Position Title
Associate Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Tokyo
Dr. Keppler-Tasaki is an Associate Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Tokyo. Before coming to Tokyo, he was an Assistant Professor and a Junior Professor for Modern German Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB). He also taught as a Max Kade Visiting Professor at UC Davis and is an affiliated researcher at FUB’s cluster of excellence “Temporal Communities: Doing Global Literature” and at UC Davis’ “Migration and Aesthetics” project.
His work examines designs of individual and collective identity in literature as well as cultural connections between Germany, Japan and the United States. Focusing on the writings of Goethe and on German exile literature, he is guided particularly by intellectual history and strongly believes in the Humboldtian ideal of the unity of research and teaching.
Stefan authored four books, edited and co-edited nine other books and is a co-founder of the book series “Weltliteraturen / World Literatures,” “Rezeptionskulturen,” and “Asia, Europe, and Global Connections” (edited by Chunjie Zhang). Recent distinctions include an Einstein Visiting Fellowship of the Einstein Foundation Berlin and a Thomas Mann Fellowship of the German federal government.