Linus Ubl

Dr. Linus Ubl is a postdoctoral fellow at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship at Oxford University's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. His work bridges medieval German literature, mysticism, and digital humanities.

• B.A. in German and History (Eichstätt, 2014)
• M.St. in Modern Languages (Oxford, 2015)
• D.Phil. in Medieval and Modern Languages (Oxford, 2019)
• PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Oxford, 2022)

Ubl's research focuses on medieval German literature, particularly mystical texts and their cultural poetics. He examines suicide discourses, manuscript traditions, and interreligious narratives in medieval chronicles. His MMM MO project digitizes and analyzes Mechthild of Hackeborn's Liber specialis gratiae manuscripts, while current work on Ars se necandi explores medieval suicide representations.

Recent articles address

• Suicide's theological/legal/literary intersections
• Posthumanism in medieval death narratives
• Cartusian liturgical text organization
• Digitization of mystical manuscript traditions

Scientific awards include AHRC funding, Cusanuswerk scholarships, and British Academy grants. He leads the MM MO digital project and contributes to manuscript cataloging initiatives.

Ubl advises on interdisciplinary medieval research and participates in international colloquia on pre-modern cultures.