Faculty Profile
Janine Ludwig
Academic Director of the Durden Dickinson Program in Bremen, Germany (2015)
Contact Information
Dickinson College
717-254-8103
Bio
Ludwig is a literary scholar, also Vice Head of the Institute for Cultural German Studies (ifkud), and Chairwoman of the International Heiner Müller Society. Ludwig studied Contemporary German Literature, Philosophy, and Theater Studies/Cultural Communication. She is an expert on East German and post-war literature, but also an academic all-rounder. Aside from numerous articles, she has published two books on Heiner Müller (“Ikone West” and “Macht und Ohnmacht des Schreibens”) and, tog. with Mirjam Meuser, two edited volumes on post-GDR literature: “Literatur ohne Land?” Dr. Ludwig regularly teaches at the Departments of Cultural and German Studies at Uni Bremen, e.g. seminars on German-American cultural history and relations, including German immigration.
Education
- M.A., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2000
- Ph.D., 2008
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
GRMN 340 Comp Cultures: USA-Germany
Offered in Bremen, Germany. Using the university and city of Bremen as laboratory, students will explore the experience of culture shock, the difference between American and German everyday life, structural differences in American and German public institutions, historical ties between the two countries, historic concepts and symbols, differing relationships to national culture, the effect of Germany's past on contemporary consciousness. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Dickinson in Bremen Program.