Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich (jhanseng)

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Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Memory and Memorials in Germany German Literature Holocaust Studies Jewish Studies Holocaust Memorialization
Combs Hall Room 223
jhanseng@umw.edu
540-654-1985


Academic Degrees

Ph.D., University of Virginia

Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich earned a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Virginia in 2011. She has published two books: Holocaust Memory Reframed: Museums and the Challenges of Representation (Rutgers University Press, 2014) and German Memorials, Motifs, and Meanings: A Cultural History in Bronze, Wood, and Stone (University of Massachusetts Press, 2025). Dr. Hansen-Glucklich has taught as visiting faculty at the Universität Wien and the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, and has held fellowships at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich in the News

Hansen-Glucklich Publishes Book with UMass Press

Associate Professor Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures has published a new book entitled German Memorials, Motifs, and Meanings: A Cultural History in Bronze, Wood, and Stone with University of Massachusetts Press (2025).The book offers a unique cultural history of German memorialization by focusing not on a Read more…

Hansen-Glucklich Delivers Keynote at University of Utah

Associate Professor of German Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich gave a keynote address on antisemitism at the University of Utah on Monday, November 7th. The address was part of the university’s annual “U-Remembers the Holocaust” week (organized by the Center for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion).  The theme this year was “Erasure of History.” Read more…
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