Guest Professorships
Teaching professionals in the fields of visual art, literature, music, and dance & performance have the opportunity to become associated with universities in Berlin, thanks to visiting professorships organized jointly by the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program: foreign writers, composers, academics, artists, curators, art historians, art critics, dancers, and choreographers are invited to Berlin to teach as visiting professors for one semester.
Picador Guest Professorship
The Picador Guest Professorship for Literature is a cooperation between Leipzig University, the DAAD and Holtzbrinck Berlin – Inspire Together. It aims to promote intercultural exchange and make contemporary US American literature visible in Germany.
Leipzig University welcomes writer Hannah Michell, who was born in England and raised in Seoul, as the Picador Guest Professor for the 2025/26 winter term.
Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship
In association with the Freie Universität Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt am Main/Berlin, and the Veranstaltungsforum of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, the DAAD established the Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship for Literature at the Freie Universität.
The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship will be held by the Malaysian writer Tash Aw in the winter semester of 2025/26.
Valeska Gert Guest Professorship
In cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, the DAAD established the Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship for Dance and Performance at the Institute for Theater Studies, part of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the Freie Universität.
The Valeska Gert Guest Professorship for Dance and Performance at the FU Berlin will be held by Brazilian transmasculine dance artist Pol Pi in the winter semester of 2025/26.