Wolfgang Zach#
| Membership Number: | 5518 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://uibk.ac.at |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature at the English Department of Innsbruck University
- Director of CISLE-Centre for the International Study of Literatures in English and employee of Innsbruck University
- Since 2008 (Renewed in 2013) Honorary Adjunct Professorship awarded by the University of Fiji
- Since 2008 Honorary Doctor of Letters at Enugu State University of Science and Technology
- Oct. 1994 Appointment as Full Professor of English Language and Literature at the Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck, Head of Department (1995 - 2004, 2008 - 2011)
- SS 1994 Visiting Professor, Doshisha University Kyoto, Aichi Shukutoku University Nagoya
- June 1983 Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification, tenure) in English Studies (Literature and Language) at the University of Graz
- Associate Professor at the English Department of the University of Graz
- 1969 - 1983 Assistant Professor at the English Department of the University of Graz
- 1979 - 1980 Alexander-von-Humboldt-Scholar at the University of Münster (Germany)
- 1979 Visiting Scholar, Mansfield College (Oxford)
Fields of Scholarship
- 18th-century English and Irish literature and drama
- Postcolonial literatures and cultures
- Literary theory and criticism
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and the Arts, First Class
- 2013 Distinguished Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal State of Tyrol
- 2008 Honorary Doctor of Letters (Ph.D. Hon.) awarded by ESUT Enugu State University of Science and Technology
- 2008 Adjunct Honorary Professorship, University of Fiji
- 2005 Grand Order of Merit for services rendered to the Republic of Austria
- 1994 Golden Order of Merit for services rendered to the Republic Austria
- 1990 Fellowship, Japan Foundation, Tokyo
- 1989 Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo
- 1989 I.M. Meyer-Fellowship, National University of Singapore
- 1988 Kadinal-Innitzer-Prize in the field of the Humanities (Vienna, Austria)
- 1984 Order of Merit of the City of Graz
- 1979 Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellowship (University of Münster, Mansfield College Oxford)
- 1979 Theodor-Koerner-Award for Outstanding Research Vienna (Austria)
