Tan Wälchli
(*1974) received a PhD from the University of Zurich for a thesis about Freud and tragedy in 2006. He conceived a trilogy of booklets about controversial terms from art theory with Aude Lehmann, called Whyart (2004–08), as well as three ‘Most Beautiful Swiss Books’ catalogues with Laurenz Brunner (2008–10). Since 2011 he has been a contributing editor to the ‘Most Beautiful Swiss Books’ catalogue series.
A postdoc at the University of Chicago (2008–11) and the University of Basel (2012–14), Tan has continued to work on his second academic book – a study about German phantastic literature and the Napoleonic Wars – to this day. Based in Berlin since 2013, he thought classes at University of Erfurt (2013/14), Zurich University of the Arts (2016–19), and Leuphana University Lüneburg (2018/19). In collaboration with Cornel Windlin, Tan edited and wrote texts for this website.
Tan Wälchli
(*1974) received a PhD from the University of Zurich for a thesis about Freud and tragedy in 2006. He conceived a trilogy of booklets about controversial terms from art theory with Aude Lehmann, called Whyart (2004–08), as well as three ‘Most Beautiful Swiss Books’ catalogues with Laurenz Brunner (2008–10). Since 2011 he has been a contributing editor to the ‘Most Beautiful Swiss Books’ catalogue series.
A postdoc at the University of Chicago (2008–11) and the University of Basel (2012–14), Tan has continued to work on his second academic book – a study about German phantastic literature and the Napoleonic Wars – to this day. Based in Berlin since 2013, he thought classes at University of Erfurt (2013/14), Zurich University of the Arts (2016–19), and Leuphana University Lüneburg (2018/19). In collaboration with Cornel Windlin, Tan edited and wrote texts for this website.