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Visiting Max Kade Professors
During every spring semester combined financial support from the Max Kade Foundation and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences make it possible to invite distinguished European teachers and scholars of German to the Max Kade Center. This tradition began in 1965.


1. Gerhard Storz (Stuttgart), 1965
2. Heinz Otto Burger (Frankfurt), 1966
3. Wilhelm Emrich (Cologne), 1967
4. Friedrich Beissner (Tübingen), 1970
5. Richard Alewyn (Munich), 1971
6. Helmut Koopmann (Bonn), 1972
7. Friedrich Sengle (Munich), 1973
8. Lutz Röhrich (Freiburg), 1974
9. Wilhelm Vosskamp (Bielefeld), 1975
10. Jacob Steiner (Karlsruhe), 1976
11. Hans Eggers (Saarbrücken), 1977
12. Ulrich Fülleborn (Erlangen), 1978
13. Hans-Jürgen Schings (Würzburg). 1981
14. Jacob Steiner (Karlsruhe), 1983
16. Hugo Steger (Freiburg), 1985
17. Jörg-Ulrich Fechner (Bochum), 1986
18. Helmut Arntzen (Münster), 1987
19. Uwe-K. Ketelsen (Bochum), 1988
20. Hans Esselborn (Köln), 1989
21. Bernd Witte (Aachen), 1990
22. Rolf Peter Janz (Berlin), 1991
23. August Stahl (Saarbrücken), 1992
24. Kurt Rein (Munich), 1994
25. Hans-Gert Roloff (Berlin), 1995
26. Walter Haug (Tübingen), 1996
27. Burghard Dedner (Marburg), 1997
28. Gert Sautermeister (Bremen), 1998
29. Inge Stephan (Berlin), 1999
30. Klaus Mattheier (Heidelberg), 2000
31. Irmela von der Lühe (Göttingen), 2001
32. Ulrich Gaier (Konstanz), 2002
33. Walter Erhart (Greifswald), 2003
34. Ludwig Eichinger (Mannheim), 2004
35. Per Øhrgaard (Copenhagen), 2005
36. Wilfried Barner (Göttingen), 2006
37. Irmela von der Lűhe (Berlin), 2007
38. Nina Berend (Mannheim), 2008
39. Dieter Lohmeier (Kiel), 2009

 


Pictured left to right: Professors Steinecke (15), Dedner (27), Sautermeister(28), Koopmann(6), and Ketelsen (19).

   
Current Visiting Max Kade Professor
   
Dieter Lohmeier

Vita

Birth: 24 January 1940 in Neumünster, Germany [Schleswig-Holstein]

University Studies: 1959-1967 University of Kiel
1961 one semester at the University of Freiburg
1961-62 one semester at University of Lyon (France)

Degrees: 1966 State Examination in German and French
1967 Ph.D. in German Literature, University of Kiel

Dissertation: "Herder und Klopstock: Herders Auseinandersetzung mit der Persönlichkeit und dem Werk Klopstock"

Habilitation: 1978, University of Kiel
"Zacharias Lunds Dramen: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Barockliteratur in Norddeutschland."

Teaching
Appointments: 1967-82, assistant professor, German literature, University of Kiel
1980-81, visiting proessor German Literature, University of Mainz
1982, professor, German literature, University of Kiel
1986, extraordinary professor, German literature, University of Kiel
2005, emeritus status

Other Service: 1975-85, member artistic advisory board, state of Schleswig-Holstein
1979-88, member of the executive committee of the Goethe Society
1977 to present, member of the Theodor Storm Society
(2008, vice president of the society)
1985-2005, director, State Library of Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
1985-1986, president of the Hebbel Society
1986 to present, member of advisory board of the Klaus Groth Society
 
   
Previous Visiting Max Kade Professors
 

Nina Berend (2008)

Vita

Studied German and Education/Pedagogy

1981: PhD (morphology and semanatics of verbal categories in the Southern German speech area), University of Lwow, Ukraine.

1981 - 1989: Lecturer in German at University of Omsk

1990 onwards: working on various projects at IDS, Mannheim (amongst other things, work on the project Linguistic Integration of Immigrants in Germany)

1998: Qualified as a professor in the Modern Languages Faculty at the University of HD and granted permission to teach German linguistics

1998 - 2000: Temporary post as C3 professor in Kiel, periods as guest lecturer in Salzburg, München, Budapest, Heidelberg und Mannheim

2000 onwards: coordination and management of the project Variation in spoken German at IDS

 

Irmela von der Lühe (2007)

Vita

Geb. in Berlin. Studium der Fächer Germanistik, Geschichte und Philosophie an den Universitäten Tübingen, Münster und Berlin

1971: 1. Staatsexamen. Wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Fachbereich Germanistik der Freien Universität Berlin

1978 - 1995: Nach dem 2. Staatsexamen Studienrätin bzw. Studiendirektorin an der Fichtenberg-Oberschule Berlin-Steglitz

1995 - 1997: Universitätsprofessorin (befristet) an der Freien Universität Berlin

1997: Berufung auf eine Professur am Seminar für Deutsche Philologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

seit 1.10.2004: Universitätsprofessorin am Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie der Freien Universität Berlin

Tätigkeiten als Gastprofessorin in Lawrence/Kansas (2001), Edmonton/Kanada (2001), Irvine/Kalifornien (2003/04).
 

Wilfried Barner (2006)

Vita

Born in Kleve, Germany

1957-1963: Greek, Latin and German studies at the University of Göttingen and Tübingen.

1964-1990: Instructor and Professor at the University of Tübingen.

1990-2002: Professor at the University of Göttingen.

Visiting Professor at the University of Cincinnati; Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Monash University in Melbourne; Princeton University; and Cornell University.

 
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