Astrid Koehler

Astrid Ellen Köhler (born June 30, 1965 in Jena ) is a German Germanist and author .

Astrid Köhler studied German at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and received her doctorate in 1994 from the Free University of Berlin . From 1993 to 1995 she worked as a DAAD lecturer at the University of Cambridge . Since 1995 lecturer in German studies, since 2018 professor at Queen Mary College of the University of London . Her work focuses on the cultural history of classical Weimar as well as East German prose before and after reunification .

Publications (selection)

Astrid Köhler: Salon culture in classic Weimar: Sociability as a way of life and literary concept , JB Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1997. ISBN 978-3476451453
Holger Helbig, Robert Gillett, Ulrich Fries, Astrid Köhler, Irmgard Müller: not yet shown. Uwe Johnson commemorating, London 2004 (Johnson Studies) , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006, ISBN 978-3525209462
Astrid Köhler: Building bridges. GDR authors before and after reunification , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; 2007, ISBN 978-3525208533
Astrid Köhler: Jean Villain's course on literary reportage 1963-65 , in: Andreas Degen (Ed.): Scenes Berlin Literature: 1955-1965 , Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3882215731
Astrid Köhler: Klaus Schlesinger : Die Biographie , Aufbau-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3351027360
Daniel Argelès, Astrid Köhler, Jan Kostka: Living in Berlin - Living in many worlds: Klaus Schlesinger and his city , Be.bra Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3937233970