Guest Lectures

Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship for Literature

Since 1998, the Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship for Literature exists at the Department of Comparative Literature. It is sponsored by Freie Universität Berlin, the German Service for Academic Exchange (DAAD), S. Fischer publishers and the Lecture Forum of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Writers from different cultures are invited to further the critical reflection of world literatures. For one academic term, every guest professor becomes a member of the department’s faculty and teaches a course for which undergraduate and graduate students can receive credits.

Further inquiries may be addressed to the department’s secretary, Frau Putzbach.

Table of Samuel Fischer Guest Professors for Literature:

Heiner Müller Guest Professorship for Literature

From summer term 2005 the Heiner Müller Guest Professorship for Literature exists at the Department for Comparative Literature. The guest professorship is connected with the awarding of the Berliner Literaturpreis by the “Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung“. The award goes to writers, whose literary works have made a substantial contribution to the development of german contemporary literature, in the areas of lyric poetry, narrative prose and drama.

The annually selected laureates supervise each a literary workshop for young authors at the departement, in which twenty Berlin students have the opportunity to discuss their own literary works with the laureate. The project is firstly set up for five years.

First laureate of the Berliner Literaturpreis and therewith first owner of the Heiner Müller Guestprofessorship at Freie Universität Berlin is for

Summer term 2005 : Herta Müller

Samuel Fischer Guest Lectures

In addition to Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship, in fall term 2000 a series of Samuel Fischer Guest Lectures was brought into being.

The exact dates and times for the forthcoming Samuel Fischer Guest Lectures have not yet been settled.

Former Samuel Fischer Guest Lectures are in the Archive.

Other Guest Lectures

The exact dates and times for the forthcoming guest lectures at the department have not yet been settled.

Former guest lectures are in the Archive.

More Guest lectures of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities are listed in the Terminkalender des Fachbereichs.

Literature in Berlin

Research Institutes:

Zentrum für Literaturforschung (ZfL)
Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V.
Jägerstraße 10/11
10117 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
U6 Französische Straße
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 201 921 73
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 201 921 54
E-Mail: litera@zfl.gwz-berlin.de

American Academy
Hans Arnhold Center
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
S-Bahnhof Wannsee
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 80 483 0
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 80 483 111
E-Mail: mailbox@americanacademy.de

Einstein Forum
Am Neuen Markt 7
14467 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: ++ 49 - 331 - 27 178 0
Fax: ++ 49 - 331 - 27 178 27
E-Mail: einsteinforum@einsteinforum.de

Universities:

Freie Universität Berlin
Kaiserswerther Straße 16-18
14195 Berlin, Germany
Phone: + 49 / 30 / 838 1 (University-Telephone-Exchange)

Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin, Germany
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 20 930
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 20 932 770

Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin, Germany
Phone: ++ 49 / 30 / 31 40
Fax: ++ 49 / 30 / 31 423 222

Universität der Künste Berlin
Hardenbergstraße 33 (Main Building)
10623 Berlin, Germany

Universität Potsdam
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: ++ 49 / 331 / 97 70
Fax: ++ 49 / 331 / 97 21 63

Public centers for literary readings („Literaturhäuser“):

Literaturhaus Berlin
Fasanenstraße 23
10719 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
Busses 129, 219, 249
U15 Uhlandstraße
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 887 286 0
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 887 286 13
E-Mail: literaturhaus@berlin.de

literaturWERKstatt berlin
Knaackstraße 97 (Kulturbrauerei)
10435 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
U2 Eberswalder Straße
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 485 245 0
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 485 245 30
E-Mail: mail@literaturwerkstatt.org

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
Am Sandwerder 5
14109 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
S-Bahnhof Wannsee
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 816 996 0
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 816 996 19
E-Mail: mail@lcb.de

Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
U6 Oranienburger Tor or Zinnowitzer Straße
S-Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 282 20 03
Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 282 34 17
E-Mail: info@lfbrecht.de

Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin, Germany
Public transport:
Bus 100 (John-Foster-Dulles-Allee)
Bus 248 (Moltkestraße)
Phone: ++ 49 / 30 / 397-870
Fax: ++ 49 / 30 / 394 86 79
E-Mail: info@hkw.de