Dr. Bernhard Malkmus

Biography

Bernhard Malkmus is a tutorial fellow in German at New College, University of Oxford, where he specializes in Environmental Humanities. He began his tenure as a Professor of German Environmental Humanities in 2023. Previously, he has held positions at Newcastle University, Ohio State University, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Charles University in Prague. Malkmus has a scholarly background that includes studies at the University of Würzburg and the University of Konstanz, and he authored a doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge. His research has been supported by fellowships at Harvard University, the International Research College for Cultural Studies in Vienna, the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, and the University of Bamberg. He also served as a Humboldt Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt. Malkmus teaches undergraduate papers in modern languages, focusing on Goethezeit, Romanticism, and environmental narratives. His research delves into the aesthetic and philosophical developments of the late 18th century, particularly the interactions between cultural practices and the natural world during modernity. He has contributed extensively to the fields of Goethezeit, Romanticism, narratology, and environmental humanities, with ongoing projects investigating literary history and cultural narratives about nature.

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