Bruno Quast

Prof. Dr. Bruno Quast is a full Professor at the Germanistisches Institut of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, holding the Chair for Medieval German Literature since 2009. He is a member of the Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics and Collaborative Research Center Kulturen des Entscheidens, focusing on cultural narratives of ambiguity and decision-making. His research spans

• German literature of the Middle Ages and early modern period
• Medieval mythological and anthropological analysis
• Narratological studies of courtly and religious texts

Quast's publications show a consistent engagement with medieval secularization processes, iconoclastic themes, and courtly-secular dualities, particularly in works like Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and Walther von der Vogelweide's lyrics. His latest works include the 2018 edited volume Anthropologie der Kehre and 2016's Dingkulturen contributions.

As 2017 member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, he has influenced medieval studies through projects like

• C3-14 Literary Iconoclasm in the Middle Ages
• B2-15 Conversion in the Middle Ages

His supervision of doctoral students covers topics ranging from Nuremberg Fastnacht plays to early modern illustrated romances.