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Prof. Dr. Vera Nünning

Vice-Rector for International Affairs

b. April 3, 1961, Cologne

Curriculum Vitae

1987
Licentiate (Staatsprüfung Gymnasium) in History, English Philology, Pedagogics, University of Cologne

1989
PhD in English Philology, University of Cologne

1989-1996
Research assistant at the Historical Institute, University of Cologne

1995
Habilitation in Modern History at the University of Cologne

1996-2000
Assistant professor at the Historical Institute, University of Cologne

1999
Guest lecturer at the Program for North American Studies at the University of Bonn

2000-2002
Professor of English literature and culture, University of Brunswick

2001-2002
Head of the Department of English Philology, University of Brunswick

2001
Offer of a chair of English literature at the University of Osnabrück (declined) since 2002 Chair of English philology at the University of Heidelberg

2002-2003/2004-2005
Head of the Department of English Philology, University of Heidelberg

2006
Visiting Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain

Since 2006
Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Heidelberg

Fields of Interest

British and American History of the 18th and 19th century, British Literature and Culture from the 16th century to the present, Narratology, Gender Studies

Selected Publications

  • "A 'Culture-sensitive Approach' to Transcultural Literary History." Studying Transcultural Literary History, ed. Gunilla Lindberg-Wada. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 2006, 43-52.
  • "Problémy a perspektivy kulturne senzitivního prístupu k literární historii." Ceská literatura 54.1 (2006), 77-95.
  • Kulturgeschichte der englischen Literatur: Von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart, ed. Vera Nünning. UTB 2663. Tübingen: Francke 2005, IX + 346 S.
  • "Fictions of Collective Memory." Literature, Literary History, and Cultural Memory. REAL 21, (2005), 350-330.
  • "The Importance of Being English: European Perspectives on Englishness." European Views on Englishness, eds. Vera Nünning, Jürgen Schlaeger. EJES: European Journal of English Studies 8,2 (2004), 145-158.
  • "Unreliable Narration and the Historical Variability of Values and Norms: The Vicar of Wakefield as a Test-case of a Cultural-Historical Narratology." Style 38.2 (2004), 236-252.
  • Erzähltextanalyse und Gender Studies, eds. Vera & Ansgar Nünning. Sammlung Metzler, Bd. 344. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag 2004, VIII + 218 S.
  • "Probleme der Darstellbarkeit von Geschichte: Die narrative Inszenierung geschichtstheoretischer Konzepte in ausgewählten britischen Romanen des späten 18. Jahrhunderts." Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift 53,4 (2003), 415-437.
  • Konzepte der Kulturwissenschaften: Theoretische Grundlagen, Ansätze, Perspektiven, eds. Vera & Ansgar Nünning. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag 2003 (1. Nachdr. 2004), X + 388 S. (koreanische Übersetzung: Seoul: Euro Trading & Publishing Co. 2006).
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