German Slavist Association
The German Slavist Association represents the interests of Slavists at German universities ( professors , private lecturers , doctorates ). The task of the Slavist Association is to promote Slavic Studies in research and teaching at universities and colleges and to disseminate its results as well as to represent the interests of Slavic Studies in public, towards scientific organizations and politicians.
The association was founded in 1962 as an association of university teachers for Slavic studies at the universities of the Federal Republic of Germany including Berlin (West) and after reunification as an all-German association was only called the Association of University Teachers for Slavic Studies , since 2005 the Association of University Teachers for Slavic Studies (abbreviation: VHS ). The association has been known as the German Slavist Association since 2007 and, as a result, opened its membership to those who had not qualified as a professor .
The first chairman of the association was Dmitrij Tschižewskij , later a. a. Jurij Striedter , Erwin Wedel , Wolfgang Kasack , Gerhard Giesemann , Ulrich Steltner and Sebastian Kempgen the VHS. The seat of the association is always the same as the place of employment of the chairman - since 2011 this has been Monika Wingender in Giessen.
The Slavist Association currently includes almost all specialist representatives at German universities (number of members at the end of 2008: over 200 Slavists).
The German Slavist Association organizes the German Slavist Day every 3–4 years and has been issuing the Bulletin of German Slavic Studies since 1995 . The bulletin gives u. a. Information on the (German) universities at which Slavic Studies is represented, with which chairs it is represented, provides information on current publications and research projects, specialist conferences and collaborations, and contains current articles on the subject, its self-image and its perspectives.
The German Slavist Association represents Germany at the International Slavist Committee .
literature
- Wolfgang Kasack : The Association of University Lecturers for Slavic Studies at the universities of the Federal Republic of Germany including Berlin (West). A contribution to the history of Slavic Studies 1945–1980. In: Materials on the history of Slavic studies in Germany. Part 1. Wiesbaden 1982. pp. 3-9; slightly revised version in the Bulletin of German Slavic Studies: Organ of the Association of University Lecturers for Slavic Studies (PDF; 912 kB) 8 (2002), pp. 73–76.
Web links
- slavistenverband.de - Official website