Udo Hebel
Udo J. Hebel (born 24 April 1956) is a German professor of American studies. He has been president of the University of Regensburg since 1 April 2013. He was selected as one of the ten best university rectors in Germany by the . Life. Udo Hebel studied American studies, English studies, German studies, and pedagogy at the University of Mainz and, as a Fulbright scholar, in the US state of Mississippi. After passing the first and second Staatsexamen as a teacher, he was awarded a scholarship from the "" and was awarded his doctorate "summa cum laude" from the University  of Mainz in 1988. From 1986 to 1995 he was an academic at the University of Mainz and gained his habilitation for the subject of American studies in 1995. He spent several years of study and research in the United States: at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, at Harvard University, at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester and as a visiting professor at a number of institutions, including Colorado College in Colorado Springs. In 1995 Hebel was appointed professor of American literature and cultural history at the University of Potsdam; from 1996 to 1998 he was professor of  North American literature at the University of Freiburg. Since 1998 Udo Hebel has held the chair of American studies at the University of Regensburg. At the University of Regensburg, Hebel was dean and dean of research at the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies and from 2006 to 2008 prorector of study and research. Since 2007 he has been the head of the "" programme (parallel university education for gifted secondary students) at the University of Regensburg. On 20 July 2012 he was elected the tenth president of the University of Regensburg. His term of office began on 1 April  2013 and has been extended until 31 March 2023 by the University Council in October 2016. Research. Main research interests. His main research interests have been: Publications. The list of publications by Udo Hebel comprised 13 books, several journal issues edited by him, and more than 60 papers from the interdisciplinary field of American studies. German Research Foundation project. From July 2010 to August 2013 Udo Hebel was project leader of the German Research Foundation project "Festreden zur Erinnerung an die koloniale Gründung Neuenglands als Ursprung der USA aus der Zeit 1770 bis 1865" (Speeches commemorating the colonial settlement of  New England as the origin of the USA from the period of 1770 to 1865).