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© Lars Koch
Prof. Dr. Lars Koch
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Chair of Modern German Literature and Media Culture Studies
Visiting address:
Wiener Straße 48, 1st floor, room 1.15
01219 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology
Faculty SLK
Institute of German Studies and Media Cultures
Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday:
- 11:00 - 12:00
- except during the lecture-free period
All information and registrations can be found on OPAL in the corresponding cross-semester folder.
Academic Career
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Period |
Position |
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Since May 2024 |
Full W3 Chair in Modern German Literature and Media Culture Studies, TU Dresden |
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2021–2026 |
Co-spokesperson for the research initiative “Disruption and Societal Change” (TUDiSC), TU Dresden |
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Oct. 2025–Mar. 2026 |
Fellowship at SFB 1472 “Transformations of the Popular,” University of Siegen |
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2022–2025 |
Director of the DFG project “Theater of Trans-lation” (together with Julia Prager) |
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2021–2025 |
Principal Investigator of the DFG project “Tales of Horror: Fear and Its Literary Emotional Practices around 1800” |
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Oct. 2019–Sept. 2022 |
Member of the DFG network “Gathering: Media, Spatial, and Political Constellations” |
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10/2019–03/2020 |
Fellowship at the Institute for Cultural Studies in Essen |
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May 2019–April 2024 |
Full W2 Chair of Media Studies and Modern German Literature, TU Dresden |
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2017–2022 |
Director of Subproject K, “Theater of Discrimination,” within the SFB 1285 “Invectivity: Constellations and Dynamics of Denigration” (together with Tanja Prokić); 2017–2020 Member of the SFB Executive Board |
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May 2014–April 2019 |
Open-Topic Tenure-Track Chair, TU Dresden; positive tenure evaluation in March 2018 |
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02/2014 |
Declined an offer for a fixed-term W2 Chair in Modern German Literature/Media at the University of Siegen |
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Jan. 2013–Dec. 2018 |
Principal Investigator of the ERC Research Group “The Principle of Disruption. A Figure Reflecting Complex Societies” (ERC Starting Grant) |
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April 2013–September 2013 |
Deputy Head of Chair for Modern German Literature and Media Aesthetics, FernUniversität in Hagen |
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Oct. 2011–Mar. 2012 |
Acting Junior Professorship of Modern German Literature, University of Konstanz |
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April 2011–September 2011 |
Research Fellowship at the Cluster of Excellence “Cultural Foundations of Integration,” University of Konstanz |
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April 2009–April 2014 |
Research Associate at the Chair of Modern German Literature (Prof. Dr. Niels Werber), University of Siegen |
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Jan. 2009–Dec. 2011 |
Collaborator in the DFG Network “Forms of Fear” |
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Oct. 2008–Mar. 2009 |
Freelance lecturer at the Institute for German Literature, Humboldt University of Berlin |
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September 2006–March 2009 |
Personal advisor and office manager to Dr. Konrad Schily, Member of the German Bundestag (focus on health and education policy) |
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09/2004–08/2006 |
Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Groningen |
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09/2001–08/2004 |
Doctoral fellowship, University of Groningen; Ph.D. in 2004, summa cum laude |
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04/1995–07/2001 |
Master’s degree in General Literary Studies, History, and Philosophy, University of Siegen |
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Award 2016 |
Teaching Award from TU Dresden for “Risk Communication and Risk Narratives” (jointly with Marina Münkler, Thomas Günther, Thomas Henle, Joachim Scharloth, and Jochen Schanze) |
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Award 2004 |
Prize for the Best Dissertation in the Humanities, University of Groningen (Stichting Nicolaas Muleriusfonds) |
core research areas
Disruption & Disturbance. Aesthetic Practices of Disruption and Their Significance for Societal Self-Descriptions.
Fear & Imagination. The literary and media history of fear, from horror literature around 1800 to television series.
Affects & the Public Sphere. Populist communication, invective, and popular geopolitics at the intersections of media, politics, and culture.
Theater & Intervention. Theatrical and artistic practices between criticism, protest, and translation.
Publications
Only books published since 2020 are listed here. For further information, see https://prof-larskoch.de/publikationen.
Books
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Lars Koch, Maren Lickhardt, and Matthias Schaffrick (eds.): Fragility. Contours of a Semantics, Göttingen: Wallstein, 2026.
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Jakob Baur, Lars Koch, and Barbara Schaff (eds.): *Writing Angst: Horror Literature, the Gothic Novel, and Literary Horror from 1800 to the Present*, Bielefeld: transcript, 2026.
- Lars Koch, Tobias Nanz, and Christina Rogers (eds.): *The Great Disruptor: Trump, the Media, and the Politics of Degradation*, Berlin/Heidelberg: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
- Lars Koch, Sarah Neelsen, and Julia Prager (eds.): Literary Organotechnology: Studies in a History of Discourse and Imagination, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2024.
