Curriculum Vitae

Maria I. Diedrich

Professor for American Studies

Academic Career

  • 1995-Present    Director and Chair (C4), American Studies Program, Department of English, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  • 1989-1995    Professor for American Studies (C3), Department of English, Universität Hannover
  • 1986-1987    Professor for American Studies (Substitute Position C4), Universität Regensburg
  • 1985-1989    Associate Professor for American Literature and Culture, Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • 1983    Habilitation, Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • 1976-1985    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • 1976 PhD. in American Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Afro-American Writers and the CPUSA
  • 1975-1976    Lecturer for American Literature and Culture, Department of New Languages and Literatures, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • 1974-1976    Post-Graduate Student, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • 1969-1974    Philipps-Universität Marburg, British and American Studies / Political Science / Pedagogy (Lehramt an Gymnasien)

Selected Professional Activities/Honors/Grants

  • 1997-2011: General Editor of FORECAAST (Forum for European Contributions in African American Studies, LIT-Verlag) http://www.lit-verlag.de/
  • 1997-Present: Advisory Board of ENCARTA AFRICANA
  • 1996-2010: General Editor (with H.L. Gates/Harvard University and Ch. Mulvey/King Alfred’s College) of The African American Electronic Research Library Project (Matthews; University of Virginia Press) http://www.rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/
  • 1992-2002: Founding President, Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) http://www.caar-web.org/
  • 1992-96: Vice-President and Executive Board, German Association for American Studies (GAAS)
  • 1991-Present: Advisory Board of Les Cahiers Charles, Sorbonne, Paris
  • 1991: Schlesinger Library Research Support Grant,Lizzy Saunders Clapp Fund, Radcliffe, Cambridge, MA
  • 1989-2000: Advisory Board of Amerikastudien/American Studies
  • 1986-Present:Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Abt. Studienförderung, Auswahlausschuss
  • 1985-89: Heisenberg Fellowship, DFG         
  • 1984-Present: W.E.B. Du Bois Research Fellow, Harvard University
  • 1984: W.E.B. Du Bois Award, Harvard/Ford Foundation