Robert C. Holub
American academic administrator (1949–2023)
title: "Robert C. Holub" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1949-births", "2023-deaths", "asbury-park-high-school-alumni", "leaders-of-the-university-of-massachusetts-amherst", "university-of-pennsylvania-alumni", "university-of-wisconsin–madison-college-of-letters-and-science-alumni", "university-of-california,-berkeley-faculty", "university-of-california,-berkeley-department-of-german-faculty", "american-academics-of-german-literature", "people-from-belmar,-new-jersey", "people-from-neptune-township,-new-jersey"] description: "American academic administrator (1949–2023)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Holub" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American academic administrator (1949–2023) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Robert Charles Holub |
| image_size | 250px |
| order1 | 10th Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| term_start1 | July 2008 |
| term_end1 | August 2012 |
| predecessor1 | John V. Lombardi |
| successor1 | Kumble R. Subbaswamy |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Worthington, Ohio, U.S. |
| education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA, PhD) | |
| occupation | University Professor |
| University Provost | |
| University Chancellor | |
| spouse | Sabine Holub |
| :: |
| name = Robert Charles Holub | image = | image_size = 250px | caption = | order1 = 10th Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst | term_start1 = July 2008 | term_end1 = August 2012 | predecessor1 = John V. Lombardi | successor1 = Kumble R. Subbaswamy | birth_date = | birth_place = Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Worthington, Ohio, U.S. | education = University of Pennsylvania (BS) University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA, PhD) | occupation = University Professor University Provost University Chancellor | spouse = Sabine Holub
Robert C. Holub (August 22, 1949 – August 27, 2023) was an American germanist, university professor and administrator. He served as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) from August 2008 to June 2012.{{cite news | last = Ellement | first = John | author-link = John Ellement | title = UMass Amherst chancellor Holub to leave office in one year | accessdate = 2011-07-01 | date = 2010-06-30 | url = http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/06/umass-amherst-chancellor-holub-leave-office/o3aoOXXz4tpvaxJHjPrVoI/index.html | work=The Boston Globe
Early life and education
Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Holub was raised in Belmar, New Jersey, and attended Asbury Park High School. He became the first member of his family to attend college. Holub received his bachelor's degree in natural science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971, going on to earn master's degrees in comparative literature (in 1973) and German (in 1976) and a Ph.D. in German (1979) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Academic appointments
Serving as a professor of German at the University of California-Berkeley (full professor from 1989 on), he became a leading scholar of 19th- and 20th-century German intellectual, cultural, and literary history. At Berkeley, he also served as the undergraduate dean, college of letters and science from 2003 to 2006, before taking the position of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Tennessee, which he held from 2006 to 2008 before taking the chancellor position at UMass.
Death
Robert C. Holub died on August 27, 2023, at the age of 74.
Publications
- Heinrich Heine’s Reception of German Grecophilia: The Function and Application of the Hellenic Tradition in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, 1981).
- Reception Theory: A Critical Introduction (London and York: Methuen, 1984).
- Reflections of Realism: Paradox, Norm, and Ideology in Nineteenth-Century German Prose (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991).
- Jürgen Habermas: Critic in the Public Sphere (London: Routledge, 1991).
- Crossing Borders: Reception Theory, Poststructuralism, Deconstruction (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992).
- Friedrich Nietzsche (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995).
- Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016).
- Nietzsche in the Nineteenth Century: Social Questions and Philosophical Interventions (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
References
before=John V. Lombardi| title=Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Amherst| years=July 2008 – August 2012 | after=Kumble R. Subbaswamy
References
- "Robert C. Holub".
- [http://www.umassmag.com/2008/Summer_2008/around-pond/seizing.html " Seizing the Moment: Dr. Robert C. Holub becomes the 28th chancellor of the flagship campus"], ''UMass Amherst Magazine'', Summer 2008. Accessed May 8, 2011.
- [http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/bio.html Chancellor Biography: Chancellor Robert C. Holub.] ''UMass Amherst: Office of the Chancellor, UMass.edu.'' Last Updated: 2009. Accessed: May 8, 2011.
- Schworm, Peter. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-robert-c-holub-of-nept/130953818/ "Chancellor wants UMass-Amherst to be among the best"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', May 6, 2008. Accessed August 30, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Robert C. Holub Born: Aug. 22, 1949, in Neptune, N.J. Education: Public schools in Belmar and Asbury Park, N.J."
- [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-robert-c-holub-of-asb/130953473/ "City High School Honors 47 As 'Varsity Scholars'"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 7, 1967. Accessed August 30, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]].
- "Former Chancellor Robert Holub Passes Away".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::