Florian White

Visiting Assitant Professor

German

Florian White completed his Ph.D. in German Studies at the University of Connecticut in 2025. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Comparative German Studies from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and has lived and studied in the United States, India, and Vietnam. His dissertation, Berliner Nachtclubs der 1990er Jahre in deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur als Orte der Begegnung und Räume für soziale Interaktion (Berlin Nightclubs of the 1990s in German-Language Contemporary Literature as Places of Encounter and Spaces for Social Interaction), examines the cultural and literary significance of Berlin club culture as a site where art, politics, and society intersect. His broader research interests include the relationship between literature and lived experience, questions of identity, and the role of cultural spaces in shaping social structures.

White has taught a wide range of courses in German language, literature, and culture at institutions in the U.S. and abroad, including Heidelberg University, Yale University, Middlebury College’s German Summer School, and the German School of Connecticut. At the University of Connecticut, he has taught courses from Elementary and Intermediate German to Studies in 20th-Century German Literature and contributed to the EUROTECH program, which integrates engineering and German Studies.

His work extends beyond teaching into interdisciplinary research and collaboration. As part of the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium, he co-chaired the Graduate Student Working Group and organized academic exchanges, fostering dialogue on the intersections of literature, culture, and human rights. His research has been shared in various publications and conferences, including the article “Should ‘the Right to Party’ Be a Human Right?” (OpenGlobalRights, 2023).