Margit Thir

Margit Thir is a faculty member in the Department of Romance Studies at the University of Vienna. She teaches linguistics and regional studies courses in Portuguese, French, and Spanish at both bachelor's and master's levels, with teaching assignments scheduled through the 2025S semester.

Her research interests focus on Romance linguistics and cultural history, with particular expertise in the history of Portuguese language and its expansion, French cathedral architecture and influence, Spanish cathedral studies, and the historical geography of Romance-speaking regions. Her work bridges linguistic analysis with cultural and architectural history of Iberian and French contexts.

Dr. Thir maintains regular office hours for student consultations before/after classes or by email appointment, with dedicated sessions for diploma thesis and dissertation supervision requiring prior email arrangement. She has a personal academic website hosted by the University of Vienna at homepage.univie.ac.at/margit.thir/ as part of the university's u:cris research profile system.

Her teaching portfolio demonstrates comprehensive expertise across the Romance language spectrum, with courses covering linguistic history, regional geography, economic history, and cultural studies of Portugal, Brazil, France, and Spain. While specific research publications aren't detailed in the available information, her course offerings suggest active scholarly engagement in historical linguistics and cultural studies of Romance-speaking regions.