Claudia Brodsky

Claudia Brodsky is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1985. Her research spans Literature and Philosophy, with a focus on epistemology, aesthetic theory, and interdisciplinary approaches to European literature from the 17th century to the present. She specializes in German, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese literatures, particularly the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism.

• Education: B.A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard; Ph.D. with distinction from Yale
• Past affiliations: Yale German Department, Stanford German Department, Institute for Advanced Studies (Freiburg)

Her work examines intersections of literature, philosophy, and architectural theory, analyzing authors like Goethe, Kant, Rousseau, and Proust. Key contributions include studies on Cartesian architectonics, the poetics of Wordsworth, and the role of language in social contract theory. She has advised over forty Ph.D. students across Comparative Literature, German, Spanish and Portuguese, and the School of Architecture.

Scientific awards include the de Karman Fellowship, multiple DAAD Fellowships, the Elias Boudinot Bicentennial Prize Preceptorship, and Humboldt Faculty Fellowship. She has held leadership roles in the MLA Executive Committees for Romanticism, 18th-Century Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, and participated in ICLA, ASECS, and Goethe Society conferences.