Emil Utitz

Emil Utitz
Emil Utitz giving a lecture in Theresienstadt, still from the 1944 propaganda film Theresienstadt (photographer: Ivan Frič [de; fr])
Born	(1883-05-18)18 May 1883 Roztoky, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	2 November 1956(1956-11-02) (aged 73) Jena, East Germany
Academic background
Education	University of Munich German Charles-Ferdinand University University of Leipzig
Alma mater	Charles University
Thesis	Wilhelm Heinse und die Ästhetik zur Zeit der deutschen Aufklärung (1906)
Doctoral advisor	Christian von Ehrenfels
Influences	Franz Brentano
Academic work
Discipline	philosopher psychologist
Sub-discipline	art theory aesthetics characterology cultural philosophy
Institutions	University of Rostock University of Halle-Wittenberg Charles University
Doctoral students	Hermann Boeschenstein

Emil Utitz (27 May 1883 – 2 November 1956) was a Czech philosopher and psychologist of Jewish descent. He was educated in Prague, where he was a classmate of Franz Kafka. After studies in Munich, Leipzig, and Prague, he became a professor in Rostock, and from 1925 was Chair of Philosophy at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. After his forced retirement in 1933, he became a professor in Prague. In 1942, he was deported to Theresienstadt Ghetto, where he was head of the library. After the liberation of Theresienstadt in 1945, he returned to Prague. Utitz died in Jena in 1956, while travelling through East Germany to give lectures.