Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf
Current affiliations
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Recent German Literature, especially Modernity and Contemporary Literature
- Theory of Literature/General Study of Literature
- Rhetoric
- Study of Literature as Cultural Studies
- Literature - Religion - Politics
- Autobiography/Autofiction
- Law and Literature
Academic Education | |
| 1994 | Habilitation, University Konstanz |
| 1992 - 1994 | DFG-Habilitation Scholarship |
| 1987 | Doctorate, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Richard Brinkmann) (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
| 1983 - 1987 | Promotionsstipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 1983 | First State Examination Secondary Level II/I |
| 1980 - 1983 | Germanics and History, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen |
| 1979 - 1980 | English Studies, Germanics and History, University College London |
| 1976 - 1979 | Germanics and History, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2018 | Principal Investigator im Exzellenzcluster "Religion und Politik. Dynamiken von Tradition und Innovation" |
| since 2011 | Koordinatorin der Säule ‚Medialität‘ im "Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik in den Kulturen der Vormoderne und der Moderne" |
| since 04/1998 | Professor (C4 / W3), WWU Münster (Modern German Literature, with particular focus on Modernity and Contemporary Literature / Literature Studies as Cultural Studies) |
| 10/2024 | Mercator-Fellow am GRK 2806 „Literatur und Öffentlichkeit“ an der Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen |
| 10/2023 - 03/2024 | Fellow at the DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies "Imaginaria of Force", University of Hamburg |
| 2019 - 2023 | Head of Subproject in CRC 1385 "Law and Literature", University of Münster |
| 2015 - 2019 | Teilprojektleiterin im SFB 1150 "Kulturen des Entscheidens" an der WWU Münster |
| 04/2019 - 05/2019 | Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor an der University of Washington in Seattle |
| 2008 - 2018 | Principal investigator of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics", WWU Münster |
| 03/2015 | Vortragsreise in Japan auf Einladung der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik (JGG), mitgefördert durch den DAAD (Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya); Mitwirkung am 57. Kulturseminar der JGG in Tateshina |
| 01/2011 - 04/2011 | Max Kade Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence |
| 05/2010 | Acceptance to the AcademiaNet Excellent Female Scientists |
| 09/2008 - 10/2008 | Visiting Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle |
| 09/2007 | Visiting Professor at the National Mirzo-Ulugbek-University Taschkent (Uzbekistan) |
| 03/2007 | Paul Celan Fellow, Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 03/2004 - 05/2004 | Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle |
| 2002 | Ablehnung eines Rufs (C4) an die Universität Tübingen |
| 10/1995 - 03/1998 | Professor (C3), Ruhr-University Bochum (New German Studies, particularly Literary Theory and Rhetoric) |
| 1988 - 1994 | Editorial Assistant for the Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte (DVjs) |
| 04/1988 - 03/1994 | 1988 - 1994 Research Assistant, University of Konstanz (Working Group Prof. Dr. G. v. Graevenitz) |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 03/2020 | Mitglied im DFG-Fachkollegium 105 "Literaturwissenschaft" |
| since 10/2016 | Fellow am internationalen Kolleg "Morphomata" der Universität Köln |
| since 2014 | Election as Ordinary Member of the "North-Rhine Westfalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts" |
| since 2013 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Handbook Series "Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft" (de Gruyter) |
| since 2010 | Mitglied im Internationalen Ausschuss der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik |
| since 2010 | Acceptance to the "AcademiaNet Excellent Female Scientists" |
| since 1998 | Member of the Literaturkommission für Westfalen (LWL regional authority Westphalia-Lippe) |
| since 1994 | Mitglied der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG) |
| 2014 - 2020 | Regular Member of the Committee for the Doctoral Student Funding of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 10/2016 - 09/2020 | Vorsitzende des Forschungsbeirats des FB 09 Philologie der WWU Münster |
| 2010 - 2019 | Mitglied im Zentralen Auswahlausschuss der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Mitglied im zentralen Auswahlausschuss der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung |
| 2011 - 2018 | Speaker of Coordinated Project Group ‘Secularisation and Sacralisation of Media’ in the Cluster of Excellence in "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures" |
| 2009 - 2018 | Principal Investigator in the Exzellenzcluster "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Times" |
| 2012 - 2016 | Member of the International Board of the Journal GegenwartsLiteratur |
| 2010 - 2016 | Spokeswoman of the PhD Training Group Literary Theory as Theory of the Society (Hans Böckler Foundation) |
