Jürgen Daiber

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Daiber is a full professor of Modern German Literary Studies at the Institute of German Studies, University of Regensburg, since 2003/04. His academic career includes a C4 professorship substitute at the University of Trier (2001-2003) and prior research assistantship at Trier (1995-2001). He holds a doctorate (1994) and habilitation (2001) from the University of Trier.

• Research Focus: Reception of scientific theories in literature (Enlightenment to contemporary), Literature and New Media, Interdisciplinary Romanticism studies
• Current Projects: DFG Project 'Knowledge + Meaning in Literature', Bavarian Academy of Writing

Scientific Contributions: Authored 6 monographs including Kafka und der Lärm (2015) and Das uralte Menschheitsverlangen (2024), with particular emphasis on noise phenomena in early modernism, self-experimentation in Romanticism, and text-image relations. Co-editor of Regensburger Beiträge zur deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft and Aurora: Eichendorff Society Yearbook.

• Awards: Oskar Seidlin Prize (2002), Pegasus98 Online Literature Prize (DIE ZEIT/IBM/ARD), Trierer Literaturplakat Award (1990)
• Leadership Roles: Director of University Regensburg's Writing Workshop, Coordinator of DAAD exchange with Katowice (2001-2003), Master's program module coordinator for Literature and New Media

His work bridges literary theory with scientific epistemology, exploring intersections between Romantic self-experimentation and digital hyperfiction through both traditional monographs and digital projects like Der Trost der Bilder.