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Plass, Ulrich

Assistant Professor of German Studies
German Studies Department
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EMAIL:

uplass@wesleyan.edu

COURSES TAUGHT:

GRST287 - 01
GRST385 - 01

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

German literature and culture from 1770 to the present
Critical Theory
Lyric poetry
Literary theory and history
Aesthetics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Current book project:
Dialectics in Crisis: Adorno's Philosophy of "Damaged Life" in Context.
New book: Franz Kafka (UTB Profile)
Also forthcoming: Telos 149 (December 2009), special issue on "Adorno and America", co-edited with Joshua Rayman



ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS:

Modern Language Association
German Studies Association
American Association of Teachers of German
American Society for Aesthetics
American Association of University Professors

AWARDS WON:

Outstanding Teaching Award, New York University, 2004

OFFICE HOURS

Wednesday, 1:30-3:30,and by appointment.

GRANTS:

NEH summer seminar 2007
Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow fall 2008
Wesleyan Project Grants, 2007 and 2009