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'''Kurt Mueller-Vollmer''' (born June 28, 1928 in [[Hamburg]]) is an American [[philosopher]] and [[professor]] of [[German Studies & Humanities]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://dlcl.stanford.edu/people/kurt-müller-vollmer</ref> Mueller-Vollmer studied in [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Spain]] and the [[USA]]. He holds a Master’s degree in [[American Studies]] from [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] (USA) and a [[doctorate]] in [[German Studies]] and [[Humanities]] from [[Stanford University]] where he taught for over 40 years.<ref name="stanford.edu">https://dlcl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files_upload/Curriculum%20Vitae%202015_1.pdf</ref> His major publications concentrate in the areas of Hermeneutics, Comparative Literature and the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Hermeneutics_Reader.html?id=CXY_h9rkUSUC&source=kp_cover|title=Hermeneutics Reader: Texts of the German Tradition from the Enlightenment to the Present|first=Kurt|last=Mueller-Vollmer|date=1 March 1988|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
'''Kurt Mueller-Vollmer''' (born June 28, 1928 in [[Hamburg]]) is an American [[philosopher]] and [[professor]] of [[German Studies & Humanities]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://dlcl.stanford.edu/people/kurt-müller-vollmer</ref> Mueller-Vollmer studied in [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Spain]] and the [[USA]]. He holds a Master’s degree in [[American Studies]] from [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] (USA) and a [[doctorate]] in [[German Studies]] and [[Humanities]] from [[Stanford University]] where he taught for over 40 years.<ref name="stanford.edu">https://dlcl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files_upload/Curriculum%20Vitae%202015_1.pdf</ref> His major publications concentrate in the areas of Hermeneutics, Comparative Literature and the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Hermeneutics_Reader.html?id=CXY_h9rkUSUC&source=kp_cover|title=Hermeneutics Reader: Texts of the German Tradition from the Enlightenment to the Present|first=Kurt|last=Mueller-Vollmer|date=1 March 1988|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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| Education | Brown University (M.A. 1955) Stanford University (PhD, 1962) |
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Kurt Mueller-Vollmer (born June 28, 1928 in Hamburg) is an American philosopher and professor of German Studies & Humanities at Stanford University.[2] Mueller-Vollmer studied in Germany, France, Spain and the USA. He holds a Master’s degree in American Studies from Brown University, Providence (USA) and a doctorate in German Studies and Humanities from Stanford University where he taught for over 40 years.[3] His major publications concentrate in the areas of Hermeneutics, Comparative Literature and the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt.[4]
Mueller-Vollmer was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2000.[3] He also was awarded with the Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Foundation Award presented in a public ceremony at the Humboldt University in Berlin on June 22, 2007.[5]
Work & Research
Mueller-Vollmer is one of the world's leading researchers on the life and work of Wilhelm von Humboldt[6] and famous for his ground-breaking research on philosophical and literary hermeneutics. He also collaborated with the American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group Terry Winograd.
Awards
- 2014: Honorary Membership of the AATG, American Association of Teachers of German,Inc, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
- 2007: Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Foundation Award (Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Stiftungspreis 2007) Award presented in a public ceremony at the Humboldt University in Berlin on June 22.
- 2000: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse).
- 1998: Corresponding foreign member of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (Sonderforschungsbereich) 529: "Die Internationalität Nationaler Literaturen" at the University of Göttingen.
- 1997: Fulbright senior scholar for research and graduate teaching at the University of Göttingen for spring and summer:
- 1996: Appointed member of the Humboldt Commission of the Berlin- Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in 1996; in September 1997 elected "Projekt Leiter" in charge of the on going Humboldt edition. (See editorial work, below).
- 1988-1990: Project Grant and senior fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C.
- 1989: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research fellowship
- 1988: Festschrift: Poetik-Humboldt-Hermeneutik. Studien für Kurt Mueller-Vollmer zum 60.Geburtstag.Hrsg. von H. Mueller-Sievers und J. Trabant, Tübingen, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, 231pp.(Special Issue of Kodikas/Code Ars Semiotica. Vol.11, No. Jan/June 1988)
- 1979-1980: Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- 1976: Bicentennial Guest Professorship at the University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, for the Summer Semester (See visiting professorships, above)
- 1975: American Philosophical Society Research Grant
- 1972-1973: Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities For research stay in Paris, France
- 1968: Junior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- 1965-1966: American Philosophical Society Research grant
- 1956-1958: Ford Foundation fellowship for graduate Ph. D. program in Humanities Stanford University.
