Michael Rothberg

Michael Rothberg
Born
SpouseYasemin Yildiz
Academic background
EducationB.A., 1988, English and Linguistics, Swarthmore College
PhD., Comparative Literature, CUNY Graduate Center
ThesisDocumenting barbarism: memory, culture, and modernity after the "Final solution" (1995)
Doctoral advisorNancy K. Miller
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish
Sub-disciplineHolocaust studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Miami
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of California, Los Angeles
Main interestsHolocaust studies, trauma and memory studies, critical theory and cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and contemporary literatures
Websitemichaelrothberg.weebly.com

Michael Rothberg is an American literature and memory studies scholar. He is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was the founding director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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