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Lars Koch, Tobias Nanz, and Christina Rogers (eds.): *The Great Disruptor: On Trump, the Media, and the Politics of Degradation*, updated and expanded 2nd edition, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 2023.
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Lars Koch and Torsten König (eds.): Between Enmity and Self-Victimization: The Politics of Emotion and the Aesthetics of Populist Communication, Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 2020.
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Anna Häusler, Elisabeth Heyne, Lars Koch, and Tanja Prokić: Hurting and Insulting: Theatrical Invectives of the Present. Berlin: August Verlag 2020.
FIS-Box Publications
2023
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Gött:innendämmerung in der Startup-Branche, Jan 2023, In: Pop : Kultur und Kritik. 12, 1, p. 83-89, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2022
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Kontaktszenen. Narrative gestörter Wissenskommunikation, Sep 2022, In: Lili - Zeitschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik. 52, 3, p. 411-421, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Literaturwissenschaft als Disruptionswissenschaft, Jun 2022, In: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft. 65, p. 413-428, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2021
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Neben, entlang, ent-gegen: Fluchtbewegungen, Stillsetzungen und Fortgänge pandemischer Versammlungsdynamiken von Theater und Protest, 2021, Paragesellschaften: Imaginationen–Inszenierungen–Interaktionenin den Gegenwartskulturen. Bidmom, A., Broders, S., Hiergeist, T. & Gerund, K. (eds.). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Brill, p. 235-257Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Über artivistische Interventionen. Invektivität, Medien, Moral., 2021, In: Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift : KWZ. 2021, 1, p. 247-266, 20 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2020
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›Chernobyl‹ und die Halbwertszeiten der Angst, 14 Apr 2020, In: Pop : Kultur und Kritik. 9, 1, p. 55 - 60Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Die rechtspopulistische Politik der Gefühle.: Hass, Angst, Feindsetzung, 2020, Zwischen Feindsetzung und Selbstviktimisierung.: Ästhetik und Gefühlspolitik populistischer Kommunikation. Koch, L. & König, T. (eds.). Neuerscheinung ed., Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus Verlag, p. 87-120, 33 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Prekäre Heimat. Programmatik und Scheitern eines Entstörungsversuchs, 2020, In: Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift : KWZ. 5, 1, p. 1-14, 14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
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The Great Disruptor: Über Trump, die Medien und die Politik der Herabsetzung, 2020, 1 ed., Stuttgart/Weimar: J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und C.E. Poeschel Verlag GmbH Stuttgart-Weimar, 214 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Anthology
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The Great Disruptor.: Eine Annäherung, 2020, The Great Disruptor.: Über Trump, die Medien und die Politik der Herabsetzung. Koch, L., Nanz, T. & Rogers, C. (eds.). 1 ed., Stuttgart/Weimar: J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und C.E. Poeschel Verlag GmbH Stuttgart-Weimar, p. 1-20, 20 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
This information is provided by the FIS.
FIS-Box Research
2024
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Writing Angst Baur, J. (Organiser), Koch, L. (Organiser), Schaff, B. (Organiser) 4 Sep 2024 → 6 Sep 2024 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
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Think Pieces "Conceptualizing Disruption" Kneuer, M. (Session host), Jacobi, C. C. (Organiser), Ehnert, F. (Participant), Galbraith, D. J. (Participant), Koch, L. (Participant), Mai, P. (Participant), Noack, S. (Participant), Peter, D. (Participant), Rehms, S. (Participant), Thiele, G. (Participant), von Ramin, L. (Participant), Wolter, J. (Participant), Scherbaum, S. (Participant), Ingwersen, M. (Participant), Halpern, O. (Participant), Nixdorf, F. (Participant), Spatan, S. (Participant) 18 Apr 2024 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
2023
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3rd TUDiSC conference Koch, L. (Participant), Halpern, O. (Participant), Oehme-Jüngling, K. (Participant) 16 Mar 2023 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
2022
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Lili - Zeitschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik (Journal) Nitzke, S. (Guest editor), Koch, L. (Guest editor) Sep 2022 Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work > Editorial work
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TUDiSC reading circle with Prof. Dr. Joachim Scharloth Koch, L. (Session host), Oehme-Jüngling, K. (Organiser), Scharloth, J. (Organiser) 13 May 2022 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
2020
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Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift : KWZ (Journal) Koch, L. (Editor), Nitzke, S. (Editor) 2020 Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work > Editorial work
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Über artivistische Interventionen – Invektivität, Medien, Moral Koch, L. (Speaker) 2020 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Contributed
2018
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Affekt/ion Koch, L. (Organiser) 2018 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
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Parrhesia – Dimensionen künstlerischer Selbstkritik Koch, L. (Organiser) 2018 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
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Versammeln – Politische, historische und medial-ästhetische Dimensionen widerständiger Anordnungen Prager, J. (Organiser), Koch, L. (Organiser) 2018 Activity: Organising or participating in an event > Organising an event
This information is provided by the FIS.