Faculty List
Professors
Katherine Arens
Professor
arens@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6363 | BUR 320
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
German Idealism, European Romanticism, Intellectual & cultural history (18th-20th centuries), literary & cultural theory, history of science, psychology, & the humanities, Austrian studiesSabine Hake
Professor, Texas Chair of German Literature and Culture
hake@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6379 | BUR 332
Interests
German film, Weimar culture, modernism and the avant-garde, the culture of the metropolis, fascist aesthetics, working-class culture, Marxist theoryJohn Hoberman
Professor
hoberman@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6368 | BUR 322
Education
Ph.D. Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
European cultural and intellectual history with special interests in Sportwissenschaft and the history of ideas about raceAssociate Professors
Kirsten Belgum
Associate Professor
belgum@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6375 | BUR 324
Education
Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests
Nineteenth-Century German Studies, Popular Culture, Print Culture, Nationalism, German Realism, Travel literatureHans C Boas
Associate Professor; Director, Texas German Dialect Project
hcb@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6358 | BUR 328
Education
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests
Syntax, Lexical Semantics, Computational Lexicography, Language Contact & Variation, Contrastive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Pragmatics, Morphology, Endangered Languages, PhonologyPascale Bos
Associate Professor
pascale.r.bos@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6373 | BUR 314
Education
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Interests
Post 45 German & German-Jewish, modern Dutch, and modern Jewish literature & culture; Holocaust; ethnic minorities in Europe; autobiography, cultural memory, trauma, race & gender.Peter Hess
Associate Professor, Department Chair
phess@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6352 | BUR 336B
Education
Ph.D., German Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Interests
(1) Early modern German & European literary & cultural history, 1450-1750, history of science, gender issues, poetics, rhetoric. (2) small countries in Europe, Swiss literature & cultureLynn R Wilkinson
Associate Professor
lrw@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6370 | BUR 360
Education
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European literature, culture, and film; women writers and women's and gender studies; literary and cultural theory; Scandinavian film.Assistant Professors
Philip M Broadbent
Assistant Professor
p.broadbent@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6371 | BUR 364
Education
Ph.D., German Literature, University College London
Interests
20th century culture & literature (modernity, minority literature, drama); East & West German politics &culture; European modernisms, urban writing & theory, theories of alterity, memory & identityMarc Pierce
Assistant Professor
mpierc@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6360 | BUR 358
Education
Ph.D, Germanic Linguistics, University of Michigan
Interests
Historical linguistics, Germanic linguistics and philology, history of linguistics, phonology, Scandinavian studiesPer Urlaub
Assistant Professor
urlaub@austin.utexas.edu | (617) 501-4738 [cell] | Burdine 330
Education
Ph.D., German Studies, Stanford University
Interests
Second Language Studies, Foreign Language/Culture Pedagogy, L2 Literacy Research, Curriculum DevelopmentSenior Lecturers
Sandra B Straubhaar
Senior Lecturer
sstraub@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6365 | BUR 316
Education
Ph.D., German Studies and Humanities, Stanford University
Interests
Medieval Scandinavia, Postmodern Medievalism, Historical LinguisticsLecturers
Smyth Johansson
Lecturer
smyth.johansson@austin.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 372
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Scandinavian StudiesVincent Vanderheijden
Lecturer
vdheijden@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6372 | Burdine 380
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinOther faculty
Peter Rehberg
DAAD Adjunct Associate Professor
rehberg@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-4123
Education
Ph.D. Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, New York UniversityProfessors Emeriti
Hubert P Heinen
Professor Emeritus
hubert.heinen@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 336
Education
Ph.D. Germanic Languages, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
German Language, Literature, & Culture; Medieval literature and culture; poetry and poeticsRobert King
Professor
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 923-3502 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of WisconsinJ Christopher Middleton
Professor Emeritus
middleton@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 336
Education
D. Phil., Oxford University
Interests
Poetry and poetics; translationHans-Bernhard Moeller
Associate Professor Emeritus
h-b.moeller@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6359 | BUR 326
Education
Ph.D., German, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Interests
Comparative, intercultural media and genre studies, especially in Central European and German-American Contexts. Exile literature and exile film.Robert R Mollenauer
Associate Professor Emeritus
mollenauer@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 336
Education
PhD, German, Indiana University
Interests
Romanticism, literature and music, detective fictionThomas J O'Hare
Associate Professor Emeritus
tohare@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 336
Education
PhD, Linguistics and Germanic Languages, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Culture; Germanic linguistics & philologyJanet K Swaffar
Professor Emeritus
jswaffar@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6376 | BUR 318
Education
Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests
German literature post 1945, German media, applications of literary theory to reading and writing in a foreign language, foreign language acquisition and advanced learnersJohn M Weinstock
Professor Emeritus
weinstock@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6369 | BUR 354
Education
PhD, Indo-European Linguistics, Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests
Sami Culture & Civilization, Scandinavian Studies, Norwegian Language & Literature, Scandinavian Music, Scandinavian Linguistics, Old Norse Language & Literature, Wagner's OperasWalter D Wetzels
Professor Emeritus
wwetzels@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4123 | BUR 336
Education
PhD, German Literature, Princeton University
