Russell Berman

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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]

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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 protégé 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]

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References

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  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. 1 2 "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.