Matt Johnson
Credentials: German
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: mjohnson283@wisc.edu
Address:
Office Number: 848 Van Hise Hall
Pronouns: he/him
Language(s): Yiddish, German, English
About: Matt Johnson joined GNS+ in fall 2025 after holding positions at Lund University and the Ohio State University. His teaching and research center on Yiddish- and German-language literature and cultural history from the 18th century to the present. He also has active interests in the memory and representation of the Holocaust; the history and practice of testimony across media; feminist approaches to literature, film, and photography; and the interface between archival studies and cultural/intellectual history.
His writing has appeared in the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, the Jahrbuch für europäisch-jüdische Literaturstudien, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, and German Studies Review, among other venues. He currently serves as a core member of the peer review editorial team of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies.
Education:
• Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2022
• M.A., University of Chicago, 2016
• B.A., New York University, 2014