Prof. Dr. Ulrike Steierwald

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.130
Fon 04131.677-2618, ulrike.steierwald@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of German Literature
Assoziierte/r, Institute of History and Literary Cultures

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Vita

Ulrike Steierwald is Professor of German Literature at Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany). She is head of the Institute of German Studies and Education and serves as Dean of Leuphana College. Her research and teaching focus on German literature and cultural history (18th-21th century), modernism/postmodernism, on the interface of cultural studies and education, on cultural memory, systems of knowledge and literary aesthetics.
 
After studying German Literature, Theatre and History, Professor Steierwald received her Dr.phil. degree from the University of Munich in 1992. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Library Science Research at University of Freiburg (dealing with Leibniz' theory of a universal library system) she was deputy chief librarian at the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Since 2004 she was Professor of Library and Information Science at the Department of Media, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Receiving an appointment as Professor of German Literature she joined Leuphana University in 2011. She is member of the Institute of German Studies and Education as well as of the Institute of History and Literary Cultures.

Ulrike Steierwald is Professor of German Literature at Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany). She is head of the Institute of German Studies and Education and serves as Dean of Leuphana College. Her research and teaching focus on German literature and cultural history (18th-21th century), modernism/postmodernism, on the interface of cultural studies and education, on cultural memory, systems of knowledge and literary aesthetics.
 
After studying German Literature, Theatre and History, Professor Steierwald received her Dr.phil. degree from the University of Munich in 1992. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Library Science Research at University of Freiburg (dealing with Leibniz' theory of a universal library system) she was deputy chief librarian at the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Since 2004 she was Professor of Library and Information Science at the Department of Media, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Receiving an appointment as Professor of German Literature she joined Leuphana University in 2011. She is member of the Institute of German Studies and Education as well as of the Institute of History and Literary Cultures.
 

Projects

  1. Schichten - Gewerbe - Form. Texturen der Sprachbildlichkeit in Bewegung - ein öffentliches Symposion
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  2. Den Himmel zeichnen - Eine Veranstaltung in der Historischen Sternwarte Göttingen
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Project manager, academic) , Ansgar Reiners (Partner)
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    Project: Scientific event

  3. Tagung "Fest-flüssig-plasmatisch-flüchtig" Aggregationen der Sprachbildlichkeit
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  4. Kolloquium "Das HERZ thesaurieren": Projekt Thesaurus literarischer Sprachfiguren und Bildbegriffe
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Sprachbildlichkeit: Zur Universalpoesie eines Thesaurus
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Editor) , Wolfgang Karl Kemp (Editor) , 2019 , 143 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  2. Wie anfangen?: Literarische Entwürfe des Beginnens
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 2016 Berlin , 89 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  3. Weimar - Archäologie eines Ortes
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Editor) , Georg Bollenbeck † (Editor) , Michael Knoche (Editor) , Jochen Golz (Editor) , 2001 1. ed. Weimar , 216 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  4. Wissen und System: Zu Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz' Theorie einer Universalbibliothek
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 1995 Köln , 134 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  5. Leiden an der Geschichte: Zur Geschichtsauffassung der Moderne in den Texten Joseph Roths
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 1994 Würzburg , 198 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

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Journal contributions

  1. Robert Walsers Sprachbildlichkeit: Im Trialog mit Thomas Hirschhorns Ruinen und Mark Wallingers Schattenspielen
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 08.11.2023 , in: Arcadia, 58, 2 , p. 224-242 , 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Purpurne Zeichen: Poetische Qualität und erschütternder Realismus verknüpfen Ulrike Draesners „Die Verwandelten“ mit Ovids sprachlichen Metamorphosen der Gewalterfahrung
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.04.2023 , in: literaturkritik.de, 25, 4 , p. 71-77 , 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research

  3. Zittern – Rebellieren – Sterben: Joseph Roths Roman „Die Rebellion“ (1924) und die Traumata des Krieges
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.03.2022 , in: literaturkritik.de, 3

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review

  4. Krankheit, Sterben und Tod im Leben und Schreiben europäischer Schriftsteller. Ed. Roland Berbig, Richard Faber und Christof Müller-Busch. Bd. 1: Das 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Bd. 2: Das 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2017.
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.01.2019 , in: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, 171, 1 , p. 160-163 , 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research

  5. Thesaurieren: Bildrelationen im Beziehungssystem der Sprache
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.01.2019 , in: Figurationen. Gender, Literatur, Kultur, 20, 2/2019 , p. 7-24 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Ulrike Draesner | Schwitters | 2020
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.07.2025 Berlin , p. 247-270 , 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  2. Schichten - Formationen - Form: Zu Ulrike Draesners Erkundungen
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 11.03.2024 , p. 63-80 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  3. Das Zögern auf den Punkt bringen: Zur Performativität deutschsprachiger Poetikvorlesungen
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 08.08.2022 Berlin, Boston , p. 125-145 , 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  4. Robert Walser lieben: Ähnlichkeit im Zeichen sprachlicher Anverwandlung
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 01.01.2022 Bern , p. 551-560 , 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

  5. Bewegte Betrachtung: Zur Literarisierung des Reisens im frühen 18. Jahrhundert
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Author) , 10.11.2018 Göttingen , p. 229-254 , 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Schichten - Gewebe - Form
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research

  2. Kriegslandschaften verdichten: Joseph Roths ‚Hotel Savoy‘ (1924)
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  3. Sammeln nach 1998: Wie Provenienzforschung die Bibliotheken verändert. Anlässlich der Neuerscheinung des Buches von Jürgen Weber. (1. Bd. der neuen Reihe: Phänomenologie der Bibliothek: Redescriptions)
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Speaker)

    Activity: Guest lectures › Research

  4. LiteraTour Nord. Gianna Molinari liest aus "Hinter der Hecke die Welt" / Moderation
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (presenter)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  5. Furcht und Mitleid. Affekte und Effekte in der Krise
    Ulrike Regine Steierwald (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

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Press / Media

Prizes

Teaching