Julia Perrin

Julia Perrin received her Ph.D. (2012) and M.Phil. (2007) from the Department of Germanic Languages at Columbia University. She also holds an M.A. in German Literature and Political Science from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Freiburg, Germany, 2005) and an M.A. in German Studies from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada, 2004).

Julia has taught all levels of German language courses at Sarah Lawrence College, Fordham University, Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, and Vassar College. At Columbia, she also taught German for Reading Knowledge and was both a Preceptor and a Lecturer for Contemporary Civilization in the Core Curriculum. 

Julia’s research focuses on the intersection of memory, literature, and politics in post-1945 Germany. Her dissertation examined the role that Günter Grass and other writers of the Hitler Youth generation played in the reestablishment of intellectual culture in East and West Germany and traced the decline of their popularity after German reunification.

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