Miriam De Rosa

Miriam De Rosa is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Medieval History within the Faculty of Humanities at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Since January 2023, she has been actively conducting research and teaching, with a current research stay in Italy as a fellow of the German Historical Institute Rome since March 2024.

Education:

• Master's degree in History, University of Tübingen (2019-2022)
• Bachelor's degree in History and German Studies, University of Tübingen (2016-2019)

Miriam's research focuses on the history of knowledge, mental history, paleography, codicology, and prognostics in the medieval period. Her doctoral work specifically examines dream interpretation in medieval manuals, exploring how knowledge was constructed and future concepts were negotiated in early and high medieval societies. She investigates how dream manuals like the Somniale Danielis functioned as cultural reference works across different societal levels, analyzing the transmission of knowledge through manuscript traditions.

Her publications demonstrate a consistent focus on medieval knowledge systems, particularly examining dream interpretation, relic translations, and hagiographical texts. Her work bridges textual criticism with cultural history, analyzing how medieval people understood and interpreted signs from the divine or supernatural realm to make sense of their world and future. The publications show an increasing specialization in oneiromancy and prognostic practices within medieval culture.

Scientific Recognition:

• Fellow of the German Historical Institute Rome (since January 2023)
• Participant in Study Course Rome of the German Historical Institute Rome (September 2022)

Miriam has been actively involved in teaching undergraduate courses on medieval prognostics, dream cultures, and the concept of Rome in the Middle Ages since 2023. Her research is supported through her position as a research assistant at the university and her prestigious fellowship at the German Historical Institute Rome, which has enabled her extended research stay in Italy to work with primary sources in Italian archives.

She is currently preparing presentations for major international conferences including the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (2025) and the Symposium of the Mediävistikverbands in Salzburg (2025), demonstrating her growing international recognition in the field of medieval studies.