Nick Strasser is a historian of twentieth-century German history under the direction of Vejas Liulevicius. His research focuses on the connection between German literature, culture, and politics during the Weimar era into the Third Reich. His dissertation, titled “Death Rays and Pure Planets: Continuities in German Science Fiction in the Age of the World Wars” examines ‘Zukunftsromane,’ or science fiction novels of the interwar period, by investigating questions of modernism and geopolitics while navigating the political continuities of nationalism, racism, and colonial anxieties that influenced German reading culture.

Nick’s research and travel have been supported by funds through the History Department and UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts. Nick previously served as a representative for the Modern European Caucus and Chair of the History Graduate Affairs Committee from 2023-2025. He was the Department of History’s 2025 recipient of the William B. Anderson Award for Military History. During the 2025-26 academic year, Nick was a Graduate Fellow at UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts.

Research Interests: Modern Germany, Modern Europe, Intellectual History, History of Reading, Interwar Culture