Christoph Irmscher
Corresponding Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences abroad since 2014
- Indiana University Bloomington
Contact:
christoph.irmscher(at)gmail.com
Research Areas:
- Linguistics and Literature
- American studies
- History of science
Profile:
Selected Memberships:
- Authors Guild
- Modern Language Association of America
- Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
Selected Prizes:
- Provost Professorship, Indiana University
- The James P. Holland Award for Exemplary Teaching and Service to Students, Indiana University
- Editor’s Choice, New York Times Book Review for Louis Agassiz
- American Studies Network Prize for The Poetics of Natural History
- The Katherine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Award of the American Liberary Association
- Fellowship National Endowment for the Humanities
Selected Publications:
- Irmscher, Christoph (2013) Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science.; Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (434 Seiten).
- Irmscher, Christoph (2009) Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200.; Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press (227 Seiten).
- Irmscher, Christoph (2006) Longfellow Redux.; Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press (350 Seiten).
- Irmscher, Christoph (Hrsg.) (1999) John James Audubon, Writings and Drawings.; New York: Library of America (227 Seiten).
- Irmscher, Christoph (1999) The Poetics of Natural History. From John Bartram to William James.; New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press (354 Seiten).