Dr. Pierre-Héli Monot
Research Interests
- European and American Romanticism
- Classical political theory
- Philosophy of history
- Hermeneutics
Current Project
"One Hundred Years of Tenderness: 1885-1985"
Professional Experience
| since 04/2015 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Assistant Professor, English Department/American Studies, University of Göttingen |
University Education and Degrees
| 2014 | Fulbright American Studies Institute, San Francisco State University |
| 2014 | PhD/Dr. phil., summa cum laude, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dissertation title: "Mensch als Methode: Allgemeine Hermeneutik und partielle Demokratie im deutschen und US-amerikanischen 19. Jahrhundert (Friedrich Schleiermacher -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Frederick Douglass)" |
| 2012-2013 | Visiting Fellow, Harvard University |
| 2009-2013 | Dissertation Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |
| 2009 | Visiting Scholar, Brown University |
| 2008 | M.A., American and English Studies, History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Teaching
Past Courses
- Ideas of Order: 20th Century Traditionalisms (Proseminar, WS 15/16)
- On Authorship: Vladimir Nabokov (Proseminar, WS 15/16)
- Introduction to American Literature and Culture (introductory seminar, WS 15/16)
- Animality in 19th and 20th Century America (Proseminar, WS 15/16)
- Cultural History and Rhetoric: To Be a Witness: Testimonial Discours in American History (SoSe 15)
- Nature Writing: Universalism, Globalism, Localism (Proseminar, SoSe 15)
- A History of American Painting: From the Hudson River School to the Rothko Chapel (Proseminar, SoSe 15)