Professor Dr. Alfred Sproede
Current affiliations
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Cultures and Literatures in Eastern Central Europe, especially in Ukraina, Poland and Lithuania, from the Era of the Russian Empire to the recent period
- Renaissance and Humanism in Poland and Bohemia
- Comparative Research on Pastime Theatres and Comedy in Eastern Europe
- Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia
Academic Education | |
| 1993 | Habilitation at the University of Fribourg CH (venia legendi for General Literary Studies, Comparative Literature and Slavic Literature) |
| 1982 | PhD Degree in Slavic Studies at the University of Konstanz |
| 1976 | State Examination |
| 1969 - 1976 | Studies of Slavic Studies, Romance Studies, Philosophy and History in Frankfurt/M., Paris and Constance |
Work Experience | |
| since 2000 | Teaching in Baltic Studies (Lithuanian Culture and Literature) |
| since 1996 | Advisory board member at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Baltic Studies (University of Münster) |
| since 10/1995 | Professor at the Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies at the University of Münster (Chair of East Slavic and West Slavic Literatures) |
| 02/2001 - 04/2001 | Guest Professor at the Institute of Polish Philology at the Jagellonian University of Kraków (Poland) |
| 1998 | Visiting Professor at the Slavic Department of the Harvard University, Cambridge Mass./ US |
| 1991 - 1995 | Professor of Slavic Philology (C3) at the University of Oldenburg |
| 04/1995 - 09/1995 | Interim Professorship of Chair of Slavic Philology (Russian Studies/ Polish Studies) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg |
| 1991 | Assistant Professor for Slavic Studies and General Literature and Comparative Literature (Graduate Program in Literature) at Duke University, North Carolina/ USA |
| 1983 - 1990 | Assistant at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Fribourg/ Switzerland. Since 1984, research fellow in the project of the Swiss National Science Foundation („Aesthetics and Literary Theory: Roman Ingarden - Complete Edition of his works") |
| 1976 - 1978 | Interpreter in Moscow (Hoechst AG) |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2001 | Scientific Advisory Board Member of the journal «Zeitschrift für Slawistik» |
| since 1996 | Head of Münster's Office of German Society for the Research on Eastern Europe (Berlin) |
| since 1996 | Member of the Centre of Slavic Studies/ Institute of Slavic Studies, Paris |
| 10/1997 - 2007 | Vice-President of the German Pushkin Society |
| 11/2003 - 2005 | Member of the Programme Committee for the Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) in 2005 in Berlin |
Publications
Sproede, Alfred (2022) In: Plotnikov Nikolaj, Siegfried Meike (eds.), Die Pluralität der Gerechtigkeit. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Sproede, Alfred (2021) In: Erdbeer, Robert Matthias; Kläger, Florian; Stierstorfer, Klaus (eds.), Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Form. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Sproede, Alfred (2021) In: Erdbeer, Robert Matthias; Kläger, Florian; Stierstorfer, Klaus (eds.), Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Form. Berlin: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Sproede, Alfred (2021) In: Glinianowycz Katarzyna, Krupa Paweł, Majewska Ioanna (eds.), Wiktor Petrow. Mapuvannja tvorčosty pys'mennyka. Kraków: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Sproede, Alfred (2019) In: Bierich Alexander, Bruns Thomas, Lüdke Ekaterina (eds.), 13. Deutscher Slavistentag. Tagungsprogramm – Abstracts – Praktische Hinweise. Trier, 24.–26. September 2019. Berlin: Frank & Timme. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: since 01/09/2016 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: since 01/08/2016 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Institutions and Institutional Change in Postsocialism: Between History and Global Adaptation Pressures (KomPost II) Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2015 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/10/2013 - 31/03/2018 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |
Prizes
| Election as Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Awarded by: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Award given to: Sproede, Alfred Announced at: 15/04/2015 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2015 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Literarische Formen der Geopolitik. Raum- und Ordnungsmodellierung in der russischen und ukrainischen Gegenwartsliteratur Candidate: Zabirko, Oleksandr | Supervisors: Sproede, Alfred; Baßler, Moritz; Lecke, Mirja Period of time: until 07/07/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Politics, Aesthetics, Cultural Identity.
Melancholy and Humoristic Views on Central Europe in Selected Works of Andrzej Stasiuk and Yurii Andrukhovych Candidate: Strzempa, Alina | Supervisors: Sproede, Alfred; Marszałek, Magdalena Period of time: 01/04/2011 - 01/12/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Heimat Europa / Rodzinna Europa? Andrzej Stasiuk, Jurij Andruchovyč und die poetische Revision mitteleuropäischer Phantomgrenzen Candidate: Cyris, Peter | Supervisors: Sproede, Alfred; Lecke, Mirja Period of time: until 11/07/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Wahrheitsemphase und poietisches Können. Platonismen in der russischen Literatur von Deržavin bis Nabokov Candidate: Schomacher, Georg | Supervisors: Sproede, Alfred Period of time: 01/01/1997 - 30/06/2003 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |