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PD Dr. Martin Schierbaum serves as a Private lecturer at the University of Hamburg's Faculty of Humanities, Department of Language, Literature, Media I Institute of German Studies, and has concurrently held a lecturer position at the University of Bremen since 2011.
He completed his First State Examination in German Studies and Latin Philology at Münster and Hamburg Universities (1985-1996), earned his PhD at Hamburg (1997-2000) on Novalis' political aesthetics under Prof. Ulrich Wergin, and habilitated in 2010 on mass media and 20th-century German novels.
His research spans 20th-century German literature with emphasis on intermedial, philosophical, and political dimensions; Goethe-era literary theory; antiquity reception across German and European contexts; and knowledge orders from early modern to contemporary eras. This interdisciplinary approach bridges historical analysis with theoretical frameworks, particularly examining literature's relationship to political discourse and cultural memory.
Recent publications reveal sustained engagement with post-WWII political literature, DDR/post-DDR poetic constellations, and classical reception studies, frequently through focused analyses of authors like Nicolas Born, Reinhard Jirgl, and Thomas Bernhard. His work consistently explores how historical trauma and ideological frameworks manifest in literary form.
Dr. Schierbaum secures institutional funding for collaborative initiatives including the Nicolas-Born-Kolloquien (Nicolas Born Foundation) and Bruno-Snell-Symposia (Europa-Kolleg). While specific student supervision records aren't documented, his academic roles inherently involve graduate mentorship within German literary studies.
He co-leads the Netzwerk Literaturtheorie, Nicolas-Born-Kolloquien, and Bruno-Snell-Symposia, establishing enduring platforms for interdisciplinary dialogue on literary theory, contemporary German literature, and classical reception studies across international academic communities.
