Faculty Member, German Studies
Senior Lecturer in European Intellectual History
Arts and Law
About
I hold an MA and a doctorate in German and philosophy from the University of Oxford (New College).
I was a Junior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford (1990-94), Theodor Heuss Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1994-95), and Lecturer in German at the University of St Andrews (1995-2004), before moving to the University of Birmingham in 2005.
My main research interests lie in German intellectual history. I have a particular interest in Nietzsche's philosophy and its reception, on which I have published extensively. My research also encompasses German cultural responses to the Great War. I am a member of the University’s Centres for First World War and Second World War Studies.
My teaching overlaps to a significant extent with my research interests. I also contribute to German language teaching at all levels as well as to cultural history and theory modules both within the Department and outside it. I convene the Modern European Cultures Master’s programme.
I am Director of the University’s Graduate Centre for Europe, which provides an academic and social forum for postgraduates and staff with an interest in all aspects of Europe, contemporary and historical.
I am Head of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music at Birmingham.
Editorships:
General Editor, Forum for Modern Language Studies
Publications of the English Goethe Society (Member of editorial board)
Journal of War and Culture Studies (Member of editorial board)
Contact Information
http://www.german.bham.ac.uk/staff/martin.shtml
Department of German Studies
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
GB-Birmingham B15 2TT
Skype -- nct.martin
