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David Wellbery

LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carison University Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, Comparative Literature, Committee on Social Thought, and the College; Chair of the Germanic Studies Department David Wellbery

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John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought

David Wellbery

LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carison University Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, Comparative Literature, Committee on Social Thought, and the College; Chair of the Germanic Studies Department

Professor Wellbery's current research project is a large-scale study of Goethe’s literary work and scientific and aesthetic writings that centers on the concept of endogenous form. He is also preparing a monograph entitled Self-Relation: A Neo-idealist Theory of Literature. Read more about Professor Wellbery here.

University Professors are among those recruited at a senior level from outside the University and are selected for internationally recognized eminence in their fields as well as for their potential for high impact across the University. Read more about the recognition here.