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Deans

The current deans of the Faculty of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures


Prof. Dr. Maria Selig
Dean

Prof. Dr. Maria Selig

For more information about Professor Selig, please visit her website.


Vice Dean

Prof. Dr. Gunther Hirschfelder

For more information about Professor Hirschfelder, please visit his website.


Dean of Studies

Prof. Dr. Jochen Petzold

For more information about Professor Petzold, please visit his website.

For more information on the Office of the Dean of Studies, please follow this link..

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Foto: Prof. Dr. Christiane Heibach, Foto: Michelle Mantel
Dean of Research

Prof. Dr. Christiane Heibach

For more information on Professor Heibach, please visit her website.

For more information on the Office of the Dean of Research please follow this link.


Former Deans of our Faculty

Former Deans:

01.06.1967–30.09.1968:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Göller (English Philology)

01.10.1968–30.09.1969:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Söll (Romance Philology)

01.10.1969–30.09.1970:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Helmut Rix (Indo-Germanic Linguistics)

01.10.1970–30.09.1971:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Herbert E. Brekle (General Linguistics)

01.10.1971–30.09.1972:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Erwin Wedel (Slavic Philology)

01.10.1972–30.09.1973:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Walter Haug (German Philology)

01.10.1973–11.02.1975:
  Dean: Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Thraede (Classical Philology)

12.02.1975–30.09.1977:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Ernst Heitsch (Classical Philology)

01.10.1977–30.09.1979:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Hans Bungert (English Philology)

01.10.1979–30.09.1981:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Gajek (German Philology)

01.10.1981–30.09.1983:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Leo Pollmann (Romance Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 03/1982 Prof. Dr. Helmut Rix (Indo-Germ. Linguistics)
                     until 09/1983 Prof. Dr. Joachim Kreutzer (German Philology)

01.10.1983–30.09.1985:
   Dean: Prof. Dr. Klaus Trost (Slavic Philology)
   Vice Dean: until 11/1984: Prof. Dr. Hans Gärtner (Classical Philology)
                   until 09/1985: Prof. Dr. Hans-Günter Funke (Romance Literature)

01.10.1985–30.09.1987:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Kreutzer (German Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 09/1986: Prof. Dr. Hans-Günter Funke (Romance Literature)
                    until 09/1987: Prof. Dr. Burkhardt Wesenberg (Classical Archaeology)

01.10.1987–30.09.1989:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Burkhardt Wesenberg (Classical Archaeology)
    Vice Dean: until 09/1989: Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Henkel (Older German Language and     Literature)
                    until 09/1989: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Tiefenbach (German Language and Literature)

01.10.1989–30.09.1991:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Hans Gärtner (Classical Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 11/1990: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ernst (Romance Linguistics)
                  until 09/1991: Prof. Dr. Gert Klingenschmitt (Indo-Germ. Linguistics)

01.10.1991–30.09.1993:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Gert Klingenschmitt (Indogermanc Linguistics)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Uwe Japp (bis 30.09.1992) (German Studies)
                    Prof. Dr. Jürgen Krause (bis 30.09.1993) (Linguistic Information Science)

01.10.1993–30.04.1995:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Krause (Linguistic Information Science)
    Vice Dean: until 09/1994: Prof. Dr. Ernst Heitsch (Greek Philology)
                     until 09/1995: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule (German Studies)

17.05.1995–30.09.1997:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule (German Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 09/1996: Prof. Dr. Edgar Schneider (English Linguistics)
                    until 09/1997: Prof. Dr. Dieter Berger (English Philology)

01.10.1997–07.06.1999:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Walter Koschmal (Slavic Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 09/1998: Prof. Dr. Kurt Franz (Didactics of German Language and Literature)
                    until 06/1999: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ernst (Romance Philology)

16.06.1999–30.09.2001:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ernst (Romance Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 09/2000: Prof. Dr. Georg Braungart (German Philology)
                    until 09/2001: Prof. Dr. Rainer Hammwöhner (Information Sciences)

01.10.2001–30.09.2003:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Dieter Berger (English Philology)
    Vice Dean: until 9/2001: Prof. Dr. Edith Feistner (Earlier German Literature)
                      until 9/2003 Prof. Dr. Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Romance Philology)

01.10.2003–30.09.2005:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Udo Hebel (American Studies)
    Vice Dean: until 09/2004: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Romance Philology)
                    until 09/2005: Prof. Dr. Marek Nekula (Slavic Studies)

01.10.2005–30.09.2007:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Romance Philology)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff (Media Informatics)

01.10.2007–30.09.2009:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Rainer Hammwöhner Information Sciences)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Achim Geisenhanslüke (Modern German Literary Studies)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff (Media Informatics)

01.10.2009–30.09.2011:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Edgar W. Schneider (English Linguistics)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff (Media Informatics)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff (Media Informatics)

01.10.2011–30.09.2013:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff (Media Informatics)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Isabella von Treskow (Romance Linguistics)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Anne-Julia Zwierlein (English Studies)

01.10.2013–30.09.2015:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Jochen Mecke (Romance Literature)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Rupert Hochholzer (German Studies)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Anne-Julia Zwierlein (English Studies)

01.10.2015–30.09.2017:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Volker Depkat (American Studies)
    Vice Dean: until 03/2016: Prof. Dr. Rainer Hammwöhner (Information Sciences)
                    until 09/2017: Prof. Dr. Paul Rössler (German Linguistics)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Sabine Koller (Slavic-Jewish Studies)

01.10.2017–30.09.2019:
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Volker Depkat (American Studies)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Paul Rössler (German Linguistics)
    Dean of Research: Prof. Dr. Sabine Koller (Slavic-Jewish Studies)

01.10.2019-30.09.2021
    Dean: Prof. Dr. Paul Rössler (German Linguistics)
    Vice Dean: Prof. Dr. Marek Nekula (Bohemicum)
    Dean of Research: until 06/2020: Prof. Dr. Isabella von Treskow (Romance Philology)
                                since 07/2020: Prof. Dr. Christiane Heibach (Media Aesthetics)


Former Deans of Studies:

01.10.1997-30.09.2000:  Prof. Dr. Herbert Brekle (General Linguistics)

01.10.2000-30.09.2003:  Prof. Dr. Jochen Mecke (Romance Literature)

01.10.2003-30.09.2006:  Prof. Dr. Björn Hansen (Slavic Linguistics)

01.10.2006-30.09.2009:  Prof. Dr. Edgar W. Schneider (English Linguistics)

01.10.2009-30.09.2015:  Prof. Dr. Ursula Regener (Modern German Literature)

01.10.2015-30.09.2018:  Prof. Dr. Ralf Junkerjürgen (Romance Cultural Studies)



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