Thomas Benjamin Fuhr

University Fellows Cohort Member, 2017-2018
PhD Student, Transcultural German Studies
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Thomas Benjamin Fuhr was born in a French car, to an American mother and a German father. He has explored different cultures and languages around the world, before and during his Magister studies of ethnology, pedagogy and Spanish philology at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany.  As a PhD student in the Transcultural German Studies program, Thomas is eager to learn about multilingualism, language acquisition, and cultural German studies from a transatlantic perspective. A classically trained guitar-player, Benjamin is passionate about music, and he enjoys a good hike.