Christoph Perels

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Christoph Perels (born 12 May 1938) is a German academic who served as director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift literary association between 1983 and his retirement in 2003. [1] [2] [3]

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Life

Christoph Perels was born in Rehfelde on 12 May 1938. He married Maie Leppik in 1966. Perels studied philology, history and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Kiel and Paris before receiving his PhD from the University of Göttingen in 1974 [4] with a thesis on the perception of Rococo poetry 1740–1760. [5] He then began teaching at the Technical University of Braunschweig, becoming a professor in 1980.

After Detlev Lüders retired in 1982, Perels replaced him as director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift on 1 October 1983. [6] His time as director saw the rebuilding of the Hochstift's headquarters and the Goethe-Museum in Frankfurt. [7] [8] The new build included the "Arkadensaal" which is used by the Hochstift for special exhibitions, lectures and concerts. [3] Perels also began the Hochstift's historical-critical edition of Clemens Brentano. [9] Perels retired as director in 2003, after a twenty-year tenure. His successor was Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken. [3] [8]

Perels became an Honorary Professor of Goethe University Frankfurt in 1987.

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References

  1. "Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum: Christoph Perels scheidet als Direktor aus". Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Perels, Christoph". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Geschichte - Institut". Freies Deutsches Hochstift. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. "Christoph Perels". De Gruyter . Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. Who's Who 2007, p. 986.
  6. Jahrbuch 2003, p. 307.
  7. Festschrift 2003, p. 1.
  8. 1 2 Jahrbuch 2003, p. 308.
  9. Jahrbuch 2003, p. 309.

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