Russell Berman
Russell Berman
Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities
Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Director of German Studies
Humanities Education
Philosophy and Literature
Contact:
Building 260, Room 201
Phone: 650 723 1069
berman@stanford.edu
Office Hours:
M 10:00-11:00 and by appointmentBIO:
Professor Berman joined the Stanford faculty in 1979. In 1982-83 he was a Mellon Faculty Fellow in the Humanities at Harvard, and in 1988-89 he held an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in Berlin. In 1997 he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz of the Federal Republic of Germany. Professor Berman is the editor of the journal Telos.
CURRICULUM VITAE:
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1979: Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis
1972: B.A., Harvard University
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http://www.telospress.comNews & Events
May 3, 2012
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Courses
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COMPLIT275Win2012-13
Advanced study in the humanities faces changes within fields, the university and the wider culture. Considers the debate over the status of the humanities with regard to historical genealogies and current innovations. Particular attention on changes in doctoral education. Topics include: origins of the research university; disciplines and specialization; liberal education in conflict with professionalization; literature and literacy education; interdisciplinarity as a challenge to departments; education policy; digital humanities; accountability in education, assessment and student-centered pedagogies. Taught in English.
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GERMAN128NAut2012-13
Published in 1924, The Magic Mountain is a novel of education, tracing the intellectual growth of a budding engineer through a maze of intellectual encounters during a seven-year sojourn in a sanatorium set high in the Swiss Alps. It engages with the key themes of modernism: the relativity of time, the impact of psychoanalysis, the power of myth, and an extended dispute between an optimistic belief in progress and a pessimistic vision of human nature. Through its detailed discussion of disease (tuberculosis) this remarkable text connects the study of medicine to the humanities. Taught in English.
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GERMAN1162012-13
For Seniors who are declared German Studies majors. How to write about various topics in German Studies for a wide public through opinion pieces or blogs. Topics based on student interests: current politics, economics, European affairs, start-ups in Germany. Intensive focus on writing. Taught in English.
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GERMAN80NSpr2012-13
How do conservatives respond to the modern world? How do they find a balance between tradition and freedom, or between stability and change? This seminar will examine selections from some conservative and some classically liberal writers that address these questions. At the center of the course are thinkers who left Germany and Austria before the Second World War: Friedrich Hayek, Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt. We will also look at earlier European writers, such Edmund Burke and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as some recent American thinkers. Taught in English.
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GERMAN182Spr2012-13
Survey of Germany at war through historical, theoretical and literary accounts. War in the international system and the role of technology. Religious wars, rationalization of warfare, violence and politics, terrorism. War films, such as All Quiet on the Western Front. Readings by authors such as Clausewitz, Jünger, Remarque, Schimtt, and Arendt. Taught in English.
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GERMAN120QAut2012-13
Examination of political debates, politicians and parties in contemporary Germany with particular attention to the debate over the future of Europe. Looking closely at political discourse, from right to left, to understand how public discussion frames policy formation. At stake is the role Germany can play in the new Europe, against the background of its economic influence and its national past. Examination and analysis of public speeches by contemporary politicians such as Chancellor Angela Merkel and examples of debate from the Bundestag. Taught in German. Prerequisites: Some familiarity with German language
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DLCL220WinSpr2012-13
Humanities Education explores issues concerning teaching and learning in the humanities, including research on student learning, innovation in pedagogy, the role of new technologies in humanities instruction, and professional issues for humanities teachers at all educational levels.
