Maximilian Gindorf, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of German

My research areas are 19th and early 20th century German literature, literary theory, and philosophy, with a focus on German-American interactions and anarchism.  I work specifically on Emerson and Nietzsche and German-speaking anarchists abroad. My research and teaching come together in encouraging students to question dominant narratives, become autonomous thinkers, and learn collaboratively. I currently offer classes on anarchism, German history of the 20th century, and exile and border histories.

Education

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, Columbia

M.A. in German, University of South Carolina

M.A. in Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Courses Taught

Elementary German, Intermediate German, German Composition and Grammar

Anarchism

Crossing Borders - Stories of Displacement and Belonging

Obey or Disobey: Challenging and Accepting Power (Honors)

Pirates and Profiteers: German-Speaking Europe's Colonial Past and Present

Publications

Nietzsche's Emerson: The Art of Appropriation. (Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture). Rochester, NY: Camden House, under contract

"The Aesthetic against the Ascetic: Senna Hoy's Kampf and Anarchist Futures," The German Quarterly 100, no. 1 (Winter 2027), under review

"Foucault’s Conduct – A Link Between Government, Power, And Philosophy,” Intertexts 29 Special Issue: Truth and the Late Foucault, no. 1 (Spring 2025), pp. 1-16