the LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor in Germanic Studies, was awarded the Prize of the Goethe Society of North America for best essay published on Goethe in 2014. He received a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for “The Idealism Project.”

the Philip and Ida Romberg Distinguished Service Professor in Germanic Studies, published The Weight of Flesh: On the Subject-Matter of Political Economy (Oxford University Press, 2015). A German translation was published of his 2011 book The Royal Remains: The People’s Two Bodies and the Endgames of Sovereignty.

the Addie Clark Harding Professor in Germanic Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, and Theater and Performance Studies, was the conceptual collaborator in a performance of Jephta’s Daughter choreographed by Sarr Magal and performed at the Haus der Kunst. He received a 2015–16 research leave fellowship from UChicago’s Franke Institute for the Humanities for the project “After Regie: Opera, Performance, and the Stakes of Representation” and delivered the keynote address at UChicago’s Humanities Day 2015.

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Germanic Studies, co-organized "Rhythm: A Transdisciplinary Concept," a workshop and conference.

Senior Lecturer in Germanic Studies, co-organized "Content Based Instruction" at Cornell University.

Lecturer in Yiddish in Germanic Studies, received a Posen Foundation Fellowship.

Associate Professor in Germanic Studies, co-edited Auftreten: Wege auf die Bühne (Theater der Zeit, 2014) with Juliane Vogel (Universität Konstanz). He also received a 2014–15 research leave fellowship from UChicago's Franke Institute for the Humanities.

the LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor in Germanic Studies, received a grant from UChicago's Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for "The Idealism Project: Self-Determining Form and the Autonomy of the Humanities," a collaboration with James Conant (Chester D. Tripp Professor in Philosophy) and Robert Pippin (the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in Social Thought and Philosophy).