Ludwig Hunter
Ludwig Jäger (born October 24, 1943 in Homburg ) is a German linguist, media and cultural scientist.
Life
Ludwig Jäger studied German, history and philosophy in Heidelberg. In 1975 he received his doctorate from the University of Düsseldorf with the dissertation "On a historical reconstruction of the authentic language idea of Ferdinand de Saussure ". Jäger continues to work with Saussure to this day. In 1978 he completed his habilitation at the University of Düsseldorf , and in 1982 he was appointed to the chair of German Philology at RWTH Aachen University (successor to Hans Glinz ).
From 1984 to 1986 he was department head and from 1986 to 1987 dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at RWTH, and from 1987 to 1990 he was electoral senator in the RWTH Senate. From 1987 to 1988 he was secretary of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS) , and from 1991 to 1994 as chairman of the German Association of Germanists . In 1993/94 he was a member of the initiative group set up by the German Association of Germanists to found an interdisciplinary research college "Language, literature and culture in the changing media conditions". In 1999 Jäger first became deputy director, from 2002 to 2008 managing director of the research college “Media and Cultural Communication” (SFB / FK 427) at the universities of Aachen, Bonn and Cologne and headed the sub-project “Mediality and Language Signs”.
In 2003/2004 he was a fellow at the International Research Center for Cultural Studies (IFK) in Vienna, in 2010/2011 a fellow at the International Morphomata College in Cologne and in 2012/2013 at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS).
He is currently a member of the University Council of the University of Giessen , Senior Advisor at the Center for Sign Language and Gesture (SignGes) at RWTH Aachen University and Senior Advisor in the International College Morphomata in Cologne.
Research priorities
Jäger's research focuses on the areas of media theory, language and sign theory, sign language as well as German history and the history of theory in linguistics.
Publications (selection)
A complete list of scientific publications can be found on Ludwig Jäger's website at RWTH Aachen University.
Regular editorships
- Since 2002: Editor of the “Mediology” series, Fink, Munich
- Since 1994: Co-editor of the magazine "Sprache und Literatur", Fink, Munich
Monographs and editorships
- with Werner Holly, Peter Krapp , Samuel Weber , Simone Heekeren (eds.): Sprache - Kultur - Kommunikation / Language - Culture - Communication. An international Handbook of Linguistics as a Cultural Discipline. De Gruyter, Berlin 2016.
- with Christina Bartz, Marcus Krause, Erika Linz (eds.): Handbook of Mediology. Signatures of the medial. Fink, Munich 2012.
- with Gisela Fehrman, Meike Adam (eds.): Media movements. Practices of Reference. Fink, Munich 2012.
- with Erika Linz, Irmela Schneider (Eds.): Media, Culture, and Mediality. New Insights into the Current State of Research. Transcript, Bielefeld 2010.
- Ferdinand de Saussure. For the introduction. Junius, Hamburg 2010.
- with Horst Wenzel (Ed.): Deixis and Evidenz. Rombach, Freiburg 2008.
- with Erika Linz (Ed.): Medialität und Mentalität. Theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between language, subjectivity and cognition. Fink, Munich 2004.
- Ferdinand de Saussure: Science of Language. New texts from the estate. Edited and with an introduction by Ludwig Jäger. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2003.
- Page change. The Schneider / Schwerte case and the discretion of German studies. Fink, Munich 1998.
- A historical reconstruction of F. de Saussure's authentic language idea. Düsseldorf 1975.
literature
- Hunter, Ludwig. In: Wilfried Kürschner (Ed.): Linguisten-Handbuch. Vol. 1. Narr, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-8233-5000-5 , S, 413.
Web links
- Ludwig Jäger at RWTH Aachen
- Ludwig Jäger ( memento of October 24, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at the SFB / FK 427 of the University of Cologne (on archive.is )
- Ludwig Jäger at the International Morphomata College (Cologne)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.isk.rwth-aachen.de/lebenslauf-jaeger
- ↑ http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/org/gremien/hochschulrat
- ↑ http://www.gebaerdenssprache.de/
- ↑ http://www.isk.rwth-aachen.de/lebenslauf-jaeger
- ↑ http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/de/das-institut/geschichte-frias/school-of-lili/fellows/jaeger_lili
- ^ Publications by Ludwig Jäger at RWTH Aachen University
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist, media and cultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Homburg |