Stephen Brockmann Bio

Stephen Brockmann deals primarily with twentieth and twenty-first century German literature and culture. His scholarship is governed by a commitment to interdisciplinary research combining the study of literature with the study of history, politics, and the fine arts. All of his major research projects explore the relationship between literature and culture on the one hand and German national identity on the other. His most recent book, Nuremberg: The Imaginary Capital (2006), is a broad study of German cultural history since 1500, with particular emphasis on the period since 1800. It explores the ways in which Germans have imagined Nuremberg as a cultural and spiritual capital, focusing feelings of national identity on the city—or on their image of it. Other books include German Literary Culture at the Zero Hour (2004), and Literature and German Reunification (1999). Since 2002, Brockmann has also been the managing editor of the Brecht Yearbook, the major scholarly organ devoted to studying the work of one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century literature and theater, the playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht. He received an A.B from Columbia University, an M.A. in German from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a Ph.D. from Wisconsin.

	*Stephen Brockmann, Professor of German Studies*
	Stephen Brockmann deals primarily with twentieth and twenty-first century German literature and culture. His scholarship is governed by a commitment to interdisciplinary research combining the study of literature with the study of history, politics, and the fine arts. All of his major research projects explore the relationship between literature and culture on the one hand and German national identity on the other. His most recent book, Nuremberg: The Imaginary Capital (2006), is a broad study of German cultural history since 1500, with particular emphasis on the period since 1800. It explores the ways in which Germans have imagined Nuremberg as a cultural and spiritual capital, focusing feelings of national identity on the city—or on their image of it. Other books include German Literary Culture at the Zero Hour (2004), and Literature and German Reunification (1999). Since 2002, Brockmann has also been the managing editor of the Brecht Yearbook, the major scholarly organ devoted to studying the work of one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century literature and theater, the playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht. He received an A.B from Columbia University, an M.A. in German from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a Ph.D. from Wisconsin.