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Peter-André Alt
Peter-André Alt (born 16 June 1960 in Berlin) is a German literary scholar, former president of the Free University of Berlin, Freie Universitaet of Berlin and, since August 2018, president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK). Alt is married to the writer Sabine Alt (Eva Ehley) and has two adult sons. Career Among the first authors Alt read was Karl May: at the age of eight he read Winnetou I. Following his Abitur, Alt studied 1979 to 1984 German, political science, history and philosophy at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1984 and accomplished his habilitation in 1993. From 1987 to 1992 he was a research assistant at the chair of Hans-Jürgen Schings at the Freie Universitaet, from 1992 to 1993 he held a habilitation fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), and from 1994 to 1995 he was a Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG. 1995 he was appointed to a full professorship of Modern German Literature at the Ruhr University in Bochum; 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
