Contact Us

Shiffman Humanities Center and sculpture in front of the building on the lawnThe European Cultural Studies administrative office is located in Shiffman Humanities Center 116. Office hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Get directions to our offices and the Brandeis campus.

European Cultural Studies Program
MS 024
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453

781-736-3200
781-736-3207 fax

Department Contacts

Stephen Dowden
Stephen Dowden
Chair and Undergraduate Advising Head
Professor of German
781-736-3218 Shiffman Humanities Center 211

Expertise: Modern German literature and culture; European modernism; comparative literature (esp. comparing literature with other art forms); the novel as form; literature and philosophy; the avant-garde 

Gene Carbonell
Academic Administrator
781-736-3200 Shiffman Humanities Center 116