Hartmut Lutz

Hartmut Lutz is professor of American and Canadian studies at the University of Greifswald, Germany, with a special interest in Native American and Native Canadian studies.

Life

Lutz was born in Rendsburg, Germany, and studied at the University of Kiel. He earned his doctorate at the University of Tübingen, and subsequently taught British and American Studies at the University of Osnabrück from 1975 to 1994.

On April 1, 1994, he assumed a professorship at the University of Greifswald, where he established a research centre of Canadian Studies with a particular focus on Canadian Aboriginal literature and other minority literature in Canada. His academic interests are American and Canadian literatures, minority literatures, Native American Studies and issues of race, class and gender in North America.

Awards

* 2003 John G. Diefenbaker Award by the Canada Council for the Arts (awards is funded by the Canadian Government) (see: [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2003/di127245437278906250.htm] )

External links

* http://www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/staff/lutz/index.htm (Greifswald University site about Lutz)
* http://www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/staff/lutz/vita.pdf (detailed CV and publications) PDF-file