and Italian, Director, Structured Liberal Education

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Poetry and Poetics

Thomas S. Grey

Professor of Music, Emeritus, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Music Theory, History, and Criticism

Fiona Griffiths

Professor of History, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Religious Studies

Research Interests

Cultural History & Studies
Political History, Theory & Culture
Women’s Studies

Stephen Hinton

Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Music Theory, History, and Criticism

Nadeem J.Z. Hussain

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Philosophy and Literature

Christopher Krebs

Professor of Classics, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Norman Naimark

Robert & Florence McDonnell Professor of E. European Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Fisher Family Director of SGS

Gabriella Safran

Eva Chernov Lokey Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Chair of Graduate Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, The John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Research Interests

Realism
Russian & Eurasian Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Thomas Sheehan

Professor of Religious Studies, Professor Emeritus, by courtesy, of German Studies, Professor Emeritus, by courtesy, of Philosophy

Research Interests

Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Philosophy and Literature

Brent Sockness

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Philosophy and Literature

Laura Stokes

Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Elaine Treharne

Roberta Bowman Denning Professor, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Robert K. Packard University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Research Interests