Georg Mein

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Georg Mein (* 1970 in Hamburg ) is Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Luxembourg .

Life

Georg Mein received his doctorate as Dr. phil. with the work “The conception of the beautiful. The Aesthetic Discourse between Enlightenment and Romanticism: Kant - Moritz - Hölderlin - Schiller ”at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . Jürgen Fohrmann and Peter Pütz were the supervisors .

After his second state examination in 2001, Georg Mein worked as a research assistant to Klaus-Michael Bogdal at Bielefeld University , where he started his thesis “And why readers in poor time. Literary Education and Sociocultural Milieus ”completed his habilitation . In 2005 he was awarded the Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize.

In March 2006 he was appointed to the University of Luxembourg .

From October 2009 to September 2010 Georg Mein was a fellow at the International Morphomata College at the University of Cologne .

His research focuses on literature from the 18th century to the present day, literacy research, the sociology of literature, and media and cultural theory.

Georg Mein has been Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, Humanities, Art and Education since February 2013.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Choreographies of the Self. Studies on the institutional dimension of literacy. Turia + Kant, Vienna et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-85132-627-7 .
  • with Klaus-Michael Bogdal and Kai Kauffmann: BA German studies. A textbook (= Rororo. 55682 Rowohlt's Encyclopedia ). Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-55682-1 .
  • Tales of the present. From Judith Hermann to Bernhard Schlink. Interpretation (= Oldenbourg interpretations. Vol. 104). Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-486-00104-3 .
  • The conception of the beautiful. The aesthetic discourse between the Enlightenment and Romanticism: Kant - Moritz - Hölderlin - Schiller. Aisthesis-Verlag, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89528-227-8 (also: Bonn, Universität, dissertation, 1999).

Editorships

  • with Stefan Börnchen and Gary Schmidt: Thomas Mann. New cultural studies readings. Fink, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7705-5389-1 .
  • The interpreter's civilization. Studies on the work of Pierre Legendre. Turia + Kant, Vienna et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-85132-659-8 .
  • with Heinz Sieburg: Media of Knowledge. Interdisciplinary aspects of mediality (= literacy and liminality. 4). transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-89942-779-0 .
  • Transmission. Traduction in Romanian. Transfer Transfert. Mediation mediation. Turia + Kant, Vienna et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-85132-615-4 .
  • with Stefan Börnchen: Secular pilgrimages. On the trail of the real. Fink, Munich et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-7705-4898-9 .
  • with Dieter Heimböckel, Irmtrud Honnef-Becker and Heinz Sieburg: Between provocation and usurpation. Interculturality as an (un) completed project in literature and language studies. Fink, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7705-4900-9 .
  • with Achim Geisenhanslüke : Monstrous orders. On the typology and aesthetics of the abnormal (= literacy and liminality. 12). transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-8376-1257-8 .
  • with Achim Geisenhanslüke: written culture and threshold studies (= literacy and liminality. 1). transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89942-776-9 .
  • with Eva Geulen and Kai Kauffmann: Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben. Parallels, perspectives, controversies. Fink, Munich et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7705-4529-2 .
  • with Franziska Schößler: Exchange processes. Cultural studies negotiations of the economic. transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89942-283-X .
  • with Markus Rieger-Ladich: Social spaces and cultural practices. About the strategic use of media. transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89942-216-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME My, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg