Anselm Haverkamp

Anselm Haverkamp is a German-American scholar serving as the Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor of German at Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. His primary appointment is as a Professor of English at New York University, where he established the Poetics and Theory Program. He holds an honorary professorship in philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2009.

Haverkamp's academic career spans institutions including Yale University and the European University Viadrina. His research focuses on literary theory, deconstruction, and historical epistemology. Key contributions include developing the Konstanz School's Rezeptionsästhetik into a theory of literary latency, exploring metaphorology, and analyzing intersections between philosophy and literature.

His work engages with foundational texts by Aristotle, Quintilian, and contemporary figures like Derrida and Blumenberg. Recent interests include applying latency theory to art and legal studies. He frequently contributes to Texte zur Kunst and Law and Literature.

Awards include the Max Kade Visiting Professorship and his honorary role in Munich. His publications span monographs, edited volumes, and Festschriften, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across literary criticism, philosophy, and art theory.