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Klaus Mladek is an Associate Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College. His research spans 18th–20th-century literature, political theory, philosophy, theater, and psychoanalysis. He co-authored A Politics of Melancholia: From Plato to Arendt (Princeton, 2023) and edited volumes such as Sovereignty in Ruins (Duke, 2017). His work interrogates themes like justice, crisis politics, and the interplay between literature and political thought.
- Education: Magister Artium (Frankfurt University), M.A. and Ph.D. (University of California).
- Grants: NEH, ACLS, Humboldt Foundation.
Research focuses on melancholic politics, sovereignty crises, and legal philosophy. He explores Kafka’s theater, conspiracy theory, and the legacy of Walter Benjamin. His OpEds analyze contemporary German politics and global democratic challenges.
- Awards: Public Voices Fellow at The OpEd Project.
Current projects include monographs on Benjamin’s justice theory and the entanglement of justice and conflict since antiquity. His interdisciplinary approach bridges literature, philosophy, and political science.
