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Professor Ulrich Baer appointed Vice Provost for Globalization and Multicultural Affairs
Ulrich Baer, a highly regarded professor of German and comparative literature and chair of the German Department, has been appointed Vice Provost for Globalization and Multicultural Affairs effective January 1, 2008. Baer has been serving as Vice Provost Designee since September 2007.
In his new role Baer will assume responsibility for NYU¡¯s global sites abroad, university-wide faculty and student exchange programs, and several multicultural institutes and centers at Washington Square.
Uli Baer first came to NYU as an assistant professor in the Department of German in 1996. Prior to that he was a teaching fellow for two years at Yale University. A widely published scholar, editor, and translator, he is an expert on 19th- to 21st-century poetry, literary theory, and photography, and has written extensively on the intersection of collective memory, literature, and the arts. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, NYU¡¯s Golden Dozen Teaching Award (twice), a Getty Research Fellowship, and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. In 2002, NYU Press published his anthology 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11. Under the auspices of the Office of Globalization, he has taught at the University of Amsterdam and spent a semester in Shanghai. Born in Germany, he received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1991 and his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Yale University in 1995.
He succeeds Yaw Nyarko, professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, a Vice Provost since 2002. Under Nyarko¡¯s successful direction the university¡¯s geographic and academic diversity were greatly enhanced. Notable achievements since 2002 include the opening of NYU in Ghana (2004), NYU in Shanghai (2006), and NYU in Buenos Aires (spring 2008). At Washington Square, Nyarko successfully established Africa House and China House, important academic and cultural centers for scholars with related research, that also connect scholars in New York to activities at the NYU sites abroad.
Global Views
Reporting on Global Initiatives at Washington Square and Abroad
Volume 4: 2006-2007
Global Views highlights the many worthy research projects, conferences and artistic endeavors taking place at the NYU Global Sites as well as those underway here in New York at research institutes such as Africa House. The publication is intended also to help faculty identify connections between their own research and the academic activities featured within its pages, and inspire them to propose new projects and initiatives that might benefit from NYU's global enterprise.
China Focus
News and Information about NYU and China
Volume 1: spring 2007
China Focus is designed to bring news of important China-related academic initiatives underway at NYU that may be of interest to faculty and the larger NYU community. The publication highlights some of the many ongoing activities taking place in New York and abroad that are building important scholarly connections between NYU and China.