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Benjamin Lazier is a Professor of History and Humanities at Reed College, where he has served since 2005, advancing from Assistant to Associate Professor before achieving his current rank. His academic journey includes fellowships at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, alongside degrees from UC Berkeley (PhD, 2002), the University of Virginia (BA, 1993), and multiple DAAD and Rotary Foundation scholarships in Europe.
His research focuses on modern intellectual history, particularly interwar European thought, religious studies, and the intersection of technology with social and environmental concerns. Notable publications include God Interrupted: Heresy and the European Imagination Between the World Wars (2008), which won major awards in religious history and theology. Additional work explores themes like psychoanalysis, political theology, and the philosophical implications of Earth imagery from space.
Lazier’s teaching spans courses on totalitarianism, psychoanalysis, German history (1918–1945), and global environmental thought. He co-edited Fear: Across the Disciplines (2012) and is developing projects on biospherics and the redirection of radicalism after 1968.
- Awards: Templeton Prize, Koret Prize, AAR Best Book Award
- Key Research Themes: Heresy, environmental philosophy, political theology, German intellectual history
- Recent Projects: Whole Earth Imagery, biospheric globalism, post-1968 radicalism
