Jill Suzanne Smith

Jill Suzanne Smith is Associate Professor of German and Chair of German Department at Bowdoin College, specializing in Weimar Republic cultural legacies, gender/sexuality studies, and Jewish-German history. Her interdisciplinary research examines representations in literature, television, and visual media.

Education:

• PhD, Germanic Studies, Indiana University
• MA, Germanic Studies, Indiana University
• BA, German, Amherst College

Research explores prostitution discourses in Berlin, Holocaust memory, and contemporary media reinterpretations of Weimar culture. Authored Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman and co-edited volume on Babylon Berlin television series. Current book project analyzes Weimar's afterlife in 21st-century media.

Awards:

• John S. Osterweis Associate Professorship (2015-2020)
• Fulbright Research Grant (2009-2010)
• Multiple research awards for digital humanities projects

Courses integrate cinema studies and urban studies, including 'Making Sex a Science' exploring connections between German sexology and Bowdoin alumnus Alfred Kinsey.