Michael Hohm

Michael Hohm is an academic staff member at the Chair of Didactics of German Language and Literature, part of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Würzburg. He currently holds the position of Academic Director since 2023 and has been an academic assistant at the Chair since 2008. His career spans roles such as Senior Academic Councillor (2013) and Lecturer for special tasks (2001–2008), alongside prior experience as a secondary school teacher in Aschaffenburg (1995–2001).

• Education:
  • Doctor of Philosophy (2006), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Würzburg, with a dissertation on "language awareness, reading skills and text comprehension"
  • Study for teaching at secondary schools (1989–1993), focusing on German and didactic subjects (geography, Catholic religious education, music) at the University of Würzburg

Research Focus: Hohm's work centers on German didactics, particularly the relationship between language awareness and literacy development. His research extends to educational media production, early language education, and thematic approaches to literature acquisition and mediation. He has contributed to interdisciplinary dialogues in cultural education, bibliopedagogy, and didactic literature.

Professional Affiliations: He has been a member of the Bavarian Working Group for German Didactics (ADBU) since 2001 and participated in academic events, including the 2016 conference on "literature acquisition and mediation" and the 2022 virtual conference on interdisciplinary collaboration between library pedagogy and German didactics.