Jost Hermand

Jost Hermand completed his Ph.D. in 1955 at the Universität Marburg and joined the German faculty at the UW-Madison in 1958. In 1967 he was named the William F. Vilas Research Professor of German and after his retirement in 2004 became the Vilas Emeritus Research Professor of German. Besides numerous guest professorships, Hermand was an honorary faculty member from 2003 until 2021 at the Humboldt Universität in Berlin. As an internationally known scholar and teacher of German literature and culture, his name stands for a lasting legacy of the Wisconsin Idea among colleagues and students.

For Hermand’s full CV and list of publications (76 pages), please click here.

For remembrances and statements on the occasion of his death, see:

https://e-cibs.org/tribute-to-jost-hermand/

http://jost-hermand-trotzalledem.site/