| 2002 - 2013 | Confidential Professor of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 1998 - 2013 | Chair of the Literaturkommission für Westfalen (LWL regional authority Westphalia-Lippe) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Referee for the VW Foundation in the Programme "Schlüsselthemen der Geisteswissenschaften" |
| 2008 - 2011 | Conception, Spokeswoman and Board Member of the Graduate School Practices of Literature |
| 2004 - 2010 | Senator for the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 2004 | Mitglied im DFG-Fachkollegium für Literatur-, Theater-, Medienwissenschaften |
Appointments | |
| 04/2002 | Offer to a Professorship (C4) , University of Tübingen (rejected) |
Publications
Gutmann, Thomas; Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (eds.) (2025) Berlin: J.B. Metzler Verlag. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) | |
Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (2025) In: Von Schlieffen, Katharina (eds.), Handbuch Juristische Rhetorik. Boston/ Berlin: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (2025) In: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 99(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (2025) In: Lichtenberger, Achim; Lohwasser, Angelika; Strutwolf, Holger (eds.), The Body in Religion. Images and Practices. Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Doering, Pia; Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (2024) In: Literatur für Leser:innen, 23(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/10/2023 - 31/03/2024 Funded by: Universität Hamburg Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/09/2023 - 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: 20/10/2022 - 20/10/2022 | 1st Funding period Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/12/2024 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 07/05/2021 - 08/05/2021 Funded by: Hans Böckler Foundation Type of project: Scientific Event |
Talks
| Skandal mit Ansage. SANCTA von Florentina Holzingers (2024) Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (25/04/2025) Vortrag auf der Tagung "Skandal machen. Inszenierungen und Narrative öffentlicher Ausnahmezustände“, Martin Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Einsamkeit als Schreibprojekt. Zu Johann Georg Zimmermanns Über die Einsamkeit (1784/85). Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (24/01/2025) 42. Arbeitstagung des Freiburger Arbeitskreises Literatur und Psychoanalyse zum Thema „Einsamkeiten“, Bürgerhaus am Seepark Freiburg i. Br. Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Dämonen der Moderne Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (14/01/2025) Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Dämonen. Spiritualität – Erscheinung – Materialität“, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Autofiktion Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (17/10/2024) Ein Impulsvortrag im Rahmen des Mercator-Fellowships im GRK 2806 „Literatur und Öffentlichkeit in differenten…, Universität Erlangen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| ,Und so erzähle ich mir mein Leben‘. Autobiographie als Maskenspiel Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (28/09/2024) 43. Nietzsche-Kolloquium: ,Warum ich so klug bin‘, Sils-Maria Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Frauenförderpreis 2002 der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster Awarded by: Rektorat der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster Award given to: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina; Bischoff, Doerte Announced at: 17/01/2003 | Date of awarding: 17/01/2003 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Zuschauen und Entscheiden im Theater der Gegenwart Candidate: Schwemin, Inga | Supervisors: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina | Reviewers: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina Period of time: 01/10/2021 - 01/10/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Naturverhältnisse in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur Candidate: Huck, Cristine | Supervisors: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina | Reviewers: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina Period of time: 01/10/2019 - 01/10/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Geltung der Literatur. Zur Rhetorik literarischer Geltungsbehauptungen in Poetiken und Kritiken des 18. Jahrunderts und ihrer Bezugnahme auf das Recht Candidate: Heger, Gesine | Supervisors: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina Period of time: 01/01/2020 - 01/07/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Nathan's Hate. On the Reception of Lessing's Nathan the Wise in Contemporary Drama Candidate: Pulpanek, Hanna Clara | Supervisors: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina | Reviewers: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina Period of time: 01/12/2019 - 01/06/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Zur Darstellung des Mahdi und seines Reiches in der deutschsprachigen Kultur Candidate: Othman, Omer Adam Abdulrahman | Supervisors: Wagner-Egelhaa, Martina | Reviewers: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina; Sproede, Alfred Period of time: 01/12/2018 - 01/06/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |