ProfessorYixu Lu
McCaughey Professor of Germanic Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- McCaughey Professor of Germanic StudiesFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
BIO
Dr. Phil., MA (Regensburg); BA (Beijing); FAHA.
After obtaining her BA from the Peking University, Yixu Lu spent seven years as a postgraduate at the Universität Regensburg, Germany, completing her MA and Dr phil. in German Literature and Modern European history. She came to Australia as a Postdoctoral Fellow, and had taught at the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and UTS. She has been a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (2002, 2008, 2012, 2019) and an Invitational Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2019). She was awarded the Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm-Preis for her distinguished contribution to research, teaching and international collaboration in German Studies by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) in 2014. Yixu Lu was the Head of School of Languages and Cultures from 2014 to 2025. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and a Corresponding Fellow of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany). Yixu Lu is the president of the German Studies Association of Australia and a member of the Council of the Australian Academy of Humanities
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Head of SchoolThe University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2015 - 31 Jan 2025
- Professor of Germanic StudiesThe University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2015 - present
- McCaughey Professor of Germanic StudiesThe University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia28 Sep 2021 - present
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Chinese (Mandarin)Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
SCHOOL
- School of Languages & Cultures
AVAILABILITY
- Research supervision
AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA
- Academics can be contacted directly or via media.office@sydney.edu.au