Dr. Albrecht
Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German
Studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has published currently 110
scholarly books on German and European medieval and early modern literature. He
is the editor of the journals Mediaevistik
and Humanities Open Access. In 2004,
he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz am
Band. In 2012, he was awarded the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching Arizona Professor of the Year. In 2017, he was given the rank of Grand
Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions (GKCL) for his
contributions to teaching and researching German language, literature, and culture.