Felix Hempe

Felix Hempe is a Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, working on the DFG-funded project 'Economic Agnosticism: Doubts about Monetary Knowledge in 19th-Century Literature and Sociology'. He is also a doctoral student at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bröckling and Prof. Dr. Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan).

• Education: MA in International Comparative Sociology/Modern Governance (Kiel), BA in Social Sciences (Marburg)
• Research Focus: Cultural philosophy/sociology, literary sociology, history of sociology, exile research, and social theory

His work examines Siegfried Kracauer's late writings in American exile, particularly the development of his Theory of Film as a bridge between European and American intellectual contexts. He analyzes the interplay between historical trauma, Jewish exile experiences, and theoretical formation in Kracauer's work.

Recent publications focus on Kracauer's methodological intersections with Max Scheler, the role of language change in exile scholarship, and transference mechanisms in artistic and scientific practices. His awards include multiple fellowships from institutions like the German Literature Archive and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.