Patricia Oster-Stierle

Patricia Oster-Stierle (* 1956 in Essen ) is a German Romance studies and comparative literary scholar .

Life

Patricia Oster-Stierle studied Romance languages, comparative literature and German literature at the University of Bonn , the Université de Toulouse and the Harvard University . She received her doctorate in 1991 from Karl Maurer and Hans Robert Jauß with a thesis on Marivaux and Lessing : Marivaux and the end of tragedy . Until 2003 she was a research assistant for Maria Moog-Grünewald at the Romance Department of the University of Tübingen . She completed her habilitation there with a thesis on the literary form of visualization of the veil: The veil in the text. Functional history of an image for the modern experience of the imaginary and received the Venia for Romance Philology and Comparative Literature.

Patricia Oster-Stierle has held the C4 professorship for French literary studies at Saarland University since 2003 . From 2013 to 2017 she was a member of the Presidium of the Franco-German University , from 2013 to 2014 as its vice-president, from 2015 to 2017 as its president.

Research priorities

• French literature of the 18th and 20th centuries.
• Italian literature between the Middle Ages and modern times , as well as the 20th century.
• Comparative media theory (text, image, film).
• Literary forms of intuition.
• Theater studies in theory and practice.

Memberships and honors

• Member of the Académie de Berlin .
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Franco-German Cultural Cooperation.
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the University of Siegen .
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Romance Research .
• Liaison professor of the German National Academic Foundation .
• 2006 Appointment as Officier dans l ' Ordre des Palmes Académiques .
• In 2011 he was appointed Chevalier de l ' Ordre national du Mérite .
• 2017 Appointment as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur .

Functions

• 2005–2007: Vice President for Planning and Strategy of Saarland University.
• 2007–2012: Vice President for Europe and Culture at Saarland University.
• 2008–2012: President of the Franco-Romanists Association.
• 2008–2012: Member of the University Council of the Franco-German University.
• 2013–2014: Vice President of the Franco-German University.
• 2015–2017: President of the Franco-German University.
• Since 2018: Chargée de mission for the Franco-German University.

Web links

• Website at Saarland University with a list of publications.
• Literature by and about Patricia Oster in the catalog of the German National Library.
• Profile on the DFH website .
• Profile on the website of the Académie de Berlin .
• Interview as DFH President on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Franco-German University on Deutschlandfunk .
• Le Pont des Arts . Festschrift for Patricia Oster-Stierle .