Rolf Parr#
Present and Previous Positions
- since 10/2023 retired
- 09/2010 - 10/2023 Full-professorship for "Literature and Media Studies" at the University of Duisburg-Essen
- 09/2004 - 04/2010 Full-professorship for "Literary Studies/Didactics " at Bielefeld University
- 04/1997 - 01/2004 University lecturer (C2) at the Institute for German Language and Literature/University of Dortmund
- Winterterm 1999/2000 Substitute full-professorship at the Freie Universität Berlin
- Summerterm 1998 Temporary chair of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden/NL
- 06/1984 - 04/1997 Research assistant at the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Dortmund
Fields of Scholarship
- Literary market
- Television research
- Discourse theory and interdiscourse theory
- Literary-cultural groups and sociology of literature
- Literature/media relations
- Urban Studies
- Reading research
- Metropolitan Research
- Collective symbol analysis
- Mythization of historical figures
- Literary, media and cultural theory/history from the 18th to the 21st century
- Medial representations of work
Honours and Awards
- Oktober 2023 Permanent Fellow of the Duitsland Instituut, University of Amsterdam
- 06.05.2018 Diversity Award of the University of Duisburg-Essen in the category "Research"
- Oct. 2016 Appointment as Honorary President of the International Wilhelm Raabe Society e.V
- Nov. 1990 Award of the dissertation as outstanding scientific work with the prize of the Ruhr-University Bochum for 1990
