Jürgen Fohrmann

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Jürgen Fohrmann (* 1953 in Bielefeld ) is a German literary scholar .

Fohrmann is a university professor for modern German literature and was rector at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn from April 23, 2009 to April 29, 2015 .

He specializes in literary and media theory , the history of culture and science as well as literature from the 18th to 20th centuries and has published on problems of literary historiography and rhetoric from a discourse-analytical perspective, among other things . In addition, Fohrmann has appeared on various occasions as the editor of anthologies, including on cultural studies and the possibilities of system-theoretical literary studies .

Life

Fohrmann studied literature, German and history from 1972 to 1977 at the University of Münster . From 1979 to 1983 he was employed as a research assistant at Bielefeld University , where he received his doctorate in 1980 and qualified as a professor in 1988 . Since 1991 he has been Professor of Modern German Literature and General Literary Studies at the University of Bonn. From 1994 to 1997 he was President of the German Association of Germanists .

From 2006 to 2008 Fohrmann was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty. On December 1st, 2008 he was elected Rector by the University Council of Bonn University . This election was confirmed by the University Senate on December 11th. On April 23, 2009, Fohrmann was officially appointed 142nd rector of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität for the next six years. Fohrmann did not run for a second term.

Works

  • Utopia and doom . L.-S. Merciers L'An 2440, in: Klaus L. Berghahn , Hans U. Seeber (ed.): Literary Utopias from More to the Present , Königstein / Ts. 1983, pp. 105–124
  • Jürgen Fohrmann, Wilhelm Vosskamp (ed.): From the learned to the disciplinary community. Contributions to the history of science in German literary studies in the 19th century , Stuttgart: Metzler 1987
  • German literary history project. Origin and failure of a national poetry historiography between humanism and the German Empire , Stuttgart 1989.
  • Jürgen Fohrmann, Harro Müller (Ed.): Discourse Theories and Literary Studies , Frankfurt am Main 1988
  • Jürgen Fohrmann, Harro Müller (ed.): System theory of literature , Fink, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7705-3132-9
  • Jürgen Fohrmann (Ed.): Rhetoric. Figuration and Performance , Stuttgart 2004

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  1. ^ Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Press releases July 17, 2014: University of Bonn elects new rector. Finding committee set up , accessed on July 26, 2014
  2. ↑ https://www.spd-bonn-im-rat.de/2008/12/11/spd-fraktion-im-rat-der-stadt-bonn-gratelte-prof-dr-juergen-fohrmann-zur-wahl -to-rector /
  3. ↑ https://idw-online.de/en/news?=1&id=310094

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personal data
SURNAME Fohrmann, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld