Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Günther Stocker
Professorship for modern German literature with particular focus on Austrian literature at the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
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Curriculum Vitae:
born in 1966 in Salzburg
1986-1993 studied German philology as well as journalism and communication science at the University of Salzburg
1993 Master's degree in phil.
1993-1996 Doctoral studies at the University of Salzburg
1994 Contract assistant at the Institute for Journalism, University of Salzburg
1994-1995 exchange scholarship holder at the German Seminar at the University of Zurich
1995-1997 communications scientist and project manager at Techno-Z FH Research & Development Company Salzburg
1996 doctorate as Dr. phil. in the subject of modern German literature
1997-2000 Lecturer at the University of Rome Tre
2000-2001 lecturer at the University of Cassino
2001-2004 APART scholarship holder of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
2004-2010 University assistant at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna
2007 habilitation in modern German literature at the University of Vienna
2007-2008 part-time paternity leave
2009-2010 visiting professor at the University of Salzburg
2010-2011 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the University of Vienna
2010-2014 Head of the FWF project “Cold War Discourses”
2011 -2022 associated professorship at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna
2019-2022 Head of the FWF project “Books on Screen” (together with Hajo Boomgaarden)
from March 2022 professorship at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna
Research areas:
* Reading research and digital reading
* German-language literature from 1945 to the present
* Austrian literature from the 19th century to the present
* Cold War literature and culture
"Do you need the German language?
Yes, I need it, you're good,
waun de ned umgromm and umgromm and umgromm duan,
That's what it means, what you're talking about, all the time you're talking." (Ernst Jandl 1997)