Wolfgang Riedel (literary scholar)
Wolfgang Riedel (born May 31, 1952 in Mellrichstadt , Lower Franconia ) is a German literary scholar and university professor .
Life
From 1971 to 1979 Riedel studied German at the Universities of Würzburg , Marburg and Free University of Berlin , initially in connection with psychology and art history , later with philosophy and history . From 1984 to 1989 he was a research assistant at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin. From 1989 to 1995 he was a research assistant in the German Studies department at the Free University of Berlin (chair Hans-Jürgen Schings ). In 1984 he received his doctorate on The Anthropology of Young Schiller . In 1995 his habilitation and appointment as a private lecturer at the Free University of Berlin followed.
In 1998 Riedel was appointed Professor of Modern German Literature at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . From 2002 to 2007 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty II. Since 2007 Riedel has held the Chair for Modern German Literature and History of Ideas there. From 2007 to 2009 he was the founding dean of the new, merged Philosophical Faculty I. In 2009 he was finally appointed full-time vice-president of the University of Würzburg. Riedel has been a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 2011 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Riedel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works directory on Google books
- Official website of the University of Würzburg
- Monographs and Articles
Individual evidence
- ^ The anthropology of the young Schiller: On the history of ideas in medical writings and the 'Philosophical Letters' , Königshausen & Neumann Verlag, Würzburg 1985, ISBN 3-88479-190-7
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Herbert Mayr , full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
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| SURNAME | Riedel, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mellrichstadt , Lower Franconia |