German Studies

Ava Lasmanis graduated with a B.A. in philosophy, German, and cognitive science in 2024 from Johns Hopkins University. In 2025, she received her M.A. in philosophy, also from Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests focus on the intersections of German literature and philosophy at the turn of the 20th century. She is particularly interested in how literature became a modality of existentialism and phenomenology, and how philosophers of this time period embraced literary forms of writing within their more theoretical texts.