Prof. Dr. Thorsten Roelcke holds the chair of German as a foreign language and languages for special purposes at Technische Universität Berlin (Germany). 2008–2014 he was Professor of German Language at University of Education Freiburg (Germany). His areas of specialized research are languages for specific purposes, German as a foreign language, and language history.
Important publications:
2020: Fachsprachen (Rev. 4th ed.). Berlin Erich Schmidt Verlag.
2016 [avec Gabriele Kniffka:] Fachsprachenvermittlung im Unterricht. Paderborn: Schöning.
2014: Französisch in Barock und Aufklärung. Studien zum Sprachdenken im Deutschland des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Klostermann.