Josh Todarello's research and teaching investigate the aesthetics of political economy and the political economy of aesthetics. His interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century German-language literature, German Idealism, comparative approaches to the novel, film, critical theory, globalization, and postcolonial studies. 

His work has appeared in Asymptote, Modern Language Notes, and Monatshefte. His first book, Economic and Literary Form in the German and Austrian Novel: Capital, Class, and Totality from Mann to Brecht is forthcoming in 2026 from Camden House Press. 

Forthcoming, Current, and Recent Undergraduate Courses:

• The Aesthetics of Resistance (spring 2026)
• The Utopian Imagination (FYS)
• The Future of Work: AI, Migration, and Labor
• AI from Descartes to Bladerunner 2029
• Dystopian Fictions and Socioeconomic Thought