Hansen, Miriam

Miriam Hansen was born in Offenbach, Germany in 1949, the daughter of Jewish parents who survived World War II in exile. She attended J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany as an undergraduate and graduate student. During this time, she studied with Jurgen Habermas and Theodor Adorno. Her primary fields were in English and American Literature with a secondary specialization in Philosophy and History. In 1975, Hansen was awarded a PhD on a dissertation on Ezra Pound's early poetics and cultural criticism. In 1976, she passed the Staatsexmen (a graduate degree administered by the German state).

From 1977-1979, Hansen was at Yale on an ACLS fellowship for German Americanists. During this time, she published her dissertation on Ezra Pound and renewed her academic study of film. From 1979-1982, Hansen taught at Yale in various departments and programs. As coordinator for Film Studies at Yale, she helped develop an undergraduate program in film.

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