Dagmar C. G. Lorenz is Professor of

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and from 2006 to 2010 served as Director of

Jewish Studies Jewish studies (or Judaic studies; he, מדעי היהדות, madey ha-yahadut, sciences of Judaism) is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history (esp ...

at the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a Public university, public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus esta ...

. She teaches and publishes on

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and German-Jewish literature and culture, and

Holocaust studies Holocaust studies, or sometimes Holocaust research, is a scholarly discipline that encompasses the historical research and study of the Holocaust. Institutions dedicated to Holocaust research investigate the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary ...

. She was born in

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

and began her studies (German, English, Philosophy, Pedagogy) at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

(Germany). She completed her Ph.D. in German (1973) and her MA in English (1974) at the University of Cincinnati. She taught at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

/Douglass College (1974/5),

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

, Columbus (1975-1982 Assistant Professor; 1982-1988 Associate Professor; 1989-1998 Professor), University of Illinois at Chicago (1998–present; Interim Head, Germanic Studies 2002–2003), and held a Visiting Professorship at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

(2000). She served as the editor of The German Quarterly (1997-2003) and held offices with MLA, GSA, MALCA, and AATG.

Books

* ''Keepers of the Motherland: German Texts by Jewish Women Writers'' (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997), 432 pp. * ''Verfolgung bis zum Massenmord. Diskurse zum Holocaust in deutscher Sprache'' (German Life and Civilization, ed. Jost Hermand) (Bern, New York: Lang, 1992), 452 pp. * ''Franz Grillparzer — Dichter des sozialen Konflikts'' (Vienna, Cologne: Böhlau, 1986), 221 pp. * ''Ilse Aichinger'' (Königstein: Athenäum, 1981), 259 pp.

Edited volumes

* Elsa Porges-Bernstein alias Ernst Rosmer: Woman, Writer, Holocaust Survivor:a Critical Anthology (coedited with Helga W. Kraft, 2006), * A Companion to the Works of

Elias Canetti Elias Canetti (; bg, Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her t ...

(2004) * A Companion to the Works of Arthur Schnitzler (2003) * Contemporary Jewish Writing in Austria (1999) * Transforming the center, Eroding the Margins: Essays on Ethnic and Cultural Boundaries in German Speaking Countries (coedited with Renate S. Posthofen (1998)) * Insiders and Outsiders. Jewish and Gentile Culture in Germany and Austria (1994).

External links

Biography

Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies
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