Sabine von Dirke
Associate Professor

PhD, Stanford University, 1991

Director of Undergraduate Studies

1409E Cathedral of Learning
412-624-0992
vondirke@pitt.edu

Areas of Research and Teaching Focus

• German literature and culture 1945–present
• Cultural theory
• Frankfurt School
• Postmodernism
• Minorities in post-war Germany and issues of multiculturalism
• Popular music culture
• Politically motivated violence and cultural responses

Courses Taught Recently

• Writing
• Minorities in Postwar Germany
• Post-War German Literature
• Germany Today
• Intro. to German Cult. Studies: 1945-Present
• Postmodern Culture
• Contemporary German Literature

Recent and Significant Publications and Projects

• “All Power to the Imagination: The West German Counterculture from the Student Movement to the Greens,” articles on multicultural Germany, popular music culture, and German literature