Silvan Kufner

Dr. Silvan Kufner is a researcher at the Chair of Modern German Literature I at the University of Regensburg since October 2019. His work focuses on Early Modern Period, Enlightenment philosophy, and Romanticism, with specific attention to authors like Christoph Martin Wieland and Heinrich von Kleist.

• Current position: Academic Council member (akad. Rat a. Z.)
• Research areas: Psychoanalysis in literature, South American German literature, Kantian epistemology

He leads introductory seminars on Text Analysis and advanced seminars on topics like German Exile Literature in Argentina, Literary Theory, and Baroque Symbolism. His recent publications analyze heroism in Baroque works, trauma in war literature, and philosophical dimensions in German literary history.