Carlos Spoerhase

Prof. Dr. Carlos Spoerhase is a leading academic in Modern German Literature, currently holding the Chair of Modern German Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research spans literary theory, sociology of literature, and historical methods, focusing on the intersection of aesthetics and social theory.

• PhD in Modern German Literature (2006, Humboldt University of Berlin)
• Habilitation in Modern German Literature (2016, Humboldt University of Berlin)
• Academic guest stays at Princeton, Cologne, and Stanford

His research explores scaling phenomena in aesthetics, the social dimensions of literary practices, and the history of philological methods. Recent projects include analyses of the Nobel Prize's role in global literary evaluation and the cultural implications of text compression.

Notable awards include the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (2014) and Honorary Lifetime Membership at the Goethe Society of North America (2021). He co-edits Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte and serves on editorial boards for journals like The German Quarterly.