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Erich Auerbach Institute

The interdisciplinary research institute brings together members of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with international fellows to develop joint projects at the intersection between social reality and the humanities and cultural studies. → More about the Institute.

News

04/06/2026

13-07-2026 | Quo vadis USA? Democracy and Authoritarianism

The 2026 Auerbach Distinguished Fellows, Steven Levitsky (Harvard) and Lucan Ahmad Way (Toronto), will join Rahel Jaeggi (Berlin) and Sven Reichardt (Konstanz) in a discussion on “Democracy and Authoritarianism”: “Quo vadis, USA?”

03/04/2026

Annual Focus "Public Sphere(s)"

From Agora to Algorithm: Public Sphere(s) in Transformation

03/24/2026

Auerbach Lectures Summer 2026

The Auerbach Lectures for the 2026 summer semester will begin on May 4 with a lecture by Marie Luise Knott. The semester will conclude with a panel discussion titled “Quo vadis USA?”, featuring our Distinguished Fellows Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, as well as Rahel Jaeggi and Sven Reichardt.

03/04/2026

Call for Applications

The EAI invites applications for the winter semester 2026/27 for up to nine Junior and Senior Fellowships.

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Current Fellows

04/01/2026

Cornelia Logemann

Bern | Germany

04/01/2026

Laura Katharina Mücke

Mainz | Germany

04/01/2026

Marie Luise Knott

Berlin | Germany

04/01/2026

Till Greite

London | Great Britain

04/01/2026

Bryan Norton

Haverford | United States of America

04/01/2026

Joshua Mwaipape

Dodoma | Tanzania

04/01/2026

Franco Ferrari

Pavia | Italy

04/01/2026

Johanna-Charlotte Horst

Halle-Wittenberg | Germany

07/13/2026

Steven Levitsky

Harvard | United States of America

07/13/2026

Lucan Way

Toronto | Canada

12/31/2030

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Directorate

Prof. Dr. Anja Lemke

Prof. Dr. Anja Lemke

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anja.lemke(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

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+49 221 470-1290

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Director

Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Martin Roussel

Prof. Dr. Martin Roussel

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martin.roussel(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

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+49 221 470-90368

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Associate Director

Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft

Dr. Semra Mägele

Dr. Semra Mägele

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smaegele(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

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+49 221 470-1292

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Klassische Archäologie

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Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies

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University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne

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Weyertal 59 (Back Building, 2nd Floor)
50937 Cologne

auerbach-institut@uni-koeln.de
Tel.: +49 221 470-1295