Professor Jörg Robert holds the Chair of Literary History of the Early Modern Period at the Department of Modern Languages within the Faculty of Humanities at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. His research focuses on German literature in a European context from the 16th to 18th centuries, with particular emphasis on poetics and aesthetics, cultural and intellectual history, and intermediality and intertextuality. His research interests span multiple dimensions of early modern German literature, including: Early Modern literary aesthetics and alternative aesthetic frameworks Language history and purism in the 16th-18th centuries Intermedial relations between literature, visual arts, and music Anthology culture and textual compilation practices Intellectual history of the early modern period Translation studies and cross-cultural exchange Professor Robert's scholarly output shows consistent engagement with major figures of German literature including Martin Opitz, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, while also exploring broader theoretical frameworks for understanding early modern literary production. His recent publications indicate a growing interest in comparative approaches to aesthetics and interdisciplinary methodologies for studying premodern cultural artifacts. His academic leadership is evident through his editorial role in the Literaturstraße: Chinesisch-deutsche Zeitschrift für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft and his participation in the DFG-funded project VL17: Literaturwissenschaftliches Verfasserlexikon 17. Jahrhundert , where he serves as one of the principal editors for this major reference work documenting authors from 1620-1720. Professor Robert has supervised numerous doctoral students whose dissertations cover diverse topics within his research domains, including utopian narratives, archival poetics, interculturality, and literary aesthetics of the early modern period. His students' research demonstrates the breadth of his scholarly influence across multiple subfields of German literary studies. He is actively involved in multiple research projects including SFB 1391 "Andere Ästhetik" (Different Aesthetics), the DFG project on Hybrid Edition of Martin Opitz's German-language works, and the journal Artes: Journal of Literature and Arts of the Early Modern World .
