Dr Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has published 114 scholarly books on German and European medieval and early modern literature, and is the editor of the journals Mediaevistik and Humanities Open Access. In 2004, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band, while, in 2012, he was awarded the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Arizona Professor of the Year. In addition, in 2017, he was given the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions (GKCL) for his contributions to teaching and researching German language, literature, and culture.