Ursula Kundert

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Ursula Kundert (born March 11, 1970 in Zurich ) is a German and Swiss literary scholar as well as a former Zurich constitutional councilor and dragon boat athlete.

Life

Ursula Kundert grew up in the canton of Zurich and studied German language and literature, political science , international law and European law at the University of Zurich and the University of Granada . In 1994 she received the Erasmus Prize from the European Union .

Her academic career took her to the German Seminar of the University of Zurich, to the Collegium Helveticum , as a junior professor at the University of Kiel , to the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, to the University of Konstanz and the University of Bern , to the Technical University of Braunschweig and to the University of Würzburg .

She is a private lecturer in German literature of the Middle Ages and the early modern period at Kiel University.

politics

Kundert was a member of the Zurich Constitutional Council from 2000 to 2003 . She worked in the Commission for Political Rights and Citizenship.

Sports

As a member of the Swiss national dragon boat team, Kundert won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Rome and a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Nottingham .

literature

  • Julia Stephan: Science, Sport and Dance. An interview with Ursula Kundert, visiting professor for older German literature at the German Seminar, about her hometown Zurich, her research interests and passions . In: Denkbilder 28 (2010), pp. 56–57.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Press corner. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Ursula Kundert: PD Dr. phil. Ursula Kundert. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, November 1, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Barbara Schellenberg: 2nd meeting, Thursday, December 14, 2000, 4 p.m. In: Protocol of the Zurich Constitutional Council. Canton of Zurich, December 14, 2000, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ EDBF EC RESULTS. European Dragonboat Federation, 2016, accessed March 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kundert, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German and Swiss literary scholar, former Zurich constitutional councilor and dragon boat athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich