Norbert Eke
Norbert Otto Eke, Prof. Dr. phil. habil., born in 1958, studied German literature and theology at the Free University of Berlin. He earned his doctorate in 1988 with a dissertation on the playwright Heiner Müller and completed his habilitation in 1995 with a study on German drama concerning the French Revolution around 1800. Since 2006, he has been Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Paderborn, with a focus on literary theory, theater, and German-Jewish literature. Prior to that, he held the Chair of German Literature at the University of Amsterdam. His academic career has included research stays in the United States and China, as well as visiting professorships in Hungary (Budapest), the United States (Athens, Georgia), Cuba (Havana), and Japan (Tokyo).
Norbert Otto Eke is editor of the ›Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie‹ (Journal for German Philology) and the ›Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik‹ (Amsterdam Contributions to Contemporary German Studies), and serves on the editorial boards of ›German Monitor‹ and »Transformation Transdisziplinär. Schriften des KU Zentrums Religion, Kirche, Gesellschaft im Wandel«.
At the University of Paderborn, he directs the »Center for Contemporary German-Language Literature«, an interdisciplinary research institution that focuses on German-language literatures in media and intercultural contexts. His research interests lie in literary theory and aesthetics at the intersection of philology, theater, cultural, and media studies. He specializes in literature and theater from the 18th to the 21st centuries, particularly the Vormärz period and contemporary literature, with a special emphasis on German-Jewish literature.
Last Update: 2025
Herta Müller-Handbuch (Hg.)
J.B. Metzler
Stuttgart 2017
Davidfigur und Opfermotiv – Jüdisch-christliche Transformationen
(Hg. mit Angelika Strotmann)
Ferdinand Schöningh
Paderborn 2019
Durchdrungenheit.
(Mit Feridun Zaimoglu)
Königshausen u. Neumann
Würzburg 2022
Irrläufe. Herta Müllers Poetik des Eigen-Sinns
edition text + kritik
München 2024