Departments, Scientific Institutions, Collaborations, Institutes
Institutes
Institute of English and American Studies
?Website of the Department of English and American Studies
Chair of English Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber
Website English Linguistics
Chair of English Literature and Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Anne-Julia?Zwierlein
Website English Literature and Cultural Studies
Professorship for British Literature- und Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Jochen Petzold
Website British Literature and Cultural Studies
Professorship for British Studies
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kohlmann
Website British Studies
Chair of American Studies
N. N.
Acting: Prof. Dr. Damien Schlarb
Homepage?American Studies
Professorship for American Studies
Prof. Dr. Volker Depkat
Website American Studies
Chair for Foreign Language Education
Prof. Dr. Carola Surkamp
Website Foreign Language Education
Institute of German Studies
Website of the Department of German Studies
Chair of German Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Paul R?ssler
Professorship for German Linguistics
N. N.
Chair of Older German Literature
Prof. Dr. Edith Feistner
Website Older German Literature
Professorship for Older German Literature
N. N.
Website Older German Literature
Chair of Modern German Literature
Prof. Dr. Ursula Regener
Website Modern German Literature
Chair of Modern German Literature
Prof. Dr. Marcus Hahn
Website Modern German Literature
Professorship for Modern German Literature
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Daiber
Website Modern German Literature
Chair of German Language and Literature Education
Prof. Dr. Anita Schilcher
Website Didactics of German Language and Literature
Professorship for German as a Foreign Language
Prof. Dr. Maria Thurmair
Website German as a Foreign Language
Professorship for German as a Second Language
Prof. Dr. Rupert Hochholzer
Website German as a Second Language
Professorship für Multilingualism (Focus: German as Additional Language)
N. N.
Website of the (Junior)Professorship for Multilingualism with focus on German as additional language
Professorship for Multilingualism
Prof. Dr. Jonas Grünke
Website Professorship Multlingualism
Institute of Information and Media, Language and Culture (I:IMSK)
Chair of General and Comparative Linguistics (AVS)
N. N.
Acting: Prof. Dr. Laura Becker
Website AVS
Chair of Information Sciences
Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz
Website Information Sciences
Professorship for Information Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Bernd Ludwig
Website Information Linguistics
Chair of Media Informatics
Prof. Dr. Christian?Wolff
Homepage?Media Informatics
Professorship for Media Informatics
Prof. Dr. Niels Henze
Website Media Informatics
Chair of Media Sciences
Prof. Dr. Bernhard?Dotzler
Website ?Media Sciences
Professorship for Media Aesthetics
Prof. Dr. Christiane Heibach
Homepage Media Aesthetics
Chair of Comparative Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Daniel?Drascek?
Homepage?Comparative Cultural Sciences
Professorship for Comparative Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Gunther Hirschfelder
Website?Comparative Cultural Sciences
Professorship for Collective and Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Heike Delitz
Website Collective and Cultural Studies
Professorship for Digital Humanities
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mareike Schumacher
Website Digital Humanities
Institute of Classical Philology
Chair of Classical Philology (Greek Philology)
Prof. Dr. Michael Krewet
Website Greek Philology
Chair of Classical Philology (Latin Philology)
Prof. Dr. Jan-Wilhelm?Beck?
Website?Latin Philology
Institute of Romance Studies
?Website of the Department of Romance Studies
Chair of Romance Studies????????????
Prof. Dr. Maria?Selig
Website Romance Studies
Chair of Spanish and French Cultural and Literary Studies
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Schuchardt
Website?Romance Studies
Professorship for Romance Linguistics
N. N.
Acting: Prof. Dr. Katharina Gerhalter
Website?Romance Linguistics
Chair of French and Italian Literatary and Cultural Studies (Romance Studies)
Prof. Dr. Isabella von Treskow
Website?Romance Studies
Professorship for Romance Studies - Cultural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ralf?Junkerjürgen
Website?Romance Cultural Studies
Institute of Slavic Studies
Website of Department of Slavic Studies
Chair of Slavic Studies (Linguistics)
Prof.?Dr. Bj?rn?Hansen?
