Professor Dr. Klaus Stierstorfer, FEA

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for British Studies: Early Modern and Modern Texts (Prof. Stierstorfer)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Literary Theory and Literary History
  • Law and Literatur
  • Fundamentalism and Literature
  • Diaspora Studies

Academic Education

2001Habilitation
1992 - 1994Teacher training and second State Exam
1989 - 1992Doctoral studies, Keble College, University Oxford
1989First university degree in English and Theology, University Regensburg
1982 - 1989Undergraduate studies in english and theology at the Universities Oxford and Regensburg

Work Experience

since 2004Professor of British Studies, WWU
2002 - 2005Professor of English Studies, HHU Düsseldorf
1996 - 2002Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Würzburg
1995 - 1996Junior research fellow, St Cross College, University Oxford
1994 - 1996Research scholarship, DFG

Functions and Memberships

since 2011Corresponding Fellow, English Association, Leicester
since 2010Vice president, Deutscher Anglistenverband e.V
since 2004Vice President, Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft
2007 - 2010President, Deutscher Anglistenverband e.V.

Appointments

2005Offer to a Professorship for British Studies, University of Münster (accepted)
2005Offer to a Professorship for english studies, University of Düsseldorf
2005Offer to a Professorship for Anglistik, University of Duisburg-Essen (rejected)

Publications

Achermann, Eric; Stierstorfer, Klaus (2023)
In: Law and Literature, 35(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Gutmann, Thomas; Ortland, Eberhard; Stierstorfer, Klaus (eds.) (2022)
Type of Publication: Website (publicly available)
Gutmann, Thomas; Ortland, Eberhard; Stierstorfer, Klaus (2022)
In: Enzyklopädie Recht und Literatur
Type of Publication: Editorial in digital collection
Gutmann, Thomas; Ortland, Eberhard; Stierstorfer, (2022)
In: Encyclopedia of Law and Literature
Type of Publication: Editorial in digital collection
Achermann, Eric; Stierstorfer, Klaus (2022)
In: Law & Literature
Type of Publication: Research article in digital collection
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Projects

Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Short Stay Visiting Fellowship
Awarded by: Institute of Advanced Studies, Teh University of Western Australia, Perth
Award given to: Stierstorfer, Klaus
Announced at: 01/01/2014
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Awarded by:
Award given to: Stierstorfer, Klaus
Announced at: 15/02/1998
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Englische Literatur im 19. Jahrhundert auf dem Index der verbotenen Bücher (Zweitgutachten)
Candidate: Richter, Elisabeth-Marie | Supervisors: Stierstorfer, Klaus; Wolf, Hubert
Period of time: 01/04/2009 - 25/02/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Modelling Rural and Urban Place in Post-Ceasefire and Post-Agreement Northern Irish Narrative Fiction
Candidate: Windt-Wetzel, Leonie | Supervisors: Stierstorfer, Klaus
Period of time: 01/04/2013 - 20/12/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Nation, Home and Identity: An Inquiry into Diasporic Trajectories in Selected ‘Post- 9/11’ Pakistani Novels and Hindi Films
Candidate: Jain, Jayana | Supervisors: Ghosh, Shoba, Prof. Dr.
Period of time: until 31/03/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The Influence of the Gothic on Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalysis
Candidate: Dieks, Linda | Supervisors: Stierstorfer, Klaus
Period of time: until 30/09/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
ost-Romantic Aesthetics and Constructions of Subjectivity and Marginality in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry
Candidate: John, Stefanie | Supervisors: Stierstorfer, Klaus
Period of time: until 31/03/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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