Susanne Knaeble

Dr. Susanne Knaeble is a Senior Lecturer at the Chair of German Medieval Studies, Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, University of Bayreuth. She currently holds the Acting Professorship for German Philology at the University of Würzburg (2024). Her research spans historical narratology, intersectionality, gender semantics, and time-religious concepts in pre-modern German literature, with a focus on courtly narratives and early Baroque autobiographical texts.

• Academic Roles: Acting Professor at TU Dresden (2021–2022), University of Konstanz (2021), and Technical University of Braunschweig (2018–2019); Scientific Assistant at the University of Bayreuth (2009–present).
• Key Research Areas: Intersectionality, gender in medieval narratives, time perception, amateur theater, and religious-profane interactions.
• Publications: 15+ articles on medieval time theory, gender dynamics in Arthurian romances, and religious symbolism, including her habilitation monograph Zukunftsvorstellungen in frühen deutschsprachigen Prosaromanen (2019).
• Awards: Feodor Lynen Fellowship (2014), DFG Project Funding (2014–2016), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Druckkostenzuschuss (2019).