Literatures - Cultures of Knowledge - Processes of Transfer

Based on philological and cultural historical expertise, research in this context funnels the faculty’s literary studies scholarship in order to examine questions concerning the history of knowledge and ideas, as well as to engage in comparative perspectives. Two key aspects will form the main focus: on the one hand, scholars will investigate the relations between literature and knowledge (for instance regarding the natural sciences, knowledge of the future, medical discourses, or religion); on the other hand, research in this field will also deal with cultures of mediation (i.e. explicit and tacit knowledge, school education, editions, electronical media, etc.). Several questions guide both key aspects: questions regarding the transfer between literatures and cultures of differing languages, different cultural milieus and discourses; and, also, questions concerning contexts within the history of ideas, educational institutions and university disciplines, as well as competing or mutually inspiring forms of art. A particular emphasis is placed on the materiality of literature and its media.

Literatures – Cultures of Knowledge – Processes of Transfer

Literatures - Cultures of Knowledge - Processes of Transfer

Projects:

(In)Sanitary Science. The Discourse of Mental Hygiene as Tacit Knowledge in Antebellum Literature (In)Sanitary Science. The Discourse of Mental Hygiene as Tacit Knowledge in Antebellum Literature

Dokufiktionales Erzählen. Neue Formen des Realistischen in der Literatur der Gegenwart Dokufiktionales Erzählen. Neue Formen des Realistischen in der Literatur der Gegenwart

Literarischer Zweifel. Skeptizismus und das Dilemma der Wahrheitsfindung in der mittelhochdeutschen Epik (12. bis 14. Jahrhundert) (2019-2022) Literarischer Zweifel. Skeptizismus und das Dilemma der Wahrheitsfindung in der mittelhochdeutschen Epik (12. bis 14. Jahrhundert) (2019-2022)

Probenprozesse in der Oper. Szenarien der Hervorbringung von Wissen über zukünftige Aufführungen Probenprozesse in der Oper. Szenarien der Hervorbringung von Wissen über zukünftige Aufführungen

US-American Ruins: Aesthetics, Memory, and Urban Decay in (Post-)Industrial Photography US-American Ruins: Aesthetics, Memory, and Urban Decay in (Post-)Industrial Photography

(Closet) Drama of the Early Modern Age (1500-1775) (Closet) Drama of the Early Modern Age (1500-1775)

Literature as a Life Science: Human Enhancement in 21st Century North American Science Fiction Literature as a Life Science: Human Enhancement in 21st Century North American Science Fiction

Death becomes us - stories of the end of life in contemporary literature and culture Death becomes us - stories of the end of life in contemporary literature and culture

Concepts of Knowledge and Research between the Arts and the Humanities Concepts of Knowledge and Research between the Arts and the Humanities

New Depression Literature? Literary Perspectives on the Economic Crisis in U.S. American Novels New Depression Literature? Literary Perspectives on the Economic Crisis in U.S. American Novels

Studies of Contemporary American Verse Studies of Contemporary American Verse

Poetiken des Parasitären Poetiken des Parasitären

Kulturgeschichte des Viktorianismus Kulturgeschichte des Viktorianismus

“What if?” – Literary Articulations of Political Perspectives (and Alternatives) in the Americas since the 1970s” “What if?” – Literary Articulations of Political Perspectives (and Alternatives) in the Americas since the 1970s”

Bending Boundaries: Modern Dance and the Politics of Expression in the Age of Modernity Bending Boundaries: Modern Dance and the Politics of Expression in the Age of Modernity

Camp/Pop - Interventions Into Pop-cultural Discourses of Gender and Sexuality Camp/Pop - Interventions Into Pop-cultural Discourses of Gender and Sexuality

Alttestamentliche Anthropologien: Human in the Old Testament - implicit Anthropologies in the Scriptures of Israel und the Early Judaism Alttestamentliche Anthropologien: Human in the Old Testament - implicit Anthropologies in the Scriptures of Israel und the Early Judaism

Populärkulturen im 19. Jahrhundert Populärkulturen im 19. Jahrhundert

History of First Person Narration in the Pre-Modern Era History of First Person Narration in the Pre-Modern Era

Womens Writing in French and Italian Literature of the 18th and 19th century Womens Writing in French and Italian Literature of the 18th and 19th century

The Economy and Epistemology of Gossip in late 19th and early 20th-Century US American Literature and Culture The Economy and Epistemology of Gossip in late 19th and early 20th-Century US American Literature and Culture

Literatur und Performance Literatur und Performance

Perspectives on Diversity in Autobiographical Writing Perspectives on Diversity in Autobiographical Writing

The Anti-Lynching Narrative: The Ethical and Political Agency of African American Fiction, 1900-1973 The Anti-Lynching Narrative: The Ethical and Political Agency of African American Fiction, 1900-1973

The Edge of Reason: Fiction, Risk and Probability in American Antebellum Narratives The Edge of Reason: Fiction, Risk and Probability in American Antebellum Narratives

Differenzkategorien und Allgemeines Gleichstellungsgesetz - internally funded Differenzkategorien und Allgemeines Gleichstellungsgesetz - internally funded

Die Konstitution kultureller Räume durch theatrale Praktiken Die Konstitution kultureller Räume durch theatrale Praktiken

Arktisprimitivismus Arktisprimitivismus

Übersetzung und kulturelle Differenz - internally funded Übersetzung und kulturelle Differenz - internally funded

Publications:

(In)Sanitary Science. The Discourse of Mental Hygiene as Tacit Knowledge in Antebellum Literature

Dokufiktionales Erzählen. Neue Formen des Realistischen in der Literatur der Gegenwart

Literarischer Zweifel. Skeptizismus und das Dilemma der Wahrheitsfindung in der mittelhochdeutschen Epik (12. bis 14. Jahrhundert) (2019-2022)

Probenprozesse in der Oper. Szenarien der Hervorbringung von Wissen über zukünftige Aufführungen

US-American Ruins: Aesthetics, Memory, and Urban Decay in (Post-)Industrial Photography

(Closet) Drama of the Early Modern Age (1500-1775)

Literature as a Life Science: Human Enhancement in 21st Century North American Science Fiction

Death becomes us - stories of the end of life in contemporary literature and culture

Concepts of Knowledge and Research between the Arts and the Humanities

New Depression Literature? Literary Perspectives on the Economic Crisis in U.S. American Novels

Studies of Contemporary American Verse

Poetiken des Parasitären

Kulturgeschichte des Viktorianismus

“What if?” – Literary Articulations of Political Perspectives (and Alternatives) in the Americas since the 1970s”

Bending Boundaries: Modern Dance and the Politics of Expression in the Age of Modernity

Camp/Pop - Interventions Into Pop-cultural Discourses of Gender and Sexuality

Alttestamentliche Anthropologien: Human in the Old Testament - implicit Anthropologies in the Scriptures of Israel und the Early Judaism

Populärkulturen im 19. Jahrhundert

History of First Person Narration in the Pre-Modern Era

Womens Writing in French and Italian Literature of the 18th and 19th century

The Economy and Epistemology of Gossip in late 19th and early 20th-Century US American Literature and Culture

Literatur und Performance

Perspectives on Diversity in Autobiographical Writing

The Anti-Lynching Narrative: The Ethical and Political Agency of African American Fiction, 1900-1973

The Edge of Reason: Fiction, Risk and Probability in American Antebellum Narratives

Differenzkategorien und Allgemeines Gleichstellungsgesetz - internally funded

Die Konstitution kultureller Räume durch theatrale Praktiken

Arktisprimitivismus

Übersetzung und kulturelle Differenz - internally funded