Associate ProfessorFranz-Josef Deiters

M.A., Dr. phil. habil. (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany), FAHA

Franz-Josef Deiters read German Literature, Philosophy and Linguistics at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (Germany) where he completed his studies in 1993 with the degree of Magister Artium(MA). In 1997, he received hisDr. phil. (PhD), and in 2004, he was awarded theHabilitation (Higher Doctorate). In 2010, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Before joining The University of Sydney as an Honorary Associate in December 2020, Franz-Josef Deiters taught German Literature and Culture at Monash University (2006-2020), and at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (1993-2006). In addition, he has held visiting appointments with the University of Sarajevo (2005), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt/M (2006), and the University of Bergamo (2018).

He has published widely on German literature, and literary as well as theatre aesthetics, and he has given conference papers and invited lectures at universities and academic societies in Australia, across Europe and in the United States of America.