Dr. Albrecht Classen, Professor and Undergraduate Advisor

Dr. Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor and Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of German Studies. Dr. Albrecht Classen was born near Bad Hersfeld in Northern Hesse. He studied at the universities of Marburg, Erlangen (Germany), Millersville, PA (USA), Oxford (Great Britain), Salamanca (Spain), Urbino (Italy), and Charlottesville, VA (USA). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1986. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of medieval and early modern German and European literature and culture from about 800 to 1800.

In 2012 he received the Award of the “Outstanding Academic Title” for his Handbook of Medieval Studies (2010) by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (selection from 7,263 titles reviewed and 25,000 submitted)

See also the official recognition by De Gruyter
 

Read Dr. Classen's profile on the Department of German Studies website. Watch a video of Dr. Classen made for his Fall semester 2010 TRAD 104 class and another where he introduces us to the UA library's Special Collections. See also his comments in the PBS Special "The Secret of the Divine" (on the Retablo Room Paintings: http://originals.azpm.org/secrets/. See also the news on a Tucsoncitizen.com blog: Carolyn's Community.

Recently he has produced a Youtube video on the 12th-century Old Occitan troubairitz poets and one on the 13th-century "chantefable" Aucassin and Nicolette.

He has also published several books of his own poetry, most recently  Reflexionen über gestern und morgen, and Politische Reflexionen - Poetische Fragmente (Gnothikon)

Contact Information
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University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
(520) 621-1395
FAX (520) 626-8268
aclassen@u.arizona.edu