Biography
Joachim Fischer studied in Mainz, Glasgow, Bonn and Trinity College Dublin. He holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Cultural Studies and is Director of the Centre for European Studies. He is also Senior Lecturer in German and Deputy Director of the Centre for Irish-German Studies.
Research Interests
The history of Irish-German relations; cultural dimensions of European integration; the Irish image of Germany; national images and stereotypes; Shannon Scheme; travel literature; Ernst Toller; utopian studies; film studies; Fritz Lang.
Professional Activities
Committee
- 2013 Germany group, Institute for International and European Affairs, Dublin,
- 2006 Executive Committee, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature,
Award
- 2009 - Distinguished Lecturer Award, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
- 2009 - Research Fellow, Institute for European History, Mainz
- 2008 - IRCHSS Senior Fellowship
- 1999 - DAAD Scholarship for Senior Academics
- 1997 - Third Level Exchange Programme (Professorenaustausch)
Education
- 1996 Trinity College - PhD
- 1983 Universität Mainz - MA
Employment
- 1990 University of Limerick - Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in German
- 1984 Dept. of German, University College Cork - DAAD Lektor and Assistant Lecturer
- 1983 Dept. of Comparative Philology, University of Mainz, Germany - Part-time Lecturer in Celtic Philology
Association
- Member, Association for Third Level Teachers of German in Ireland
- Member, Utopian Studies Society
- member, Conference of University Teachers of German of Great Britain and Ireland (CUTG)
Language
- French
- Irish
- German
- English
Publications
Book
Germany: Looking In, Looking Out
Katherine Meenan et al.
As Others Saw Us: Cork through European Eyes
Fischer, J
Anders und doch nicht fremd. Materialien zur interkulturellen Landeskunde Irland Deutschland.
Dockrell, S; Fischer, J; Hughes, E; Hayes, J; Mohan, M; Supple, S
Elisabeth Grube und Katharina Diez. Zwei Dichterinnen und ihre Zeit.
Fischer, J; Langsfeld, I; et al
Book Chapter
On the Specificity of Irish Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century: Maria Frances Dickson's Journeys to the Continent and Kilkee
Joachim Fischer
Traveling Irishness in the Long Nineteenth Century
German culture in Denis Johnstons (1901-1984) Life and Work: A Synopsis.
Joachim Fischer
S. Egger (ed.) Cultural/Literary Translators: Selected Irish-German Biographies II.
Images of Germany in Irish Writing of the Last Ten Years (2002-2012)
Joachim Fischer
Anglistentag 2012 Potsdam: Proceedings.
A Good Irish German: In Praise of Hugo Hamiltons Mother
Joachim Fischer
Representing the Good German in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity.
Die Einführung des Euro in Irland: Hintergründe Problem Konsequenzen
Fischer J
Finanzkrise: Die Krise in der Euro-Zone / Financial Crisis: The Euro-Zone Crisis. (Schriftenreihe Europäische Studien 2)
Cultural Policy in the European Union, German-Irish Relations and the Goethe-Institut Irlands First Fifty Years: An Introduction.
Fischer J; Stehle R
Contemporary German-Irish Cultural Relations in a European Perspective: Exploring Issues in Cultural Policy and Practice.
The Goethe-Institut in Dublin and its Impact of Irish Culture, 1961-2011: An Outline History.
Fischer J
Contemporary German-Irish Cultural Relations in a European Perspective: Exploring Issues in Cultural Practice.
Deutsch in Irland.
Fischer J, Schewe M
Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Ein internationales Handbuch. Vol. 2.
Irish-German Biographies and Irish-German Studies
Fischer J; Holfter, G
Creative Encounters: Selected Irish-German Biographies.
Intercultural Connection within German and Irish Childrens Literature: An Introduction.
Fischer J; Tebbutt, S
Intercultural Aspects in German and Irish Childrens Literature
Knowing Your Grass from Your Elbow: Parameters of the Irish Reception of Günter Grass
Fischer J
Die Medien und Günter Grass. Zur Rezeption von Günter Grass in Deutschland und international.
Wagner, Bayreuth and the Irish Image of Germany.
Fischer, J
Music in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Irish Musical Studies. 9)
Adieu, I must go to Dinner': Letters of an Irish Traveller from Dresden and Berlin, 1789/90.
Fischer, J
In: Irish-German Encounters. (Irish-German Studies 2)
An Irish Traveller in Eighteenth Century Switzerland: Blayney Townley Balfour's Letters from Orbe and Berne, 1788/89
Fischer, J
From the Margins to the Centre: Irish Germanists on Swiss Culture and Literature
Introduction
Fischer, J; Lynch, P; Coates, B
Back to the Present, Forward to the Past: Irish Writing and History since 1798. Vol. I.
Introduction.
Fischer, J; Neville, G
As Others See Us: Cork through European Eyes. Cork: Collins Press 2005, 1-5
Kenny Dodd goes mad: or, Charles Lever's unsentimental journey through Germany
Fischer, J
Denkbilder - Festschrift fur Eoin Bourke.
'Deutscher und Ire' (ca. 1845/46).
Fischer, J; Weerth, G
Poetry Project. Irish Germanists Interpret German Verse
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben 'Lied der Deutschen' (1841).
Fischer, J
Poetry Project. Irish Germanists Interpret German Verse.
Aspects of the Irish reception of German culture: Goethe Schubert et al.
Fischer, J
Goethe and Schubert: Across the Divide.
The eagle that never landed: a history of uses and abuses of the German language in Ireland.
Fischer, J
Languages in Ireland.
