Ulrich Raulff

Ulrich Raulff
Portrait of Raulff at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2015
Born
Ulrich Raulf

1950 (age 75–76)
OccupationJournalist
TitlePresident of ifa (2018-2025)
Awards
Academic background
EducationMarburg University
ThesisDas normale Leben: Michel Foucaults Theorie der Normalisierungsmacht. (1977)
Dietmar Kamper
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Intellectual and cultural history
InstitutionsDLA
Main interests
Normalization
Conscription
AllegianceWest Germany
Branch
Bundeswehr
Service years
1969–1971
Rank
Leutnant

Ulrich Raulff (born 1950 as Ulrich Raulf in Hülseberg, Arnsberg) is a German cultural scientist and writer.

Early life

Raulff studied English, philosophy and history at Marburg University, gaining his doctorate under the philosopher Dietmar Kamper [de] in October 1977.

Career

After changing his name back to Raulff in 1977, he habilitated at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1995 in cultural studies. Since 1994 he was feuilleton editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, since 1997 head of department and from 2001 a senior editor with the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 1979, he was one of the founders of the magazine Tumult. He researches and publishes on Marc Bloch, Aby Warburg and the George Circle. In 2018 he departed his role at the German Museum of Modern Literature, after leading the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach for nearly 15 years.

Raulff is a member of the foundation board of the Stefan George Foundation. He is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and since 2007 the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt.

Prizes

Bibliography

Critical studies and reviews of Raulff's work

References

  1. ↑ "Von Geschmack, Ästhetik und Kennerschaft". Philipps-Universität Marburg (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "The German National Archive for Literature at Marbach: A Vision of 21st". The Europe Center, Stanford University. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ulrich Raulff: Aktuelle News der FAZ zum Kulturwissenschaftler". www.faz.net. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ulrich Raulff | ZKM". zkm.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Über TUMULT". TUMULT Magazine (in German). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Trüper, Henning (28 March 2011). "A Dead Poet's Society". Books & Ideas.
  7. ↑ "Excursion to the German Literature Archive". www.uni-konstanz.de. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Zeitung, Stuttgarter. "Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach: Ulrich Raulff: Der Herr der Zeitkapseln geht". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ulrich Raulff". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ulrich Raulff". WOLL-Magazin Sauerland (in German). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Homann, Von Ursula. ""Kein happy end" - Ulrich Raulff hat eine posthume Biografie von Stefan George verfasst : literaturkritik.de". literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Preisgekrönter Lesestoff". Der Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse - Stadt Leipzig (in German). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Curtius-Preise an Ulrich Raulff und Adam Soboczynski". Universität Bonn (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Ordensverleihung zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit". Der Bundespräsident (in German). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2025.