Ulrich Schmid (Slavicist)

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Ulrich M. Schmid (born October 23, 1965 in Zurich ) is a Swiss Slavist , literary critic and university professor.

Life

Ulrich Schmid attended primary school in Bielefeld and later passed the Matura examination in Zurich . This was followed by studies in Slavic, German and political science at the universities of Zurich , Heidelberg and Leningrad . From 1992 to 2000, Schmid was a research assistant for literary studies at the Slavonic Seminar at the University of Basel , where he received his doctorate in 1995 with a thesis on Fjodor Sologub . In 1999 he completed his habilitation on the subject of “I drafts. Russian autobiographies between Avvakum and Gercen ». In 1995/96 Schmid did research as a visiting fellow at Harvard University .

From 2000 to 2003 Ulrich Schmid was Assistant Professor for Slavic Literature at the University of Basel, from 2003 to 2005 SNSF professor at the Institute for Slavic Languages ​​and Literatures at the University of Bern . In addition, he held teaching positions at various universities. In 2005 he was appointed full professor of Slavic literature at the Slavic Seminar / Lotman Institute at the Ruhr University in Bochum . Since April 2007 Ulrich Schmid has been Associate Professor for Russian Culture and Society at the University of St. Gallen . In 2012 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea . Since February 2020 he has been Vice-Rector for External Relations at the University of St. Gallen.

Schmid's areas of expertise include Russian, Ukrainian and Polish literature, philosophy and culture, as well as literary and media theory, autobiography and internet literature. Schmid is co-editor of the series "Basler Studies on the Cultural History of Eastern Europe" (BSKO), which he founded at the Zurich-based Pano-Verlag. He has also emerged as a translator and editor of thematic anthologies (philosophy of religion, media theory, etc.).

Ulrich Schmid has been a permanent freelancer in the features section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung since 1993 .

Fonts

  • Fedor Sologub. Work and context. (= Slavica Helvetica. 49). Peter Lang, Bern 1995. (online)
  • I-designs. Russian autobiographies between Avvakum and Gercen. (= Basel studies on the cultural history of Eastern Europe. 1). Pano, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-907576-28-4 .
  • Russian religious philosophers of the 20th century. Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2003. (Full text. Status: January 13, 2010)
  • as editor: Sternensalz. Russian poetry. A thematic anthology. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-16176-2 .
  • with A. Guski (Ed.): Literature and Commerce in Russia in the 19th Century. Institutions, actors, symbols. (= Basel studies on the cultural history of Eastern Europe. 8). Pano, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-907576-67-5 .
  • with J.-U. Peters (ed.): Intelligencija and Imperium. Case studies of Russian culture in the early 19th century. (= Basel studies on the cultural history of Eastern Europe. 9). Pano, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-907576-68-3 .
  • with J.-U. Peters (Ed.): The ”End of the Art Period”. Cultural changes in the “literary field” in Russia between 1825 and 1842. (= Slavica Helvetica. 75). Peter Lang, Bern 2007.
  • Russian media theories. (= Facets of media culture. 6). Haupt, Bern 2005, ISBN 3-518-29478-4 . (Full text. Status: January 13, 2010)
  • with B. Menzel (Ed.): The East in the West. Popular culture imports. (= Eastern Europe. 5/2007). BWV, Berlin 2007.
  • with E. Kowalski and R. Grübel (eds.): Michail Bachtin: Author and hero in aesthetic activity. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008.
  • with J.-Ph. Jaccard (ed.): Dostoevskij i russkoe zarubež'e XX veka. (= Dostoevsky Monographs. A Series of the International Dostoevsky Society. 1). S.-Peterburg 2008.
  • as editor: literary theories of the 20th century. Reclam, Stuttgart 2010.
  • Technologies of the soul. On producing the truth in contemporary Russian culture . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-518-12702-5 .
  • as editor: De profundis. About the failure of the Russian revolution . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-42009-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of members: Ulrich Schmid. Academia Europaea, accessed August 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ HSG Rectorate 2020 to 2022 fully occupied | Knowledge | University of St.Gallen. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmid, Ulrich M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Slavist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich