The Divisions in Overview
Our Divisions in Overview
Anglophone Literature and Culture
- Head of division: Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaff
- Members of staff: 3 professors, 5 non-professorial staff, 2 secretarial staff
- The division focuses on: English-language literature from the UK and Ireland and other regions (e.g. Australia, India, South Africa, Canada)
- division website
- Good to know: in charge of the annual Edinburgh Summer School; the division also offers courses on aspects of literary and cultural management
North American Studies
- Head of division: Prof. Dr. Babette Tischleder
- Members of staff: 2 professors, 3 non-professorial staff, 1 Fremdsprachensekretärin
- The division focuses on: literature and culture from the U.S.A., media theory and media analysis
- division website
English Linguistics
- Head of division: Prof. Dr. Hedde Zeijlstra
- Members of staff: 2 professors, 3 non-professorial staff, 2 secretarial staff
- The division focuses on: courses on English linguistics, viz. on the theory of the English language; focus areas: formal syntax and formal semantics/pragmatics theories
- division website
English Medieval Studies
- Head of division: Prof. Dr. Winfried Rudolf
- Members of staff: 1 professor, 3 non-professorial staff, 1 secretarial staff
- The division focuses on: courses on medieval English langauge and literature
- division website
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Head of division: N.N.
- Members of staff: 1 professor (position currently vacant), 3 non-professorial staff, 1 secretarial staff
- The division focuses on: didactics of English; focus areas: theatre didactics and didactic simulations
- division website
English Language Practice
- Head of division: Prof. Dr. Hedde Zeijlstra
- Members of staff: 4 lectors
- The division focuses on: use of English (grammar, pronunciation, academic writing, writing for professional purposes, translation, ... classes) and courses on the culture and institutions of the U.S.A., the UK and Ireland
- division website