| | UAHuntsville foreign languages professor publishes new book on German cultural critic Walter Benjamin(10/21/2009)Dr. Rolf J. Goebel, Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville), has recently published his edited volume "A Companion to the Works of Walter Benjamin." The book assembles essays by an international team of contributors on the work of Walter Benjamin, a leading German cultural critic, who wrote on literary criticism, media, politics, theology, sexuality, and a host of other subjects in European modernity. As an advanced introduction, the volume examines Benjamin's thought in its historical context while exploring its significance for today. Born in Kiel, Germany, Goebel received a master's in English from Brown University, a final university degree in German and English from the University of Kiel, and a Ph.D. in German literature from the University of Maryland. Goebel has taught at UAH since 1982. His areas of research are German modernism, urban discourse, orientalism, postcolonial theory, and other cultural studies issues. In addition to numerous articles and conference papers in these areas, he has published three books: Critique and Revision: Kafka's Reception of Mythological, Biblical, and Historical Traditions; Constructing China: Kafka's Orientalist Discourse; and Benjamin Today: Urban Discourse, Postcoloniality, and Flanerie between Cultures. Goebel is the recipient of the Modern Language Association of America's William Riley Parker for Outstanding Article Published in PMLA, the association's journal of literary scholarship. His article was entitled, "Berlin's Architectural Citations: Reconstruction, Simulation, and the Problem of Historical Authenticity." For more information: Joyce Maples, (256)824-6414 |
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