- 1953- 1954: Fulbright Fellowship Brown University
- 1952: University of Cologne Summer fellowship for Spanish language and literature program at Colegio Santa Cruz, Valladolid, Spain
- 1949: Scheffel Prize for best Abitur (High School –Gymnasium) -final comprehensive exam) essay in the city of Cologne,Germany.[7]
Publications
Books by Müller-Vollmer
- 1963. Toward a Phenomenologiccal Theory of Literature:v A Study of Wilhelm Dilthey's Poetik The Hague (Mouton).
- 1967. Poesie und Einbildungskraft: Zur Dichtungstheorie Wilhelm von Humboldts. Mit der zweisprachigen Ausgabe eines Aufsatzes Humboldts für Frau von Stael. Stuttgart (Metzler).
- 1970. Humboldt Studienausgabe, Band 1: Aesthetik und Literatur. (With Preface, Introduction, Critical Commentary) Frankfurt (Fischer).
- 1970. Return from Italy. Goethe's Notebook 1788. A bilingual presentation of J.W. Goethe's notebook which he kept during his return from Italy in 1788, with an introductory poem, notes, and commentary. Los Altos, California (Guido Press).
- 1971. Humboldt Studienausgabe, Band 2: Politik und Geschichte. (With Preface, an Essay on Humboldt's philosophy of man and the historical world, Critical Notes and Com- mentary). Frankfurt (Fischer).
- 1976. Wilhelm von Humboldt und der Anfang der amerikanischen Sprachwissenschaft: Die Briefe an John Pickering"" Frankfurt (Klostermann).
- 1985. The Hermeneutics Reader. Texts of the German Tradition from the Enlightenment to the Present. Edit., with an Introduction and Notes. New York (Continuum/Crossroad).
- 1986. The Hermeneutics Reader. English edition Oxford (Blackwell).
- 1988. The Hermeneutics Reader. American paper back edition, New York.
- 1990. Herder Today. Contributions from the International Herder Conference, Nov.5-8,1987 Stanford, California Berlin and New York (Walter de Gruyter).
- 1993. Wilhelm von Humboldts Sprachwissenschaft. Ein kommentiertes Verzeichnis des sprachwissenschaftlichen Nachlasses. Mit einer Einleitung und zwei Anhängen Paderborn, München, Wien, Zürich, (F. Schöning Verlag).
- 1994. Wilhelm von Humboldt und die amerikanischen Sprachen, ed. (together with K. Zimmermann and J. Trabant)."" Paderborn, München, Wien, Zürich (F. Schöningh Verlag).
- 1998. Translating Literatures, Translating Cultures. New Vistas and Approaches in Literary Studies, ed. ( with Michael Irmscher). Berlin (E. Schmidt Verlag).
- 1999. Same: Stanford, Ca. (Stanford University Press).
- 2000. The Internationality of National Literatures in either America: British America and the United States, 1770s-1850s. Göttingen, (Wallstein Verlag). Jointly with Armin Paul Frank.
References
- ^ Kurt Mueller-Vollmer, The Hermeneutics Reader. Texts of the German Tradition from the Enlightenment to the Present. Edit., with an Introduction and Notes. New York (Continuum/Crossroad), 1985.
- ^ https://dlcl.stanford.edu/people/kurt-müller-vollmer
- ^ a b https://dlcl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files_upload/Curriculum%20Vitae%202015_1.pdf
- ^ Mueller-Vollmer, Kurt (1 March 1988). "Hermeneutics Reader: Texts of the German Tradition from the Enlightenment to the Present". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
- ^ "Honors & Awards".
- ^ Mueller-Vollmer, Kurt; Messling, Markus (27 June 2018). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ^ https://dlcl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files_upload/Curriculum%20Vitae%202015_1.pdf
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