Thomas Klinkert - Curriculum Vitae#


Full Professor of French Literature (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Education/Training
  • University of Munich (Germany): Dr. phil. (1994)
  • University of Regensburg (Germany): Dr. habil. (2001)

Employment/Experience
  • 1995 - 2001 Assistant and, subsequently, Associate Prof., U. of Regensburg (Germany)
  • 2002 Substitution of a chair (U. of Eichstätt, Germany)
  • 2002 - 2003 Substitution of a chair (U. of Graz, Austria)
  • 2003 - 2007 Full Professor, University of Mannheim (Germany)
  • 2004 - 2007 Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, U. of Mannheim
  • 2007 - 2015 Full Professor, University of Freiburg (Germany)
  • 2010 - 2014 Chair of the Centre of French Studies (Frankreich-Zentrum, U. of Freiburg)
  • 2013 - 2015 Chair (Sprecher) SFB 1015 (Collaborative Research Centre) Muße (Otium)
  • August 2015 Full Professor, University of Zürich (Switzerland)
  • 2015 - 2017 President of the German Association of Romance Studies (Deutscher Romanistenverband)
  • 2019 President of the Europäisches Pirandello Zentrum
  • 2021 - 2025 Chair of the Institute of Romance Studies (University of Zurich)

Honors, Awards and Scholarships
  • 1985 - 1990 Scholarship of the Bavarian State (Bayerische Begabtenförderung)
  • 1998 Hugo Friedrich/Erich Köhler Award (U. of Freiburg)
  • 2001 Habilitationspreis (U. of Regensburg)
  • 2008 - 2009 Internal Senior Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
  • 2009 - 2017 Member of the scientific advisory board, Maison Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l’Homme, Alsace (MISHA, Strasbourg)
  • 2011 Visiting Professor, U. of Bordeaux 3
  • 2013 Visiting Professor, U. of Paris Est-Marne la Vallée

Other Scientific Activities
  • 2004 Member of the editorial board of Romanische Forschungen
  • 2007 Series editor: Grundlagen der Romanistik (Berlin: E. Schmidt)
  • 2008 (co)-editor: Kritisches Lexikon der fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLfG) (München)
  • 2019 (co)-editor: Arts et Savoirs (Paris)
  • 2021 Series editor: Poétique et littérature moderne (Strasbourg)

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