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JYM Institute
· Resident
Director · Academic
Advising · Orientation
· German
Language Program
Resident
Director in Munich
Prof.
Hans-Peter Söder
Ph.D. Cornell University
A
native of Karlsruhe, Germany, Prof. Hans-Peter Söder is Resident
Director of the Junior Year in Munich and Adjunct Associate Professor
within the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures
and Cultures at Wayne State University.
Prof.
Söder studied at St. John's College in Maryland before receiving
his M.A. in German Studies and Ph.D. in German Intellectual History
from Cornell University. As a graduate student he pursued research
at the University of Oslo, the Universität Bielefeld, and the
University of Tel Aviv; he also served as Director of Cornell's
International Language House. Before becoming Resident Director
of the JYM in 1994, Prof. Söder was Assistant Professor at
the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he held a joint appointment
in the departments of Foreign Languages and History.
Prof.
Söder's publications range
from Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Postmodernity to Cultural History,
Globalism, and the state of the German university.
A
lover of jokes, strange idioms, and anything old - from books to
bicycles (preferably all in large quantities...), Prof. Söder
lives year-round in Munich where he continues to refine his cross-cultural
skills with his American wife Elizabeth and their three young children.
Tel.
(089) 52 35 08 33
Fax (089) 52 35 08 34
Hans.Soeder@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
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