Dr. Hannes Bajohr

Biography

Hannes Bajohr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of German at the University of California, Berkeley, beginning in 2024. He studied philosophy, German literature, and modern history at Humboldt University, Berlin, and New York University, earning his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a dissertation on Hans Blumenberg's theory of language. He has held postdoctoral positions at the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin and at the University of Basel in Switzerland. His research focuses on the intersection of digital writing technologies and literature within the German philosophical tradition of the 20th century, with particular attention to phenomenology, anthropology, and political theory. He is known for connecting the works of significant figures like Hans Blumenberg, Hannah Arendt, and Judith N. Shklar. Bajohr has published extensively, including six edited and translated books, and his works have been supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation. Notably, he received the N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism in Electronic Literature in 2024 and has presented lectures at major institutions including the Technische Universität in Berlin. Additionally, he is part of projects exploring the role of generative AI in literature and cultural contexts.

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