Paul Michael Lützeler
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Paul Michael Lutzeler is a German-American German studies
and comparative literature
scholar. He teaches as Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis
. He is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz
and the Goethe Medal
, among other awards.
in Bloomington. In 1973 he moved to St. Louis, where he became a professor at Washington University. In 1985 he founded the European Studies Program at the Washington University, of which he was in charge for 20 years. Also in 1985 he founded the Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature, which he still chairs. Since 1985 he has been inviting an author and a critic from one of the German speaking countries every year to St. Louis for teaching and researching. In 2002 he founded the yearbook Gegenwartsliteratur. Ein germanistisches Jahrbuch which he is editing together with Erin McGlothlin. Lutzeler is also engaged in exchange programs between Washington University and different European and Asian universities. He was guest professor in Princeton
, Tübingen
, Graz
, Mainz, Greifswald
, Freiburg
, New Delhi
, Beijing
, Madrid
, and Tokyo
among others.
Lutzeler is President of the IAB (International Research Circle Hermann Broch) and was from 2005 to 2010 Vice-President of Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik. He is a member of the strategy commission of the Wissenschaftsrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Lutzeler is a German and American citizen and lives in St. Louis. He is married and has two adult children.
. Lutzeler is an expert for the Austro-American exile-author Hermann Broch
, whose works he edited and whose biography he has written. Lutzeler also published essays and books about the discourses of postmodernism
, postcolonialism
, continentalization, and globalization
. Several of his works were translated into foreign languages. He also writes for German newspapers and magazines like Die Zeit
, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
, Die Welt
, Frankfurter Rundschau
, the Neue Rundschau and the Merkur
.
German studies
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...
and comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
scholar. He teaches as Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
. He is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz
Bundesverdienstkreuz
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has existed since 7 September 1951, and between 3,000 and 5,200 awards are given every year across all classes...
and the Goethe Medal
Goethe Medal
The Goethe Medal, also known as the Goethe-Medaille, is a yearly prize given by the Goethe Institute honoring non-Germans for meritorious contributions in the spirit of the Institute. It is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany....
, among other awards.
Life
Lutzeler studied German and English Literature, Philosophy and History in Berlin, Edinburgh, Vienna and Munich. In 1968 he emigrated to the United States and in 1972 he defended his dissertation at Indiana UniversityIndiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
in Bloomington. In 1973 he moved to St. Louis, where he became a professor at Washington University. In 1985 he founded the European Studies Program at the Washington University, of which he was in charge for 20 years. Also in 1985 he founded the Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature, which he still chairs. Since 1985 he has been inviting an author and a critic from one of the German speaking countries every year to St. Louis for teaching and researching. In 2002 he founded the yearbook Gegenwartsliteratur. Ein germanistisches Jahrbuch which he is editing together with Erin McGlothlin. Lutzeler is also engaged in exchange programs between Washington University and different European and Asian universities. He was guest professor in Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Mainz, Greifswald
Greifswald
Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...
, Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
among others.
Lutzeler is President of the IAB (International Research Circle Hermann Broch) and was from 2005 to 2010 Vice-President of Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik. He is a member of the strategy commission of the Wissenschaftsrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Lutzeler is a German and American citizen and lives in St. Louis. He is married and has two adult children.
Work
Lutzeler's main research interests are contemporary German literature, the literary discourse about Europe, German speaking Exile-Literature in the U.S., and German and European RomanticismRomanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
. Lutzeler is an expert for the Austro-American exile-author Hermann Broch
Hermann Broch
Hermann Broch was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists.-Life:Broch was born in Vienna to a prosperous Jewish family and worked for some time in his family's factory, though he maintained his literary interests privately...
, whose works he edited and whose biography he has written. Lutzeler also published essays and books about the discourses of postmodernism
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...
, postcolonialism
Postcolonialism
Post-colonialism is a specifically post-modern intellectual discourse that consists of reactions to, and analysis of, the cultural legacy of colonialism...
, continentalization, and globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
. Several of his works were translated into foreign languages. He also writes for German newspapers and magazines like Die Zeit
Die Zeit
Die Zeit is a German nationwide weekly newspaper that is highly respected for its quality journalism.With a circulation of 488,036 and an estimated readership of slightly above 2 million, it is the most widely read German weekly newspaper...
, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung is a major German language Swiss daily newspaper based in Zurich.One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by Salomon Gessner, from January 12, 1780, and was renamed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821...
, Die Welt
Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times...
, Frankfurter Rundschau
Frankfurter Rundschau
The Frankfurter Rundschau is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition as well as an e-paper...
, the Neue Rundschau and the Merkur
Merkur
Merkur , Mercury) was an automobile brand which was briefly marketed by Ford Motor Company in the United States and Canada from 1985 to 1989...
.
Awards
- Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst, 1st class
- Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1st class
- Großes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
- Goethe-Medaille (2004)
- Outstandig Educator Award of the American Association of Teachers of GermanAmerican Association of Teachers of GermanThe American Association of Teachers of German is a professional organisation for teachers of German in the United States and Europe. Teachers may be involved in primary, secondary, or university education. Additionally, retired and student teachers are welcome....
