Noah Isenberg
Noah William Isenberg (born June 28, 1967) is currently the George Christian Centennial Professor and Chair of the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin. He formerly served as Professor of Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College, where he was also the founding director of the Screen Studies program. Isenberg received his BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania, his MA in German Literature from the University of Washington and his PhD in German Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Career. Isenberg's works include "We'll Always Have  Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie","Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins", "Detour", and, as editor, "Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era". His work on Casablanca was chosen as a Summer Book of 2017 in The Financial Times, and earned a spot on the bestseller list of the Los Angeles Times. He is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities, and was the recipient of an inaugural National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award in 2015-16.