Rudolf Mrazek Collegiate Professor of History and German Studies
spec@umich.eduOffice Information:
3204 MLB
phone: 734.647.0401
hours: TU 12-2:00 and by appointment
Europe; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Law & Society; Race & Ethnicity; Science, Technology & Medicine; History
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Highlighted Work and Publications
After the History of Sexuality: German Genealogies with and beyond Foucault
Dagmar Herzog, Helmut Puff, Scott Spector
This is an important collection of essays, many of them very original and outstanding, that will further the field of history of sexuality in general and will contribute to the German historiography in particular. Lutz Sauerteig, University of Durham This volume provides a thought provoking and thorough engagement with various aspects of Foucault's writing, at once paying homage to core themes in the history of German sexuality and charting a course for future research...The organization, structure, and coherence of each section is very strong...Most intriguing is its blend of approaches and blurring... See More
Prague Territories: National Conflict and Cultural Innovation in Franz Kafka's Fin de Siècle
Scott Spector
Scott Spector's adventurous cultural history maps for the first time the "territories" carved out by German-Jewish intellectuals living in Prague at the dawn of the twentieth century. Spector explores the social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which Franz Kafka and his contemporaries flourished, revealing previously unseen relationships between politics and culture. His incisive readings of a broad array of German writers feature the work of Kafka and the so-called "Prague circle" and encompass journalism, political theory, Zionism, and translation as well as literary program and practice... See More