Upcoming:

Poets in their Poems and Prose: Modernism to the Contemporary

a course for undergraduate and graduate students.

Georg August Universität Göttingen

Winter Semester 2025/26

Recent Publications:

The Liberal Arts Approach to Higher Education: A Case for the Humanities

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chapter published in From Splendid Isolation to Global Engagement: Exploring Internationalization in Higher Education. Birgit Wolf, Tobias Schmohl, Larisa Buhin, Michael Stricker, eds. Teaching Exchange Series, WBV. 2023. pp. 57-74.

Recent Events:

Recent Classes:

Contemporary American Poetry

a course for undergraduate and graduate students

Georg August Universität Göttingen

Summer Semester 2025

Five Contemporary Poets

a literature course for anyone interested in poetry

Tuesday evenings from March 4 to April 1, 2025 in Berlin

In this course we will examine the work of five contemporary U.S. American poets whose recent publications have gained much attention.  Students registering for this course need not have any prior knowledge of poetry, and experienced readers of poetry are welcome.  From March 4th to April 1st, we will meet each Tuesday from 7:00 – 9:15 pm in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg district.  We will read poems from recent publications by Kaveh Akbar, Terrance Hayes, Ada Limón, Mary Ruefle, and Diane Seuss. 

Space is limited.