- Honorary Membership of the American Association of Teachers of German
- Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award of Washington University in St. Louis
- Research Award of Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Grants
- Fulbright Foundation
- Woodrow Wilson FoundationWoodrow Wilson FoundationThe Woodrow Wilson Foundation was an educational non-profit created in 1922, organized under the laws of New York, for the "perpetuation of Wilson's ideals" through publications and support of research. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the national chairman, and there were local chairmen in each of the 48...
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- American Council of Learned SocietiesAmerican Council of Learned SocietiesThe American Council of Learned Societies , founded in 1919, is a private nonprofit federation of seventy scholarly organizations.ACLS is best known as a funder of humanities research through fellowships and grants awards. ACLS Fellowships are designed to permit scholars holding the Ph.D...
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationThe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
- Alexander von Humboldt FoundationAlexander von Humboldt FoundationThe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a foundation set-up by the government of the Federal Republic and funded by the German Foreign Office, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and others for the promotion of international co-operation...
- Zentrum für interdisziplinaere Forschungen, BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
- Humanities Research Center, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
- Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, EssenEssen- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
- Berlin Kolleg für vergleichende Geschichte Europas
Books (Selection)
- Hermann Broch: Eine Biographie. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985.
- Geschichte in der Literatur. Studien zu Werken von Lessing bis Hebbel. Piper, München 1987.
- Die Schriftsteller und Europa. Von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart. Piper, München 1992.
- Europäische Identität und Multikultur". Stauffenburg, Tübingen 1997.
- Postmoderne und postkoloniale deutschsprachige Literatur. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2005.
- Kontinentalisierung: Das Europa der Schriftsteller. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2007.
- Bürgerkrieg global. Menschenrechtsethos und deutschsprachiger Gegenwartsroman. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 2009.
- Hermann Broch und die Moderne. Wilhelm Fink, München 2011
Editions (Selection)
- Hermann Broch. Kommentierte Werkausgabe, 17 Bände. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1974-1981.
- Deutsche Literatur in der Bundesrepublik seit 1965 (mit Egon Schwarz). Athenaeum, Königstein 1980
- Romane und Erzählungen der deutschen Romantik. Neue Interpretationen. Reclam, Stuttgart 1981.
- Goethes Erzählwerk. Interpretationen (mit James E. McLeod). Reclam, Stuttgart 1985.
- Spätmoderne und Postmoderne. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1991.
- Hoffnung Europa. Deutsche Essays von Novalis bis Enzensberger. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994.
- Europe after Maastricht. American and European Perspectives. Berghahn Books, Providence, Oxford 1994.
- Poetik der Autoren. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994.
- Hannah Arendt-Hermann Broch. Briefwechsel 1946-1951. Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996.
- Schreiben zwischen den Kulturen. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996.
- Der postkoloniale Blick. Deutsche Autoren berichten aus der Dritten Welt. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
- Räume der literarischen Postmoderne. Gender, Performativität, Globalisierung. Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2000.
- Kleists Erzählungen und Dramen. Neue Studien (mit David Pan). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2001.
- Hermann Broch. Visionary in Exile. The 2001 Yale Symposium (mit Matthias Konzett, Willy Riemer und Christa Sammmons). Camden House, Rochester, N.Y. 2003.
- Freundschaft im Exil. Thomas Mann und Hermann Broch. Klostermann Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004.
- Hermann Broch und die Künste (with Alice Staskova), DeGruyter, Berlin 2009.
- Verlorener Sohn? Hermann Brochs Briefwechsel mit Armand. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2011.
- Die Ethik der Literatur. Deutsche Autoren der Gegenwart (mit Jennifer Kapczynski). Göttingen, Wallstein 2011.
Editorial Work
- The German QuarterlyThe German QuarterlyThe German Quarterly is a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to German studies.-History:It first appeared in 1928 and is published under the auspices of the American Association of Teachers of German...
(1988–1991) - Gegenwartsliteratur. A German Studies Yearbook (since 2002)
Advisory Board
- The German QuarterlyThe German QuarterlyThe German Quarterly is a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to German studies.-History:It first appeared in 1928 and is published under the auspices of the American Association of Teachers of German...
(1992-1994, 1998-2003) - Jahrbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache (1986-1996)
- South Atlantic ReviewSouth Atlantic ReviewThe South Atlantic Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. It was established in 1935 and publishes articles and reviews in the fields of language and literature. Its editor-in-chief is Matthew Roudané....
(1998-2001) - Recherches Germaniques (since 2001)
- Literaturstrasse. Deutsch-Chinesisches Jahrbuch (since 2000)
- Comparative Literature StudiesComparative Literature StudiesComparative Literature Studies is an academic journal in the field of comparative literature. It publishes essays ranging across the traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Articles also explore movements, themes, forms, the history of ideas, relations between authors, and...
(since 2002) - Moderne: Kulturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch (since 2005)
- Études Germaniques (since 2009)
- Revista de Filologia Alemana (since 2009)
- Palaestra (since 2010)
- Studia Theodisca (since 2011)
Literature
- Michael Kessler et al. (ed.): Hermann Broch - Neue Studien. Festschrift für Paul Michael Lützeler zum 60. Geburtstag. Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2003 (mit Schriftenverzeichnis Paul Michael Lützeler)
- Mark W. Rectanus (ed.): Über Gegenwartsliteratur/About Contemporary Literature. Festschrift für Paul Michael Lützeler zum 65. Geburtstag. Bielefeld, Aisthesis 2008 (mit Schriftenverzeichnis Paul Michael Lützeler).