Background
Ulfers was born in Giessen, Germany in 1934.
Ulfers was born in Giessen, Germany in 1934.
He also is the Dean of the Media and Communications division at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, where he confers on the giving of Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees to students. He immigrated to New York, New York, where he attended college. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the City College of New York in 1959, a Master"s degree in 1961 from New York University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from New York University in 1968.
He is a distinguished fellow, having been awarded several honors from New York University. He has written as a literary critic and a philosopher. Ulfers began teaching at New York University in 1982 and has worked with EGS since its conception.
He has been chair to a Nietzsche Conference at New York University, chair to a special session on Günter Grass for the Modern Language Association, as well as chair to a Session on Autobiographical Writings at Hofstra University.
Ulfers has served numerous administrative functions, such as the New York University"s German Department Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of the New York University in Berlin summer program in the Department of Global Affairs and, most recently, Director of the Deutsches Haus at New York University. On 15 March 2007, Ulfers was appointed Dean of the Media and Communications division at the EGS, in the place of Wolfgang Schirmacher.
Ulfers has written on a variety of subjects, such as German Romanticism, the novel in the 20th century, philosophy at the turn of the century, and post-structuralism as well as deconstruction.