Website?Slavic Linguistics
Chair of Literature and Culturar Studies
Prof. Dr. Mirja Lecke
Homepage?Slavic Literature and Cultural Studies
Professorship for Comparative Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Gelhard
Website?Comparative Cultural Studies
Professorship for Slavic-Jewish Studies
Prof. Dr. Sabine Koller
Website?Slavic-Jewish Studies
Professorship for Bohemian Studies and West Slavic Studies
Prof. Dr. Marek Nekula
Website Bohemian Studies and West Slavic Studies
Management of Institutes as of April 1, 2025
Department of Classical Studies
Management:
Prof. Dr. Michael Krewet
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Jan-Wilhelm Beck
Department of German Studies
Management:
Prof. Dr. Marcus Hahn
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Daiber
Department of English and American Studies
Management:
Prof. Dr. Jochen Petzold
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kohlmann
Department of Romance Studies
Management:
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Schuchardt
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Isabella von Treskow
Spain Research Center
Director:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Junkerjürgen
Management:
Prof. Dr. Hubert P?ppel
Department of Slavic Studies
Management:
Prof. Dr. Sabine Koller
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Gelhard
Bohemicum
Management:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Marek Nekula
Department of Information, Media, Language, and Culture
Management:
Prof. Dr. Heike Delitz
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz
Scientific Institutions
DIMAS - Department of Interdisciplinary and Multiscale Area Studies
DIMAS was founded in 2022, following on from CITAS. CITAS was founded in 2017 as a platform for coordinating and developing collaborative area studies activities between institutions, projects and colleagues in Regensburg.
DIMAS is continuing this academic tradition with six permanent professorships, postdoctoral and doctoral positions, and an innovative teaching and research programme.?Find out more about the DIMAS here.
Research Center for Cultural and Collective Studies
The research center bundles and promotes activities on "collectivity" and disseminates them through publications:
To name the activities in detail:
- independent research and teaching based on this research;
- awarding of doctoral scholarships and
- organization of symposia on the topic of "collectivity";
- publication of the Journal of Cultural and Collective Studies (ZKKW);
- publication of the series "Kultur und Kollektiv" (Culture and Collective).
More information is available here.
Research Center German in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (DiMOS)
DiMOS researches and documents the German language in Eastern Europe within the framework of the historical and current multilingual situation of this region. Close attention is given to the neighboring languages in this area, and we thus collaborate with universities and other scientific institutions on this basis.
More information is available on DiMOS' website.
Bohemicum
For more information visit our website.
Hungaricum - Hungarian Institute (HUI)
The Hungaricum - Hungarian Institute (HUI), was founded in 2015 as the successor to the University of Regensburg's Hungary Center, which was established in 2012. It is part of the focus on East, East-Central and Southeast Europe at the academic location of Regensburg.
The HUI's tasks include in particular:
- the networking and promotion of teaching about Hungary in Regensburg, especially within the framework of the additional educational program "Hungaricum";
- the initiation and implementation of research projects related to Hungary;
- the transfer of knowledge about Hungary to both the university and the broader public.
More information is available here.
Research Networks and Forums
Language and Law
There are manifold and fundamental interrelations and interdependencies between language and law, far too many to be dealt with in isolation by law or linguistics alone. Rather, a multifaceted exchange between the different fields is necessary. Our working group, which includes members of several faculties of the University of Regensburg, is dedicated to this task.
Please visit our website for more information.
Research Group NAMEN
The NAMEN research group was established at the University of Regensburg in 1998 to study etymology, history, and use of proper names. Professors and research assistants from various faculties joined forces to pool their knowledge, to initiate joint projects and firmly to establish onomastics as an interdisciplinary field of research at the University of Regensburg. The NAMEN research group works closely with partners at other universities and scientific institutions in Germany and abroad; in this way, it actively shapes the international research discussion.
Please visit our website for more information.
Research Center "Spain"
The Research Center Spain of the University of Regensburg organizes bilingual readings with Spanish poets under the title “Viaje poético” in cooperation with the Instituto Cervantes Munich.
Please visit our website for more information.