B. Venkat Mani

B. Venkat Mani is the Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of German and World Literatures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds affiliations with the Department of English, Center for South Asia, Center for German and European Studies, and multiple other interdisciplinary institutes. His research focuses on 19th-21st century German literature, world literature frameworks, and migration/refugee studies in global contexts.

Education:

• Ph.D. German Studies, Stanford University (2001)
• M.A. German Studies, Stanford University (1996)
• M.A. & B.A. (Honors) German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1993-1995)

Research & Awards:

• Recipient of DAAD Prize (2017) and Scaglione Prize (2018) for Recoding World Literature
• Current monograph project: Tales of Unsettlement: The Global Novel in the Age of Refugees
• Fellowships: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Leibniz-ZfL Berlin

Teaching & Service:

• Recipient of student-nominated teaching awards
• Former Director of the Center for South Asia (UW-Madison)
• Senior Research Fellow at UW’s Institute for Research in the Humanities (Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity)
• Leadership roles in DEI initiatives and academic honor programs