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Martin Ruehl is an Associate Professor specializing in modern German intellectual history. He completed his BA in History with honors from Cambridge and earned his PhD in History from Princeton University, where he was advised by Anthony Grafton and Suzanne Marchand. Ruehl's research primarily focuses on ideas and ideologies that shaped German society and culture from Bismarck to Hitler, with a particular emphasis on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and its reception in the 1890s. He has published numerous books and articles, including the monograph 'The Italian Renaissance in the German Historical Imagination, 1860-1930,' which was shortlisted for the Gladstone History Book Prize by the Royal Historical Society. Ruehl has been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy and is actively writing a book on German debates regarding free and unfree labor. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on German history, with a focus on Romanticism, Hegel, Marx, Nazi ideology, and cultural history. Ruehl has held visiting professorships at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Martin Luther University Halle, and received the Pilkington Prize for Teaching Excellence in February 2017.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Lecturer and Director of Studies in History, focusing on modern German history.
Queens’ College • Cambridge, England
Conducted research on German history and thought.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, USA
Participated in teaching and research on German intellectual culture.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Lecturer in the German Department focusing on German ideas and their historical impact.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.