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German Studies People

Faculty

Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of German Studies, Director of Comparative Literature, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Research Interests
  • German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Political History, Theory & Culture
Professor of German Studies, Director of German Studies , Director of Stanford Language Center
Research Interests
  • Linguistics
Acting Assistant Professor, German Studies, AY 24-25
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
Assistant Professor of German Studies
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
Assistant Professor of German Studies, Chair 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
Professor of German Studies, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies
Research Interests
  • Drama History, Criticism, and Theory
Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of English, Professor, by courtesy, of History, 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

Lecturers

Lecturer in the Department of German Studies, AY 24-25, Mellon Fellow at Stanford Humanities Center

Visitors

Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of German Studies, Winter 2025
Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor, Department of German Studies, Spring 2025
Adjunct Professor in the Department of German Studies, Autumn AY 24-25
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of German Studies, AY 24-25
Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor, Department of German Studies, Autumn 2024

Faculty by Courtesy

J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor in Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Philosophy and Literature
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
Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Contemporary Literature
  • German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Hebrew Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Literary and Cultural Theory
  • Philosophy and Literature
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Classics
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
Professor of Music, Emeritus, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Music Theory, History, and Criticism
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
Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Music Theory, History, and Criticism
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Philosophy and Literature
Professor of Classics, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
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
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, Senior Associate Dean, Humanities and Arts, Chair of Graduate Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Research Interests
  • Realism
  • Russian & Eurasian Languages, Literatures & Cultures
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
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
  • Philosophy and Literature
Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
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
  • British Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Comparative Studies

Emeriti Faculty

Professor of German Studies, Emeritus, Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities, Emeritus
Research Interests
  • German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts, Emeritus, Professor of Music, Emeritus, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Emeritus
Research Interests
  • Music Theory, History, and Criticism
Suppes Professor of Philosophy of Science, Emeritus, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies
Research Interests
  • Philosophy and Literature
Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Emerita, Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita
Professor of German Studies, Emeritus, Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus
Professor of German Studies, Emeritus
Research Interests
  • Language and Society

Graduate Students

Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2024
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2020, Ph.D. Minor, Art History
Research Interests
  • Film History, Criticism & Theory
  • Literary and Cultural Theory
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Visual Arts and Visual Culture
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2023
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2023
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2024, Graduate Research Assistant, Religious Studies
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2023
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2024
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2023
Ph.D. Student in German Studies, admitted Autumn 2019
Research Interests
  • Comparative Studies
  • German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Hebrew Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Modernism
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Translation and Translation Studies