Karl-Heinz Bender

This article deals with the Romanist Karl-Heinz Bender. For the actor see Karl Heinz Bender .

Karl-Heinz Bender (born October 8, 1936 in Speyer ; † March 4, 2017 in Schweich ) was a Romance scholar who taught Romance literature at the University of Trier from 1971 to 2005 . The Franco-German relations were a focus of his teaching and research activities.

College career

After studying Romance Philology and History at the Universities of Heidelberg and Paris , he with the Promotion (for Gerhard Hess ) and the state exam completed for teachers at high schools, he first led his professional career as an assistant to Hans Robert Jauss to the Universities of Münster , Giessen and Constance . After his habilitation in Konstanz, Bender was appointed to the University of Trier in 1971, where he actively participated in the development of the subject group Romance Studies . In 1980 he was offered a position at the University of Lausanne , which he declined in favor of staying in Trier. 1981 to 1983 he was Dean of Faculty II Linguistics and Literature .

In 2005, Bender retired at the end of the summer semester .

Professional activity

Bender's focus on teaching and research - the Romance heroic epic , Franco-German relations and the network of relationships between literature and power - resulted in numerous works and publications as well as two large research projects:

• The French crusade epic with a first international colloquium on the French crusade epic in 1984, which brought many domestic and foreign researchers to the then young University of Trier.
• The three-volume edition of the memoirs of Johann Christian von Mannlich , the court painter and building director at the Zweibrücker Hof and later central gallery director in Munich.

In addition, Bender volunteered in the German-French Society .

Awards

• 1988: Officer des Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officer Dignity of the French Republic), awarded by the French Minister of Education for his decades-long commitment to Franco-German relations.
• 1990: Prix ​​France-Allemagne , awarded by the President of the French Senate, Alain Poher, for his services to Franco-German relations.
• May 5, 2003: Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (highest rank of the Order), awarded at a ceremony by the Council of Europe .
• Honorary member of the Observatoire des relations franco-allemandes pour la construction européenne . This institution was founded on the occasion of the 40th annual contract of the Elysée Treaty . Other honorary members are z. B. Joseph Rovan and Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet .

Works

Works as an author

• Mitterrand and the Germans (1938-1995). Or the reunification of the Carolingians . Bouvier, 1995, ISBN 3416025660
• Des Forces Françaises en Allemagne à L'Eurocorps . In: Francia 21/3, 1994, p. 213
• Reality and novel. The French Restoration Society in Stendhals Le Rouge et le Noir , Journal for French Language and Literature 85 (1975), pp. 193-210.
• Karl-Heinz Bender (historical part), Hermann Kleber (documentary part): Le premier cycle de la croisade (outline of the Romanesque literatures of the Middle Ages). 1986/1987, ISBN 3-533-03671-5

Works as editor

• with Johann Christian von Mannlich (author), Hermann Kleber (ed.): Histoire de ma vie . Spee-Verlag, Trier 1993
• with Hermann Kleber (ed.): Les Epopees de la Croisade. Premier Colloque International (Treves, 6-11Aout 1984) . Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1987.

swell

• Vita of Karl-Heinz Bender from www.uni-protocol.de
• Peter Lang: Literature and Power . Frankfurt etc., 2005 (commemorative publication on Bender's retirement)

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl-Heinz Bender in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl-Heinz Bender's memorial page. Retrieved March 8, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Information Service Science ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2009)