The Association

About us

The German Association for the Study of English
The German Association for the Study of English promotes English research and teaching at German universities. The association’s purview encompasses all areas of the subject. At the yearly conference, the Anglistiktag, changing thematic sections focus on current research topics from different perspectives. Prizes are regularly awarded to promote young scientists excellent dissertations and habilitation theses. The association’s integration into the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) ensures contacts with the broader European research field. In order to support English research and teaching at university, it is also necessary to promote the interests of English studies to the outside world. The Journalism and Media Prize is an instrument to address multipliers in the media. Ministries of culture and research organizations, university committees and commissions dealing with educational issues are discussion partners for German Association for the Study of English.
The Board

Präsidentin
Prof. Dr. Claudia Claridge
Universität Augsburg
Kontakt
English and American Studies
Universitätsstraße 10,
86159 Augsburg
Tel.: +49 821 598 – 2758
Email: ed.a-inu@egdiralc.aidualc

Vize-Präsiden
Prof. Dr. Jens Martin Gurr
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Kontakt
Department of Anglophone Studies
Universitätsstr. 12
45141 Essen
Tel.: +49 201 183 3427
E-Mail: ed.eud-inu@rrug.snej

Schatzmeister
Prof. Dr. Pascal Fischer
Universität Bamberg
Kontakt
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Obere Karolinenstr. 8
D-96049 Bamberg
Tel.: +49 951 863 – 2244
E-Mail: ed.grebmab-inu@rehcsif.lacsap
Advisory Board

Dr.
Sabine Bartsch
TU Darmstadt
Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Residenzschloss 1
64283 Darmstadt
ed.tdatsmrad-ut@hcstrab.enibas

PD Dr.
Nadine Böhm-Schnitker
FAU Erlangen
Department of English and American Studies
Bismarckstr. 1
91054 Erlangen
ed.uaf@rektinhcs-mheob.enidan

Prof. Dr.
Sarah Buschfeld
TU Dortmund
Campus Nord
Emil-Figge-Str. 50
44227 Dortmund
ed.dnumtrod-ut@dlefhcsub.haras

Prof. Dr.
Jana Gohrisch
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Englisches Seminar
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
jana.gohrischengsem.uni-hannover.de

Prof. Dr.
Thorsten Merse
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Department of Anglophone Studies
Universitätsstraße 12
45141 Essen
ed.eud-inu@esrem.netsroht

Prof. Dr. Sofia Rüdiger
FU Berlin
Institut für Englische Philologie
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
14195 Berlin

Prof. Dr.
Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
TU Chemnitz
Englische und Digitale Sprachwissenschaft
Reichenhainer Str. 39
09107 Chemnitz
ed.ztinmehc-ut.lihp@zehcnas.anitsirhc

Dr. Melissa Schuh
ed.leik-inu.kitsilgna@huhcs
Honorary Members
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Ahrens
Prof. Dr. Walter Bernhart
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Diller
Statutes
You can find the statutes of the German Association for the Study of English here: (available only in German)
History
We forget history at our peril. (Octavia E. Butler A Few Rules for Predicting Our Future [2000])
What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past. How to be there with the dead and yet still be here, on the spot, with the living. (Aldous Huxley Island [1962])
The “Deutscher Anglistikverband” (German Association for the Study of English) was registered as an association at the Giessen District Court on 5 October 1977, at that time still under the name “Anglistentag – Verband deutscher Anglisten”. On 29 September 1998, the association was renamed “Deutscher Anglistenverband”. The association’s origins date back to 1958. In the 1960s and 1970s, informal meetings were held between Professors of English [Chairs).Among other things, these meetings served to strategically develop English Studies at German Universities. This period also saw major student protests; in 1969 the meeting in Cologne was disrupted to such an extent that no “Anglistentag” was held the following year. The “Anglistikverband” is committed to reflecting on its own history, documenting its past conscientiously. The archive is still under construction, and we are grateful to receive any documents in private hands that provide information about the history of the association.
Preface and Table of Contents of early Anglistentage:
Departments
Cooperations
Der Deutsche Anglistikverband unterhält Kooperationen
mit folgenden Verbänden und Gesellschaften
Bankdetails
Deutscher Anglistikverband
Sparkasse Paderborn
Kto.nr.: 60822
BLZ: 472 501 01
IBAN DE40 4765 0130 0000 0608 22
BIC WELADE3LXXX