ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies; He has published 122 scholarly books, ca. 840 articles, 2400 book reviews, ten volumes of poetry, and four volumes of essays. He is the editor of several journals and has received numerous awards for teaching (including the HSP Superior Teaching Award), research, and service. In the Fall of 2022, he spent a semester in Cairo, Egypt, as a Fulbright grantee.