Email
ddimassa@wpi.edu
Office
Salisbury Labs 106
Phone
+1 (508) 8315388
Affiliated Department or Office
Humanities and Arts
Education
PhD University of Pennsylvania 2014
MAR Yale Divinity School 2008
BA University of Notre Dame 2006

Daniel DiMassa is a scholar of German literature and culture from the eighteenth century to the present. His research resides at the intersection of literature, religion, and aesthetics in the wake of the Enlightenment, with a particular interest in how literary texts participate in religious and mythical enterprises. His book, Dante in Deutschland: An Itinerary of Romantic Myth (Bucknell/Rutgers), is forthcoming in 2022. 

In addition to teaching courses in German language, literature, and film, DiMassa is an avid participant in WPI's Global Projects Program. He has twice advised projects in Switzerland, and once in Thailand. With Prof. Katherine Foo, he co-directs WPI's Berlin Project Center.

Email
ddimassa@wpi.edu
Affiliated Department or Office
Humanities and Arts
Education
PhD University of Pennsylvania 2014
MAR Yale Divinity School 2008
BA University of Notre Dame 2006

Daniel DiMassa is a scholar of German literature and culture from the eighteenth century to the present. His research resides at the intersection of literature, religion, and aesthetics in the wake of the Enlightenment, with a particular interest in how literary texts participate in religious and mythical enterprises. His book, Dante in Deutschland: An Itinerary of Romantic Myth (Bucknell/Rutgers), is forthcoming in 2022. 

In addition to teaching courses in German language, literature, and film, DiMassa is an avid participant in WPI's Global Projects Program. He has twice advised projects in Switzerland, and once in Thailand. With Prof. Katherine Foo, he co-directs WPI's Berlin Project Center.

Office
Salisbury Labs 106
Phone
+1 (508) 8315388