Background
Muecke, Dorothea Elisabeth von was born on May 19, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany. Daughter of Horst Werner Maximilian and Veronia (Geller) Von Muecke. came to the United States, 1982.
Muecke, Dorothea Elisabeth von was born on May 19, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany. Daughter of Horst Werner Maximilian and Veronia (Geller) Von Muecke. came to the United States, 1982.
Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Stanford University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Stanford University, 1988.
Fellow Stanford (California) University, 1982-1986. Council Research in the Humanities fellow Columbia University, New York City, summers 1989-1990. Visiting Professor Institute Comparative Literature, Freie University Berlin, 1996.
Associate professor German Department Columbia University, New York City, since 1988. Department chair Various Department and Services, 1999—2002, since 2008, representative. Presenter German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Symposium, Germany, 1993, Modern Language Association, Fort Worth, 1983, Washington, 1984, New Orleans, 1988, Chicago, 1990, Minnesota, 1989, Kansas City, 1990, San Francisco, 1987, 91, International Association Philosophy and Literature, Montreal, 1991, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1992, University Chicago, 1992, Sister Arts Conference, Saratoga Springs, 1990, University Minnesota, 1989, Columbia University, 1989, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Philadelphia, 1986, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1988, Stanford University, 1987, University California, Irvine, 1985.
Translator books and articles, reader Columbia University Press, Stanford University Press, Harvard University Press, Advisory Board Comparative Literature, Fordham U, Princeton University, since 1998.
Member Modern Language Association (delegate for eighteenth-century comparative literature section), American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (steering committee for cultural studies, 1993), Scaglione Prize Committee (chair, 2006).
Married Philippe Louis Similon, May 11, 1984. 1 child, Miriam Veronica.