Background
She was born in Goslar, West Germany and began her studies (German, English, Philosophy, Pedagogy) at the University of Goettingen (Germany).
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Dagmar Lorenz
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She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in German (1973) and her Master of Arts in English (1974) at the University of Cincinnati.
Career
She teaches and publishes on Austrian, German and German-Jewish literature and culture, and Holocaust Studies. She taught at Rutgers University/Douglass College (1974/5), Ohio State University, Columbus (1975-1982 Assistant Professor. 1982-1988 Associate Professor.
1989-1998 Professor), University of Illinois at Chicago (1998-present.
Interim Head, Germanic Studies 2002-2003), and held a Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago (2000). She served as the editor of The German Quarterly (1997-2003) and held offices with Modern Language Association, General Services Administration, MALCA, and AATG.
Elsa Porges-Bernstein alias Ernst Rosmer: Woman,Writer, Holocaust Survivor:a Critical Anthology (coedited with Helga West Kraft, 2006),
Contemporary Jewish Writing in Austria (1999)
Transforming the Center, Eroding the Margins: Essays on Ethnic and Cultural Boundaries in German Speaking Countries (coedited with Renate South. Posthofen (1998)
Insiders and Outsiders.
Jewish and Gentile Culture in Germany and Austria (1994).
