Dr. Irmela Krüger Fürhoff

Professor

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Biography

Irmela Marei Krüger-Fürhoff is a Professor of Modern German Literature at the Institute for German and Dutch Philology at Freie Universität Berlin. She specializes in Modern German literature with a focus on literature from around 1800, as well as media theory and media history. Krüger-Fürhoff has held various positions, including serving as the Executive Director of the Institute for German and Dutch Philology and leading several research projects. In addition to her academic role, she has been a visiting professor in the United States and has participated in various interdisciplinary publication series and research networks. Her work often intersects with themes of health representation, popular culture, and graphic medicine across literary texts and comics. She has published extensively on illness narratives and literary representations of disability, contributing significantly to the fields of literary studies and medical humanities.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2022-04-01 — Present

Freie Universität Berlin • Berlin

Teaching and research in Modern German Literature.

Visiting Professor

2013-01-01 — 2013-08-31

Stanford University • California, USA

Taught courses in German Literature.

Research Associate

2010-01-01 — 2014-07-31

Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung • Berlin

Worked as a research associate.

Patents

None

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Requirements for Freie Universität Berlin

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:95
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree with 10 ECTS in Methods of Empirical Social Research 10 ECTS in International Relations 35 ECTS in Political and Administrative Sciences
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Transcript of Records
  • Proof of English proficiency (C1)
  • Proof of German proficiency (DSH-2)
  • Course descriptions for ECTS verification
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences.