Frank Voigt

Frank Voigt is a DAAD Lecturer in Emory University's Department of German Studies. He holds a PhD from the University of Potsdam and specializes in modern German literature and critical theory.

Research focus: Voigt's work examines Walter Benjamin's reception history, constituent power concepts, and intersections between historical epistemology and social history. His dissertation analyzed Benjamin's essays on Weimar-era political developments.

Teaching: Develops courses on German language, cultural history, and critical theory including specialized seminars on Walter Benjamin and Jewish intellectuals in Weimar Germany.

Affiliations: Visiting scholar at Emory's Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and fellow at the Berlin Institute for Critical Theory.