Philip Masterman Broadbent
Assistant Professor of Teaching; German Language Program Director, European Languages and Studies
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
Ph.D., University College London, 2005, German
M.A., University College London, 2001, German
M.A., University of Oxford, 2000, English
B.A., University of Oxford, 1999, English
M.A., University College London, 2001, German
M.A., University of Oxford, 2000, English
B.A., University of Oxford, 1999, English
Email: pmb@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
223 Humanities Instructional Building
Mail Code: 3385
Irvine, CA 92697
223 Humanities Instructional Building
Mail Code: 3385
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Contemporary literature and history; politics and the urban space; Germany and Japan; Germany and Chinese politics
Publications
"Against the Oriental Gaze: Race and Belonging in Yoko Tawada’s
The Naked Eye." Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 49, No. 3, 2026, pp. 165-180.
The Naked Eye." Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 49, No. 3, 2026, pp. 165-180.
The Stale Specter of Nazism: Historical Burdens and Skewed Optics in F.C. Delius’s Die Flatterzunge.” German Quarterly 85:3, Summer 2012, pp. 295-309.
Berlin Divided City: 1949-1989. Eds. Philip Broadbent and Sabine Hake. Berghahn, 2010.
“Phenomenology of Absence: Benjamin, Nietzsche, and Berlin in Cees Nooteboom’s All Souls Day.” Journal of Modern Literature 32.3, Spring 2009, pp. 99-120.
“Generational Shifts: Representing Post-Wende Berlin.” New German Critique, 35:2, 2008, pp. 139-170.
“Experiencing History in Contemporary Urban Fiction“ in Aida Sakalauskaite and Donald Backman eds. Ossi/Wessi. Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge, 2008.
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Last updated
07/14/2026
07/14/2026