Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Contact Details
Room: NX15
Phone: 0121 204 3791
Email: u.schutte@aston.ac.uk
Research Interests
German language literature from 19th cent to the present
Popular culture, especially music (Kraftwerk)
Biography
My research interest is mainly in contemporary Austrian and German literature with a specific focus on cultural anthropology, extremist aesthetics and popular culture. I am the author of more than fifteen monographs, comprising major academic studies as well as general introductions ias well as seven edited volumes and roughly 60 journal articles and book chapters.
My forthcoming book projects include an English language cultural history of the band Kraftwerk and a revised version of my introduction the the life and works of my PhD supervisor W.G. Sebald.
Teaching Activity
Dr Schütte teaches modules on German history, culture, society and politics at all undergraduate levels.
Media Contributions
I am a regular contributor to national newspapers and literary magazines in the German-speaking world, such as Wiener Zeitung, Der Freitag and Volltext.
External Connections and Partnerships
I was elected as a jury member for the ORF Bestenliste for literature in 2005.
Awards
I am a fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation.
Qualifications
- PhD (UEA)
- MA (UEA)
- PCE (Aston)
Keywords
- PD Germanic languages
- W.G. Sebald
- Thomas Bernhard
- Heiner Müller
- schizophrenic literature
- aesthetic extremism
- Kraftwerk
- popular music
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From Defamation to Adoration: The Reception of Kraftwerk in the British Music Press, 1974–1981
Schütte, U., 23 Nov 2020, In: Angermion. 13, 1, p. 1-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany
Schütte, U., 27 Feb 2020, London. 336 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Reterritorializing German Pop: Kraftwerk's Industrielle Volksmusik as a Transnational Phenomenon
Schütte, U., 1 Aug 2020, German in the World: The Transnational and Global Contexts of German Studies. Hodkinson, J. & Schofield, B. (eds.). Woodbridge, p. 257-279Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Troubling Signs: Sebald, Ambivalence, and the Function of the Critic
Schütte, U., 1 Aug 2020, In: Boundary 2. 47, 3, p. 21-59 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vom Pesthauch angeweht: Zur infizierenden Gewalt der Rache bei Kleist
Schütte, U., 1 Jun 2020, In: Euphorion. 114, 1, p. 41-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Das multimediale Werk von Herbert Achternbusch
Uwe Schütte (Participant)
8 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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German Pop Music in Literary and Transmedial Perspectives
Uwe Schütte (Participant)
6 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, seminar or course
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W.G. Sebald in Changing Perspectives
Uwe Schütte (Speaker)
4 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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»Alles wieder offen.«
Uwe Schütte (Participant)
16 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, seminar or course
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Müllersalon #13 Keiner oder alle War das falsche Programm
Uwe Schütte (Speaker)
8 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
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One hour interview for radio broadcast in programme on W.G. Sebald
26/01/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other