Bernhard Siegert (born 1959) is a German
media theorist
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...
and media historian.
Siegert was born in
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
. He graduated in 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and History at the
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...
/Germany.
He followed
Friedrich Kittler
Friedrich A. Kittler (June 12, 1943 – October 18, 2011) was a literary scholar and a media theorist. His works relate to media, technology, and the military.
Biography
Friedrich Adolf Kittler was born in 1943 in Rochlitz in Saxony. His fami ...
, with whom he had worked already in Freiburg, to the department of Germanic studies at the
Ruhr University
The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...
Bochum, where he received his doctorate in 1991. In 2001 he earned a
Habilitation
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at the
Humboldt University
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of ...
Berlin. In the same year he was appointed to the chair for Theory and History of Cultural Techniques at the department for Media Studies at the
Bauhaus University
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910. In 1919 the sc ...
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...
. Together with
Friedrich Kittler
Friedrich A. Kittler (June 12, 1943 – October 18, 2011) was a literary scholar and a media theorist. His works relate to media, technology, and the military.
Biography
Friedrich Adolf Kittler was born in 1943 in Rochlitz in Saxony. His fami ...
,
Norbert Bolz
Norbert Bolz (born 17 April 1953) is a German media theorist. He served as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin until his retirement in 2018.
Bolz developed a media theory, the ''""'', that is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walte ...
, and
Wolfgang Coy he is regarded as a pioneer of German
media theory
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...
. Since 2008 Siegert is one of the directors (together with
Lorenz Engell) of the
International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM) in
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...
.
Publications
* Passagiere und Papiere. Fink, Paderborn; München 2006, .
*
..Auslassungspunkte. Inst. für Buchkunst, Leipzig 2003, .
* Passage des Digitalen. Brinkmann und Bose, Berlin 2003, .
* Relays. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, Calif. 1999, .
* Relais. Brinkmann und Bose, Berlin 1993, .
References
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1959 births
Living people
Academic staff of Bauhaus University, Weimar
Mass media people from Bremen