Jörg Weber
University lecturer
Chair of Anglophone Literature and Culture und English language courses
Room 1.47 • Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3 • D-17487 Greifswald
Phone: +49 3834 420 3359
j.weberuni-greifswaldde
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Areas of expertise
- Classes on Anglophone culture and literature
- English courses at CEFR level C1+ (Reading, Listening, Presentations, Speaking, Writing)
- Webmaster of the Department of British and North American Studies
Presentations and Workshops (selection)
- 'Tea as an 'iconic' and 'national' drink in Britain' (Vortrag), Kulturelle Ikonen als Multimediale Verbreitungs- und Verdichtungsmuster, Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg, Greifswald, 31 August 2018
- 'Cultural Perspectives on the Sea' (Workshop). GrIStuF 2016: Sea: The Future - Discovering the Ocean Current, Greifswald. 4-11 June 2016
- 'Hemingway und der Alkohol' (Vorlesung). AStA 24-Stunden-Vorlesung, Audimax Greifswald, 14 Nov 2015
- 'Irony and engineering: The Caledonian Canal in Scotland and Göta Canal in Sweden' (Vortrag), Norden / The North: Anglo - Nordic Exchanges, 1700 - 1830, St. Mary's University, London, 28-29 November 2014
- 'English and German language use in Sweden (past and present)' (Vortrag), Erasmus Summer School "Language Contact in Contemporary Europe", Universität Greifswald, 21 August 2014
- 'Großbritannien und Europa' (Vortrag und Workshop), 6. EU-Projekttag an Schulen, Pädagogium Schwerin, 06 May 2013
Publications (selection)
Publications (selection):
- Weber, Jörg, 2018. “Language interest : Swedish”, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, ed. Joep Leerssen. Amsterdam University Press / Chicago University Press
- Weber, Jörg, 2018. “Visual arts : Sweden”, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, ed. Joep Leerssen. Amsterdam University Press / Chicago University Press
- Weber, Jörg. 2017. “Spiritual romanticism in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s work and life”, The Philhellene [Journal of the Patrick Leigh Fermor Society], Issue 8
- “Deutsch/German”, in: Pocket Party Phrasebook. Chambers Harrap, 2007
Vita
- born in Rostock (Germany)
- U.S. High School Diploma near Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
- Abitur (German university entrance exam) near Rostock (Germany), followed by 2.5 months in Australia
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Greifswald, eight months as an international student at the University of Tartu (Estonia)
- One school year PAD / British Council Foreign Language Assistant at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
- Two-year Masterexamen (M.A.) at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
- since 2011: Assistant professor (university lecturer) for Anglophone Literature & Culture and English language courses