I am a Professor of German Studies, with appointments in History and Media Studies, at the University of Virginia, where I teach and write about the history of knowledge and information, the history of technology and universities, and media and social theory. I studied political theory at Davidson College and did my graduate work at UC Berkeley.
I have written or edited books on the history of anthropology, the modern research university, the history of reading and print, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Max Weber. Within the past several years, I have also published in The Times Literary Supplement, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Hedgehog Review. I am currently completing After the University, a history of the university from the perspective of intellectual desire.
Contact me: mcw9d@virginia.edu
chadwellmon.com 