Dr. Gisela Janetzke farewelled by the University Council on 30.09.2021

On 30 September 2021, Dr. Gisela Janetzke was bid farewell by the University Council. “Over almost a decade, Dr. Gisela Janetzke has rendered outstanding services to the University of Bayreuth”, said University President Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible at her farewell. “As early as 2012, she became a member of the advisory team within the framework of the HRK audit and re-audit on the internationalization of universities. Dr Gisela Janetzke has also been an advocate of the Alexander von Humboldt Centre of International Excellence, the independent funding institution of the University of Bayreuth for international guest researchers. In particular, she provided invaluable support during its start-up phase from 2019 onwards.”

Together with Dr. Arnim Heinemann, Director of the International Office at the University of Bayreuth, she co-initiated and edited the publication “Humboldtianer in Bayreuth – Ein Erinnerungsjournal” (Humboldtians in Bayreuth – A Journal of Remembrance), which not only contributes to networking with Humboldtians from all over the world, but also documents how formative the research stay in Bayreuth proved in their academic careers.

“As an advisor and motivator, Dr. Gisela Janetzke continuously supported the internationalization of the University of Bayreuth, especially with regard to Latin America, and Cuba and Chile in particular. All this commitment has been in addition to her tireless work on the University Council of the University of Bayreuth, of which she was a member from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2021”, says Dr. Arnim Heinemann in recognition of Dr. Gisela Janetzke’s services.

Dr. Gisela Janetzke...

was born in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1950. After studying Romance, Hispanic, and German Studies in Bonn, Munich and Mannheim, she received her doctorate in 1978 from the University of Mannheim with the dissertation “Literarische Vertextungsformen in den Massenmedien Ecuadors” (Literary forms of textualisation in the mass media of Ecuador). From 1971 to 1975 she lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and taught at the local German school “Alexander von Humboldt”. She then resided for another four years in the Peruvian capital of Lima, where she worked at the Goethe-Institut, among other places. A period consulting as an expert on behalf of the German Society for Technical Cooperation complemented her work in the area of applied communication science. From 1980 she was employed by the Bayreuth Humboldt Centre, from 1990 as Head of the "Sponsorship Abroad" unit, and since 2000 as Deputy Secretary General.

The University Council

In addition to representatives of university lecturers, academic staff, and students, there are also leading figures from science, culture, business, and professional practice (non-university members) who sit on the University Council of the University of Bayreuth – like at every university in the Free State of Bavaria. The University Council is a kind of supervisory board advising on the long-term development of the University. Its tasks are set out in the Bavarian Higher Education Act and in the Basic Regulations of the University of Bayreuth. Its members are Dr. Adalbert Weiß – Chair, Aila Banach, Stephanie Czerny, Alexandra Füller, Prof. Dr. Lars Grüne, Dr. Gisela Janetzke (until 30.9.2021), Prof. Dr. Knut Werner Lange, Dr. Britta Padberg, Prof. Dr. Gabriela Paule, Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl, Dr. Steffen Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Stefan Schuster, Jule Wagner, and Gabriele Zedlmayer.