Joachim Umlauf

Joachim Umlauf is a scholar of literature and a cultural manager. He studied German and Romance languages and literatures in Düsseldorf, Nantes and Frankfurt am Main, and received a doctorate in comparative literature and art history in 1993. In 1994, he worked as a teacher trainer at the Goethe-Institut in Prague. From 1995 to 2000, he was a lecturer for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and directed the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris. He subsequently served as a department director at the DAAD in Bonn until 2005. He later directed Goethe-Institutes in Amsterdam, Paris, Lyon and Marseille. He also taught cultural management and cultural theory at several universities. His publications include works on cultural exchange between Germany and France in a European context.