Rosa Luxemburg 1871-1919: German political and social revolutionary, and letter writer.
Fischer, J
Encyclopedia of Life Writing. Autobiographical and Biographical Forms. Vol. II.
'Marchen aus Irlands Gauen': Irisches und dessen Vermittlung im Kaiserreich.
Fischer, J
Literaturvermittlung um 1900.
Ernst Toller 1893-1939: German playwright, political activist, and autobiographer
Fischer, J
Encyclopedia of Life Writing. Autobiographical and Biographical Forms. Vol.II.
Deutschunterricht und Germanistikstudium in der Republik Irland.
Fischer, J; Schewe, ML
Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Ein internationales Handbuch. 2. Halbband.
... 'thar lear' chomh iomlan is chomh aoibhinn ...": Aspekte des Deutschlandbildes in der zeitgenossischen irischsprachigen Literatur Irlands."
Fischer, J
Philologica et linguistica. Festschrift fur Helmut Humbach.
Nineteenth-century Irish travellers to Germany and their tales
Fischer, J
Das schwierige 19. Jahrhundert. Germanistische Tagung zum 65. Geburtstag von Eda Sagarra im August 1998
The bi-cultural classroom: more German-Irish experiences.
Fischer, J
Intercultural Communication and Language Learning.
Irish-German Studies in Ireland - A bibliography of research 1995-1999.
Fischer, J
Yearbook of the Centre for Irish-German Studies 1998/99
Verzeichnis der wichtigsten Handschriften in offentlichen Bibliotheken.
Fischer, J; Langsfeld, I
Elisabeth Grube und Katharina Diez. Zwei Dichterinnen und ihre Zeit.
Ernst Toller and Ireland.
Fischer, J
German Writers and Politics 1918-39.
Elisabeth Grube geb. Diez (1803-1871) und Katharina Diez (1809-1882). Leben und Werk zweier Schriftstellerinnen aus Netphen.
Fischer, J
Elisabeth Grube und Katharina Diez. Zwei Dichterinnen und ihre Zeit.
Ernst Tollers Verhaltnis zum Judentum.
Fischer, J
Third Galway Colloquium.
Bilaterale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ungleicher Partner. Das Beispiel BRD-Irland.
Fischer, J
Fachsprache Wirtschaft. Bausteine zu einem kritisch orientierten Kurs.
Die funfte Provinz Irlands: Inseln vor der Insel.
Fischer, J
Irland. Ein politisches Reisebuch
Conference Publication
Utopian Studies Society Annual Conference 2011
Fischer, J.
IASIL 2009
Fischer, J.
IASIL 2008 conference
Fischer, J.
IASIL 2007 conference: Varieties of Irishness
Joachim Fischer
Com¿radh ar eagr¿n Ludwig Christian Stern de C¿irt an Mhe¿n O¿che
Fischer, Joachim
7th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society
Joachim Fischer
EASCLE conference
Fischer, Joachim
RIA conference: The Cause of Cosmopolitainism in Europe and Beyond
Fischer, Joachim and Neville, Grace
IMPACT 4 Kontakt: The International Printmaking conference
Fischer, Joachim and Lilburn, David
Ardnacrusha 75: An interdisciplinary conference
Joachim Fischer
IASIL 2003 conference
Joachim Fischer
EFACIS 2001
Fischer, Joachim
RIA Conference on Language Teaching at Third Level.
Joachim Fischer
Edited Book
Contemporary German-Irish Cultural Relations in a European Perspective: Exploring Issues in Cultural Policy and Practice.
Creative Encounters. Selected Irish-German Biographies.
Intercultural aspects in German and Irish Childrens Literature
Other Journal
Media, languages and translations in the 1990s: the European challenge.
Fischer, J
Irish Translators' Association Newsletter
Brief aus Irland
Fischer, J
Hard Times
Gedanken zur Netpher Neuzeit.
Fischer, J
Der Siegerland tip
Other Publication
rev. of Ulrike Guerot, Why Europe has to become a Republic: A political utopia
Joachim Fischer
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Review of Károly Pintér, The Anatomy of Utopia. Jefferson NC and London: McFarland & Co. 2010
Joachim Fischer
Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
rev. of R M Douglas, Architects of the resurrection. Manchester 2009
Fischer J
The Irish Review
Ireland, Germany and the Nazis: Politics and diplomacy, 1919-1939.
Fischer, J
English Historical Review
DOI: 10.1093/ehr/cel134
Review of Mervyn O'Driscoll, Ireland, Germany and the Nazis. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Fischer, J
English Historical Review
Julius Pokorny, 1888-1970: Germans, Celts and nationalism.
Fischer, J
European History Quarterly
DOI: 10.1177/026569140603600228
Review of Pól Ó Dochartaigh, Julius Pokorny, 1888-1970.
Fischer, J
European History Quarterly
Review of C. Molohan, Ireland and Germany 1945-1955: Two nations friendship.
Fischer, J
Irish Studies Review
Review of D. Dohmen, Das deutsche Irlandbild. Amsterdam: Rodopi
Fischer, J
Arbitrium
Peer Reviewed Journal
Boston or Berlin? Reflections on a Topical Controversy, the Celtic Tiger and the World of Irish Studies
Joachim Fischer
The Irish Review
The Irish Crisis through German eyes.
Fischer, J
Studies - An Irish Quarterly Review
A Future Ireland under German Rule: Dystopias as Propaganda during World War I.
Fischer, J
Utopian Studies
Das Wasserkraftwerk Ardnacrusha und die Elektrifizierung Irlands.
Fischer, J
Industrie-Kultur