The Chazen will be opening a new exhibition on Monday, July 31, featuring recent acquisitions to the museum’s collection. This iteration of the installation especially highlights donors and artists who have UW-Madison connection in celebration of the 175th anniversary and will include donated works from Dr. Jost Hermand, Vilas Emeritus Research Professor of German.
The collection can be viewed in the 2nd floor Garfield Galleries from July 31st through November 26th.
Jost Hermand completed his Ph.D. in 1955 at the Universität Marburg and joined the German faculty at the UW-Madison in 1958. In 1967 he was named the William F. Vilas Research Professor of German and after his retirement in 2004 became the Vilas Emeritus Research Professor of German. Besides numerous guest professorships, Hermand was an honorary faculty member from 2003 until 2021 at the Humboldt Universität in Berlin. As an internationally known scholar and teacher of German literature and culture, his name stands for a lasting legacy of the Wisconsin Idea among colleagues and students.