Franziska Struzek-Krähenbühl studied German and Comparative Literature and Philosophy at the University of Zurich. She completed her dissertation on the philosophy of language of Novalis. She taught literature and philosophy at the Universities of Bern, Lucerne and Zurich, at the Free University of Berlin and at the College of Education of Zurich (Pädagogische Hochschule). She also worked as an editor of the literary journal “figurationen” and is a publisher of the literary journal “variations”. At present she is the coordinator of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Lucerne.

Her research interests include  media studies, literary theory and the philosophy of language.

Her postdoctoral research project – “Bildereignis. Bilddynamik. Bilderfahrung. Van Gogh im Spiegel der Philosophie und Literatur” – focuses on the discussion of the art of van Gogh in literature and philosophy.

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