Background
Vaget, Hans Rudolf was born on February 2, 1938 in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1964. Son of Hans Ernst and Berta (Isop) Vaget.
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Vaget, Hans Rudolf was born on February 2, 1938 in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1964. Son of Hans Ernst and Berta (Isop) Vaget.
Master of Arts, University Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1969.
Instructor Columbia University, New York City, 1964-1967. From instructor to professor Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, since 1967. Visiting professor University California, Irvine, 1979, Columbia University, 1985, Princeton University, 1986-1987, Yale University, 1991, University Hamburg, 1992.
Member Modern Language Association, German Studies Association, Association Teachers of German, Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Thomas-Mann-Gesellschaft, Goethe Society North America (co-founder), Wagner Society, American Musicol.
Married Ann Leone; children: Melanie Claudine, Erec Alexander.