Russell Berman

Russell A. Berman (born May 14, 1950) ^[1] is an American academic and professor specializing in German studies and Comparative literature. He serves as the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. ^[2] He is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. ^[3] He is the director of Stanford's Thinking Matters program. He previously served as associate dean and director of Stanford's Overseas Studies Program. ^[4]

Early life and career

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Berman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1972 and completed a doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis in 1979. ^[4] Since 1979, Berman has been on the faculty at Stanford University. In 2004, he became the editor of Telos , a quarterly journal of critical theory which has included extensive discussions of the Frankfurt School as well as Carl Schmitt. ^[5] In 2011, he served as president of the Modern Language Association (MLA). ^[6]

Together with his colleague David Tse-Chien Pan, he served on the U.S. State Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights convened by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and led by Harvard professor Mary Ann Glendon. ^[7]

Selected bibliography

• Between Fontane and Tucholsky: Literary Criticism and the Public Sphere in Imperial Germany (New York: Lang, 1983)
• The Rise of the Modern German Novel: Crisis and Charisma (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986) - Outstanding Book in German Studies Award of the German Studies Association, 1988.
• Modern Culture and Critical Theory: Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989)
• Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993)
• "Culture in the Conservative Revolution: The American Debate." Telos 101, Fall 1994.
• Enlightenment or Empire: Colonial Discourse in German Culture (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998) - Outstanding Book in German Studies Award of the German Studies Association, 2000.
• Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2004)
• Fiction Sets You Free: On Literature In History (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2007)
• "Representing the Trial: Judith Butler Reads Hannah Arendt Reading Adolf Eichmann" in Fathom Journal , Spring (2015)

References

1. U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
2. "Russell Berman's Profile". Stanford Profiles. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
3. "Hoover Institution directory". Hoover.org. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
4. "Stanford biography page". Humanexperience.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
5. "Telos webpage". Telospress.com. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
6. "From the President: A Message from MLA President Russell Berman". Mla.org. 2011-03-30. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
7. Ruffini, Christina (8 July 2019). "Mike Pompeo unveils new "Unalienable Rights" commission amid concerns over progressive rollbacks". CBS News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.