Bernd Engler


Bernd Engler is a German Anglicist and literary scholar. Since October 2006 he is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Early life and education

Engler was educated at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Kent, England. He graduated in English and German at the University of Freiburg in 1980. After his doctorate in American literature he started a postdoctoral qualification which he finished in 1989.

Career

In 1989, Engler became a Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, United States. After working as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sussex, UK, and as an Interim Professor of American Studies at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany, he returned to the United States. 1991 - 1992 he worked as a Research Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1992 he has been Professor of American Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
In 2006 Engler was elected President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tubingen. He was re-elected in 2011. In his term the University of Tübingen was successful in the German Universities Excellence Initiative.

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