Werner Max Sollors (born June 6, 1943) is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and of African American Studies at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He is also Global Professor of Literature at

New York University Abu Dhabi New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD, ar, جامعة نيويورك أبوظبي) is a degree granting, portal campus of New York University serving as a private, liberal arts college, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Together with ...

Background

Sollors received a doctorate in philosophy in 1975 from the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

.Werner Sollors – History of American Civilization
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Academic appointments

Freie Universität Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, Berlin, West Germany, assistant professor of American studies, 1970–77 *

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, New York City, assistant professor, 1975–82, associate professor of English, 1982–83 *

, Cambridge, Massachusetts **Andrew W. Mellon faculty fellow, 1977–78 **professor of American literature and Language and Afro-American Studies, 1983-- **Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature, 1988-- **Walter Channing Cabot fellow, 1997–98 *

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

, Hurst Professor, 2004–05 *

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

, Bloomington, IN, Patten Lecturer, 2008–09 *

University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a public research university in San Antonio, Texas. With over 34,000 students across its four campuses spanning 758 acres, UTSA is the largest university in San Antonio and the eighth-largest by ...

, Brackenridge Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2009 *

Ca' Foscari University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( it, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from w ...

Work

His writings include ''Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Culture'' (1986), ''Neither Black Nor White and Yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature'' (1997), ''Ethnic Modernism'' (2008), and ''The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s'' (2014). He was also the editor for the Modern Library Classics release of Georges by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

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References

External links

Harvard faculty profile
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