President
Professor Dr Peter-André Alt
President of the German Rectors´ Conference since 1 August 2018
The President heads the Executive Board. He or she represents the HRK internally and externally, is responsible for the day-to-day business and convenes and chairs the meetings of the various decision-making bodies. The term of office is three years and holders may only be re-elected once.
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Born in Berlin | |
| 1979-1984 | Degree in German Studies, Political Science, History and Philosophy, Free University of Berlin | |
| 1984 | Doctoral degree in German Studies | |
| 1985-1987 | Casual academic staff member, German Studies Department, Free University of Berlin | |
| 1987-1992 | Research assistant, German Studies Department, Free University of Berlin | |
| 1992-1993 | Habilitation fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) | |
| 1993 | Habilitation in German Studies | |
| 1993/1994 | Interim professorship, University of Rostock | |
| 1994-1995 | Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG) | |
| 1995-2002 | Professorship (C 4) in Modern German Literature, Ruhr University Bochum | |
| 1996-1997 | Executive Director, Institute of German Language and Literature, Ruhr University Bochum | |
| 1997-2000 | Member of the assembly (Konvent), Ruhr University Bochum | |
| 2002-2005 | Professorship (C 4) in Modern German Literature, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg | |
| 2005 | Executive Board Member of the Institute of German Philology at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg | |
| Since 2005 | Professorship (W 3) in Modern German Literature, Free University of Berlin | |
| 2006-2007 | Dean of Studies, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin and Chair of the Joint Commission of the Centre for Teacher Education | |
| 2007-2009 | Dean, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin | |
| 2007-2010 | Member of the Academic Senate, Free University of Berlin | |
| 2007-2010 | Spokesperson for the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies funded at the Free University under the Excellence Initiative | |
| since 2008 | Director of the Dahlem Research School | |
| Since 2012 | President of the German Schiller Society | |
| 2010-2018 | President of the Free University of Berlin (re-elected 2014) | |
| 2011-2012/ 2017-2018 | Spokesperson of the Berlin State Rectors’ Conference | |
| 2014-2016 | Chair of the Executive Board of the German U15 | |
| From 1/8/2018 | President of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) (elected by the HRK General Assembly on 24/04/2018) |
