Linus Ubl

Dr. Linus Ubl is a Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Martin Buber Society of Fellows) and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He holds a D.Phil. from Oxford and a Staatsexamen from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. His research focuses on medieval German literature, mysticism, and cultural history, with a particular emphasis on manuscript studies and interdisciplinary cultural analysis.

Education includes a D.Phil. in Medieval and Modern Languages (Oxford, 2019), M.St. in Modern Languages (Oxford, 2015), and multiple degrees in History and German Studies from Eichstätt. He has held visiting fellowships at the German Historical Institute in Rome and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel.

Current projects include investigating the cultural poetics of medieval suicide and directing the MMMMO project digitizing manuscripts of Mechthild of Hackeborn’s Liber specialis gratiae. His work spans theological treatises, legal documents, and vernacular texts to explore medieval discourses on suicide, blending literary analysis with historical and legal perspectives.

Key publications include Konstruktion und Manifestation von ‚Frauenmystik’ (2023) and articles on medieval manuscripts, monastic libraries, and liturgical practices. Awards include the British Academy Grant and AHRC funding. He teaches medieval German literature and historiography at Oxford, covering topics like Minnesang, courtly romance, and mystical texts.

Grants include funding from the BMBF and John Fell Fund. Collaborative projects involve digital humanities initiatives and international research networks. His work bridges literary, historical, and theological approaches to pre-modern German culture.