College of Humanities People
Kai Hammermeister, Associate Professor
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: http://germanic.osu.edu/
Office Information
330 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: hammermeister.2@osu.edu
Phone: 614-688-4391
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
Autumn Quarter
MWF, 11-11.30 and by appointment
330 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: hammermeister.2@osu.edu
Phone: 614-688-4391
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
Autumn Quarter
MWF, 11-11.30 and by appointment
Education:
Kai Hammermeister studied philosophy, German literature and rhetoric at the University of Tübingen, Germany and at the University of Virginia. M.A. in German literature (1992, University of Virginia), Ph.D. in philosophy/German literature (1995, University of Virginia. Adviser Richard Rorty).
General Background:
Areas of specialization: Continental philosophy, aesthetics, hermeneutics, German idealism, intellectual history. Monographs: Hans-Georg Gadamer (C.H. Beck, 1999/2006; Korean translation 2001; Dutch translation 2002); The German Aesthetic Tradition (Cambridge UP, 2002); Kleine Systematik der Kunstfeindschaft. Zur Geschichte und Theorie der Ästhetik (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006); Jacques Lacan (C.H. Beck, 2008). Evolutionsästhetik (in preparation).
