Meike G. Werner is Associate Professor of German and European Studies, Acting Chair of the Department of German, Russian and East European Studies, Chair of the Department of French & Italian, and director of Graduate Studies in German at Vanderbilt University, USA. Werner has published on German literature, print media, intellectual history, and the history of Germanistik from the 18th to the 20th century. Her teaching spans from the literature of the Middle Ages to early 20th century modernism and the late 20th century (post-wall) literature. She also teaches courses in European Studies and Jewish Studies. Werner is president of the American Friends of Marbach (AFM).