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Professor Christopher Young serves as Head of the School of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Modern and Medieval German Studies at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. He is also Director of the Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, the Cambridge DAAD Research Hub for German Studies, and the Cambridge-LMU Strategic Partnership. Affiliated with Pembroke College, his work bridges medieval literature and modern sports history.
His research spans two primary domains:
- Medieval German Studies: Focused on 12th-15th century literature, language evolution, and cultural contexts including Wolfram von Eschenbach's works and Ulrich von Liechtenstein's autobiographical texts
- Sports History: Specializing in modern German sporting culture, particularly the 1972 Munich Olympics and Cold War-era sports diplomacy
His publications reveal a distinctive interdisciplinary trajectory connecting medieval textual analysis with contemporary historical narratives. Key themes include the politicization of sport, linguistic identity formation, and manuscript transmission studies.
Awarded:
- North American Society of Sports History Book Award
- UK Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History
As Director of the Cambridge AHRC DTP, he oversees doctoral training across humanities disciplines. His Leverhulme-funded media history project and AHRC-funded Kaiserchronik edition demonstrate sustained grant acquisition success. He actively supervises MPhil/PhD candidates in medieval German literature and European sports history while co-editing major academic series including Companions to Modern German Culture and Sport in World History.
