Jonathan Blake Fine

Jonathan Blake Fine serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of German Studies at Brown University, teaching German language and cultural courses including Beginning German (GRMN 0100/0110/0200), Intermediate German (GRMN 0300/0400), and Twentieth-Century German Culture (GRMN 0500F). His academic foundation includes doctoral research in German and Critical Theory.

Education:

• PhD, University of California at Irvine, 2013
• MA, New York University, 2008
• BA, New York University, 2007

Dr. Fine specializes in late Enlightenment-era German intellectual history, examining public theological debates as educational tools in 18th-century Germany. His current book project Nefarious Heathens: Germany’s Radical Public Enlightenment investigates this phenomenon, complemented by a digital humanities initiative analyzing Lessing’s Fragmentenstreit. His interdisciplinary approach bridges historical scholarship with digital methodology.

Recognition:

• Volkswagen Stiftung/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at Freie Universität Berlin

His professional trajectory includes prior teaching positions at Gettysburg College and Pacific Lutheran University before joining Brown’s German Studies faculty. Dr. Fine maintains an active scholarly profile through his personal website and academic platforms.