research profile
Rudolf Behrens (*26 June 1951)
Ruhr-University Bochum
Chair of Romance Philology (French and Italian Literature)
Faculty of Philology
Universitätsstrasse 150
44801 Bochum
Phone: 0049-234-3222631
Email: rudolf.behrens@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Education:
1970-1977 Studies in Music, Romance Philology, German Studies, Philosophy (Universities of Aachen, Köln, Würzburg)
1979 Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) (opus eximium), University of Würzburg
1980 Post-Doctoral Studies at the Graduate School, University of Konstanz
1986 Habilitation (venia legendi for Romance Philology), University of Würzburg
Positions:
1977-1980 Research Associate/Assistant Professor, University of Würzburg
1981-1983 Lecturer for German Language and Literature, University Ca’ Foscari Venezia
1984-1986 Assistant Professor, University of Würzburg
1987-1988 Substitute Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature University of Konstanz
Since 1989 Chair of Romance Philology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Scientific honours:
Since 2003-2008 President of the German Italianistenverband (DIV)
Since 1993 Member of the editorial board of the journal “Italienisch”
Member of the Association for Comparative Literature Studies
Member of the Romanistenverband
Further activities:
since 2008 referee chosen by DFG of section "Literaturwissenschaft"
1999-2003 Spokesperson for the Research Unit ‘Imagination und Kultur / Imagination and civilisation’
(11 projects) of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Since 2004 Designed spokesperson for Collaborative Research Centre ‘Darstellung als Problem des Wissens. Technik – Wissenschaft Künste / Representation as a Problem of Knowledge. Technology – Science – Arts’ (23 projects)
Since 2002 Senior Researcher of the project ‘Raum, Imagination, Subjekt. Spatiale Ausfaltungen des Imaginären in der französischen Erzählliteratur, 1750-1820’ (German Research Foundation (DFG))
Since 2003 Senior Researcher of the project ‚Raum, Handlung, Menschenbild. Sinnbildende Funktionen der räumlichen Dimension in der italienischen Komödie der Renaissance’ (Thyssen Foundation)
1993-1995 Vice Dean, Faculty of Philology
1995-1997 Dean, Faculty of Philology
Research areas:
French and Italian Novels of the 20th Century
Literature and Anthropology
Sciences and Literature
Rhetoric Studies
Eighteenth Century Literature