People

Alison Frank Johnson received degrees in German and Russian at Williams College (B.A.) and in History at Harvard University (A.M. and Ph.D.). She also has studied at the Karl Franzens Universität Graz (Austria) and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków...

Agnes Broomé began her studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she completed an M.A. in Linguistics, followed by further studies in London, where she earned an M.A. in Comparative Literature at UCL and studied Classics at King’s College, before...

John Hamilton studied Comparative Literature, German, and Classics in New York, Paris, and Heidelberg. He has held previous teaching positions in Comparative Literature and German at New York University, with visiting professorships in Classics at the...

Dr. Parkes completed her undergraduate degree in German and Music at the University of London and came to the U.S. for her graduate studies, completing her Ph.D. in German at UCLA. Before coming to Harvard in 2009, she was the director of the German...

Before coming to Harvard, Sarah Passinhas-Bergman worked in library circulation and reference, mainly in course reserve management. She has her B.A. in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Ekaterina Pirozhenko completed her undergraduate degree, Diploma Summa Cum Laude in German philology at the Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia; M.A. in German Studies at the University of Northern Iowa, and a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies at the...

Doris was born in Nüremberg, Germany, but grew up (speaking German at home) in the Midwest, mainly near Chicago. She studied International Relations at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Her free-time interests include yoga, meditation, gardening, biking...