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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
|---|---|
| Research fields | German Literary and Cultural Studies (Modern German Literature) |
| Keywords | Lyrik (besonders der Moderne), Gegenwartsroman, Erzähltheorie, Moderne, Kolonialismus |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
|---|---|
| City | Cambridge |
| Institution | Harvard University |
| Institute | Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Wolfram Mauser | Seminar für Germanistik, Altes Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg |
|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Hubert Ohl | Seminar für Germanistik, Altes Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Borchmeyer | Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, München |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Borchmeyer | Germanistisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/08/1970 |
Programme(s)
| 1970 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Judith Ryan is a leading specialist in the field of German Studies in the USA. Her exemplary role is evident most notably in the New History of German Literature, for which she was General Editor. She is one of the most prominent experts on Rilke and twentieth-century poetry, but she has also produced path-breaking studies on almost all important novelists of the modernist era. For her, literature is never just literature, but always a mirror of cultural consciousness and changing modes of thought. This approach provides the context for her project, "Colonial Fever," on which she will primarily be working during her stay in Germany and in which Alexander von Humboldt will play a key role. |