Person Joachim Umlauf

Joachim Umlauf is the director of the Goethe Institut in Bucharest Romania. Umlauf graduated in German Studies and Romance Languages and Literature in Düsseldorf, Nantes and Frankfurt/Main. In 1993 he obtained his PhD in comparative literary studies and the history of art. After being a teacher trainer at the Goethe Institut in Prague in 1994 he worked as a lecturer for the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) from 1995 to 2000 and was director of the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris. From 2000- 2005 he worked as department director at the DAAD in Bonn. He consequently became the director of the Goethe Institutes in Amsterdam, Paris, Lyon and Marseille. He teaches cultural management and theory in several Universities (Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Bucharest). His latest publications include books about cultural exchange between Germany and France in an European context.

Joachim Umlauf (Dr.) leitet das Goethe-Institut Niederlande und hat einen Lehrauftrag an der LMU München.

Joachim Umlauf (Dr.) leitet das Goethe-Institut Niederlande und hat einen Lehrauftrag an der LMU München.