David Tse-Chien Pan


David Tse-Chien Pan is an American literary scholar and Professor of German at the University of California, Irvine.
He is known for his works on German literature and intellectual history.
Pan was a member of the Commission on Unalienable Rights.
In 2024, he was the Republican candidate for U.S. representative of California's 46th [congressional district].

Books

Sacrifice in the Modern World: On the Particularity and Generality of Nazi Myth, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2012. 184 pp.Kleists Erzählungen und Dramen: Neue Studien. Edited with Paul Michael Lützeler. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2001. 263 pp.Primitive Renaissance: Rethinking German Expressionism. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. 239 pp.