Peter-André Alt

Peter-André Alt (born 16 June 1960 in Berlin) is a German literary scholar who has been president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) since 2018. He previously served as president of the Free University of Berlin.

Peter-André Alt
Born (1960-05-16) 16 May 1960
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationLiterary scholar

Career

Alt was appointed as professor of modern German literature at the University of Bochum in 1995, at the University of Würzburg in 2002, and at the Free University of Berlin in 2005. He was director of Dahlem Research School from 2008 to 2010. He has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, Princeton University and several Italian universities.

On 12 May 2010 Alt was elected president of the Free University of Berlin. He became president of the German Schiller Society in July 2012.[1] In 2018, Alt resigned from the Free University after having been elected president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK).[2]

Over the course of his academic career, Alt published 16 books and a number of articles, focusing in his research on the early modern period, Weimar Classicism and the modern classics.

Other activities (selection)

Corporate boards

Non-profits

Recognition

In 2005, Alt was awarded the Schillerpreis der Stadt Marbach am Neckar.

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References
  1. Pressemitteilung der Schillergesellschaft vom 14. Juli 2012 Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Anja Kühne, Amory Burchard and Tilmann Warnecke (December 18, 2017), Präsident Peter-André Alt verlässt die Freie Universität Der Tagesspiegel.
  3. Advisory Board Berliner Sparkasse.
  4. Board of Trustees Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  5. Senate, as on 7 February 2019 Leibniz Association.
  6. Supervisory Board Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC).
  7. Assembly Berlin Institute for Advanced Study.
  8. Board of Trustees Deutscher Zukunftspreis.
  9. Board of Trustees Archived 2020-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
  10. Board of Trustees Genshagener Kreis.
  11. Board of Trustees German National Academic Foundation.
  12. Scientific Advisory Board Weimar Classics Foundation.
  13. Board of Trustees German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
  14. Board of Trustees German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).

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Selected works
  • Aufklärung. Lehrbuch Germanistik. 3. Auflage Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-02236-3.
  • Begriffsbilder. Studien zur literarischen Allegorie zwischen Opitz und Schiller. (Studien zur Deutschen Literatur; 131). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 3-484-18131-1 (Zugleich Habilitation FU Berlin 1993).
  • Franz Kafka. Der ewige Sohn. Eine Biographie. 2. Auflage, C.H.Beck, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57535-8.
  • Ironie und Krise. Ironisches Erzählen als Form ironischer Wahrnehmung in Thomas Manns „Der Zauberberg“ und Robert Musils „Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften“. 2. veränderte Auflage, Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-631-41625-3.
  • Kafka und der Film. Über kinematographisches Erzählen. C.H.Beck, München 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58748-1.
  • Klassische Endspiele. Das Theater Goethes und Schillers. C.H.Beck, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-56929-6.
  • Schiller. Leben, Werk, Zeit. 3. Auflage, C.H.Beck, München 2009,
  1. 1759–1791. ISBN 978-3-406-58681-1.
  2. 1791–1805. ISBN 978-3-406-58682-8.
  • Der Schlaf der Vernunft. Literatur und Traum in der Kulturgeschichte der Neuzeit. C.H.Beck, München 2002, ISBN 3-406-49337-8.
  • Der Tod der Königin. Frauenopfer und politische Souveränität im Trauerspiel des 17. Jahrhunderts. De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-018117-7 (Quellen und Forschungen zur Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte; Band 30).
  • Tragödie der Aufklärung. Eine Einführung. Francke, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-8252-1781-7 (UTB; 1781).
  • Die Verheißungen der Philologie. Wallstein, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0175-7 (Göttinger Sudelbuchblätter).
  • Von der Schönheit zerbrechender Ordnungen. Körper, Politik und Geschlecht in der Literatur des 17. Jahrhunderts. Wallstein, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0194-8.
  • Ästhetik des Bösen. C.H.Beck, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60503-1.
  • Imaginäres Geheimwissen. Untersuchungen zum Hermetismus in literarischen Texten der Frühen Neuzeit, V & R, unipress, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-675-7.

Literature
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