Franz-Josef Deiters is a German-Australian literary scholar. From 2006 to 2020, he was Associate Professor in German Studies at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...

. In December 2021, he was appointed as Honorary Associate with the Department of Germanic Studies at

The University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's six ...

. Before moving to Australia he taught at

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W� ...

(Germany), and has held visiting appointments at the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

(Bosnia and Herzegovina),

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

of Frankfurt/M. (Germany) and at the

University of Bergamo The University of Bergamo ( it, Università degli Studi di Bergamo; acronym: UniBG) is an Italian public university located in Bergamo, Italy. It was founded on 11 December 1968 and is organized in seven departments, three campuses and forty-one ...

(Italy). Deiters is a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

. Deiters's areas of research range across German literature from the 18th century to the present, the mediology of theatre, literary theory, and the intersection of literature and philosophy (amongst others).

Publications

Authored Books

*''Neues Welttheater? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Neo-Avantgarden''. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2022 (= ''Philologische Studien und Quellen'' 286). . *''Verweltlichung der Bühne? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Moderne''. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2019 (= ''Philologische Studien und Quellen'' 274). . *''Die Entweltlichung der Bühne. Zur Mediologie des Theaters der klassischen Episteme''. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2015 (= ''Philologische Studien und Quellen'' 252). . * ''Auf dem Schauplatz des "Volkes": Strategien der Selbstzuschreibung intellektueller Identität von Herder bis Büchner und darüber hinaus''. Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2006 (=''Rombach Litterae'' 138). . * ''Drama im Augenblick seines Sturzes: zur Allegorisierung des Dramas in der Moderne. Versuche zu einer Konstitutionstheorie''. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1999 (= ''Philologische Studien und Quellen'' 155), .

Edited Books

*''Mord/Murder*'' (co-editor). Baden-Baden: Nomos/Rombach Wissenschaft, 2021 (= ''Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft'' 14). *''Topos Österreich/Topos Austria'' (co-editor). Baden-Baden: Nomos/Rombach Wissenschaft, 2020 (= ''Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft'' 13). *''Sexualitäten/Sexualities'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach, 2019 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 12). *''Der Erste Weltkrieg in der Dramatik. Deutsche und australische Perspektiven/The First World War in Drama. German and Australian Perspectives'' (co-editor). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2018 (= ''Abhandlungen zur Literaturwissenschaft''). . *''Herkunft/Origin'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach, 2018 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 11). . *''Angst'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach, 2017 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 10). . *''Besuch/Visitation'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach, 2016 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 9). . *''Altern/Ageing'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin: Rombach, 2015 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 8). . * ''Krieg/War'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin: Rombach, 2014 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 7). . * ''Topos Australien/Topos Australia'' (Mitherausgeber). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2013 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 6).. * ''Die Aktualität der Romantik/The Actuality of Romanticism'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2012 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 5). . * ''Terror und Form/Terror and Form'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2011 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 4).. * ''Groteske Moderne – Moderne Groteske. Festschrift für Philip Thomson/Festschrift for Philip Thomson'' (co-editor). St. Ingbert: Röhrig Universitätsverlag, 2011 (= ''Transpositions: Australian Studies in German Literature, Philosophy and Culture'' 3). . * ''Nach der Natur/After Nature'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2010 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 3). . * ''Passagen: 50 Jahre Germanistik an der Monash Universität/Passages: 50 Years of German Studies at Monash University'' (co-editor). St. Ingbert: Röhrig Universitätsverlag, 2010 (=''Transpositions: Australian Studies in German Literature, Philosophy and Culture'' 1). . * ''Narrative der Arbeit/Narratives of Work'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2009 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 2). . * ''Erinnerungskrisen/Memory Crises'' (co-editor). Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach, 2008 (= ''Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies'' 1).. * ''Denken/Schreiben in der Krise: Existentialismus und Literatur'' (co-editor). St. Ingbert: Röhrig Universitätsverlag, 2004 (= ''Kunst und Gesellschaft'' 2). . * ''Die Geschichtlichkeit des Utopischen: für Eberhard Braun zum 60. Geburtstag'' (co-editor). St. Ingbert: Röhrig Universitätsverlag, 2001. . * ''Geschichtserfahrung im Spiegel der Literatur: Festschrift für Jürgen Schröder zum 65. Geburtstag'' (co-editor).Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 2000. . *''Das Politische der Philosophie: über die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung politischen Denkens'' (co-editor). Mössingen-Talheim: Talheimer, 1993 (= ''Kritisches Wissen 7)''. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deiters, Franz-Josef 1964 births Living people Academic staff of Monash University