Michael Ott (literary scholar)

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Michael Ott (* 1964 ) is a German literary scholar and politician .

Life

Ott studied German literature , history and political science in Erlangen, Munich and Pisa and was established in 1999 with a thesis on honor and gender differences in German literature in 1800 at the University of Munich doctorate . In 2013 he completed his habilitation on the subject of poetics of height. The alpine discourse and the German-language literature of the modern age . Ott has held professorships for modern German literature at various universities since 2012 , including a professorship for German literature in a European context at the University of Konstanz since 2015 . As a politician, Ott was nominated by the SPD as a direct candidate for the Bavarian state elections in 2018 in the Munich-Mitte district .

Since October 2019, Ott has headed the literature and performing arts department in the cultural department of the City of Munich .

Awards

  • University of Konstanz teaching award from students (2018)

Publications (selection)

  • The unwritten law. Honor and gender difference in German literature around 1800 , Freiburg i. B. 2001 (rombach litterae, vol. 81).
  • SportsGeist. Poets in Motion , Hamburg / Zurich 2006 (together with Elisabeth Tworek)

As editor

  • Original words. On the history and function of the initial concepts , Munich 2012 (ed. With Tobias Döring)
  • Natality. Birth and Beginnings in Literature and Art , Paderborn 2014 (ed. With Aage A. Hansen-Löve, Lars Schneider)
  • Which is the case. Casus and Lapsus , Paderborn 2014 (ed. With Inka Mülder-Bach)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PD Dr. Michael Ott awarded the LUKS Prize. In: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de. University of Konstanz, October 22, 2018, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ Dominik Hutter: State election: candidates for the district of Munich-Mitte. In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH, September 18, 2018, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Antje Weber: Celebrate and reflect. In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH, October 1, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ott, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH 1964