Dr. Andrew Mills

Biography

Andrew Mills is a Lecturer II in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. He holds a B.A. in German from Purdue University (1998), an M.A. in German Literature and Culture from Indiana University (2003), and a Ph.D. in Modern German Literature and Culture from Indiana University (2009). His teaching encompasses a wide array of topics related to German language and literature, including courses on 19th-century honor violence, anti-Semitism in the Austro-German literary and cultural imagination, and advanced translation techniques. His research interests include the implication of 19th and 20th-century literature, Jewish studies, and the cultural significance of beekeeping in German society. He has published extensively on topics such as the concept of 'Satisfaktion' within 19th-century German culture and the cultural dynamics of opportunism during the Third Reich. Mills also serves as the faculty advisor for the University of Michigan's student beekeeping club, UMBees. His selected publications span various themes, contributing to the understanding of significant literary and cultural discourses in modern Germany.

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