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Gerhard Richter is the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University, holding affiliations with the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and Pembroke Center. He co-founded Brown's Certificate Program in European Critical Thought. His research focuses on aesthetic theory, European critical thought since Kant, modern German literature, Frankfurt School theorists (Benjamin/Adorno), intersections of philosophy and literature (Nietzsche/Heidegger/Derrida), and theories of survival and inheritance.
Education: PhD in 1996 from Princeton University. Previously taught at University of California, Davis and University of Wisconsin-Madison, leading German Studies at Brown to top national rankings. Served as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and visiting scholar at institutions including University of Cologne and University of Vienna.
Key Awards: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, DAAD grants, H.I. Romnes Award, Lilly Teaching Excellence Award. Editorial roles include Postmodern Culture and New Benjamin Studies.
Teaching spans undergraduate and graduate levels, mentoring students in German Studies, Comparative Literature, and related fields. Courses include 'Walter Benjamin: Aesthetics, Media, Modernity' and 'Heidegger and Lyric Poetry.'
Recent publications include Das Überleben überleben (2023) and This Great Allegory (2022), exploring survival theory and art's role in societal decay/rebirth. Over 70 articles/chapters address topics like Adorno's style, Kafka's legal critique, and Blanchot's conflict theory.
