Prof. Dr. Judith Lyndal Ryan

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietGermanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften (Neuere deutsche Literatur)
KeywordsLyrik (besonders der Moderne), Gegenwartsroman, Erzähltheorie, Moderne, Kolonialismus

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtCambridge
Universität/InstitutionHarvard University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Germanic Languages & Literatures

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Wolfram MauserSeminar für Germanistik, Altes Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Hubert OhlSeminar für Germanistik, Altes Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter BorchmeyerBayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, München
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter BorchmeyerGermanistisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.08.1970

Programm(e)

1970Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm
2009Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

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.