Prof. Dr. Dieter Lamping

Teampartner

Start of activity:

01/08/2020

Country:

Germany

Project Affiliation:

F1 – Boundaries between genre(s)
F2 – Boundaries between language(s)
F3 – Boundaries between culture(s)
F4 – Boundaries between society / societies

Research Focus:

Modern poetry
Contemporary literature
World literature
Jewish literature since 1800
Literary theory
Literature and Philosophy

Current Research Projects:

Theorie des lyrischen Gedichts [Theory of the Lyric Poem]

A German abstract can be accessed via this link.

Publications:

Recent Publications:

Monographs:

Karl Jaspers als philosophischer Schriftsteller. Schreiben in weltbürgerlicher Absicht. Stuttgart, Weimar: Metzler 2018.

Weltliteratur. Über die Aktualität einer Idee. Oldenburg: Universitätsreden No. 211 2019.

Anthologies:

Handbuch Lyrik: Theorie – Analyse – Geschichte. Stuttgart, Weimar: Metzler. 2., extended edition 2016.

Bob Dylan. Sänger und Dichter. Marburg: LiteraturWissenschaft.de 2017.

Vergleichende Weltliteraturen/ Comparative World Literatures. DFG-Symposion 2018. Stuttgart: Metzler 2019 (together with Galin Tihanov).

Articles:

“Vom Europäischen Geist. Karl Jaspers’ Genfer Vortrag.” Offener Horizont. Jahrbuch der Karl Jaspers-Gesellschaft 4 (2017), p. 25-42.

“Goethe Idee der Weltliteratur in der Gegenwart. Milan Kundera, Joseph Brodsky und andere.” Goethe-Jahrbuch 134 (2017), p. 47-51.

“Gibt es dichterische Erkenntnis?” Internationale Zeitschrift für Kulturkomparatistik 1 (2019), p. 15-32.

“Eine Theorie des lyrischen Gedichts.” Recherches Germaniques 14 (2019), p. 31-37.

“Montaigne – oder vom Ichsein im Alleinsein.” Literaturkritik.de, 5, 2020.

“„Am Rande seiner selbst“. Paul Celan und das Ende der modernen Poesie.” Frei-Pass 2020, p. 31-44.

Career:

Career:

Born in 1954 in Lohne/Oldenburg. Studied general literature, German literature, and education. Master of Arts 1979, Doctorate 1981, Habilitation 1986.

Professor of Literary Studies at Bergische Universität Wuppertal (1987-1988); guest professor and professor of General and Comparative Literary Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (1988-1993); professor of General and Comparative Literary Studies at Johannes-Gutenberg- Universität Mainz (1993 – present).

Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS, 2008); fellow at Karl-Jaspers-Haus Oldenburg (2017).

Various teaching and research positions abroad, including Bloomington (Indiana), Groningen, and Rome.

Current Functions:

Long-term director of the Institute for General and Comparative Literary Studies and the Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Writing-Oriented Media.

Long-standing spokesperson for the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Jewish Studies; founding member and spokesperson of the Center for Intercultural Studies (ZIS) at the University of Mainz.

Dean and Associate Dean; member of the Collegiate Senate.

Deputy Director and spokesperson of the Gutenberg Lectureship.