جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Julia Pfefferkornمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Ancient Ethics
• Ancient Aesthetics
• Moral Responsibility
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Julia Pfefferkorn is a Researcher in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Trier’s Department I since October 2022. She previously held research positions at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of St Andrews, and Università degli Studi di Salerno, focusing on Plato’s Laws and intersections between ethics, aesthetics, and Greek literature. Education: Doctorate in Philosophy (2020, summa cum laude, University of Tübingen/Università di Salerno), Magister in Philosophy (2014, Tübingen), B.A. in International Literature (2013, Tübingen). Research Interests center on ancient ethics and aesthetics, moral responsibility, emotions in Antiquity, music and dance’s role in philosophical discourse, and the interplay between Plato’s dialogues and Greek literary traditions. Her work emphasizes choreia (choral dance) as a model for moral education and divine interaction. Publications include the monograph Plato's Dancing City (Brill, 2023) and co-edited volumes on Platonic mimesis and Nietzsche studies. Recent articles explore Plato’s Sophist composition, shame in Laws , and cross-disciplinary metaphors in antiquity. Awards: 2022: Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for best dissertation (International Plato Society). Grants: 2016–2019: Doctoral scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. 2018: DFG funding for “Platonic Mimesis Revisited” conference. Teaching: Courses on Aristotle’s Politics , Plato’s Theaetetus , Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De Fato , and Plato’s Laws at University of Trier and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Klara von Lindernمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Art History
• History of Science
• Romanticism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Klara von Lindern is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Material Culture , University of Oldenburg, focusing on the intersection of art history, history of science, and exhibition practices. Her doctoral work at the Volkswagen Foundation's interdisciplinary Research Center 'Knowledge | Exhibiting' analyzed the socio-political dimensions of Caspar David Friedrich's anniversary exhibitions in the 1970s. She is a member of the DFG network 'Current Perspectives in Romantic Studies' and the Association of German Art Historians. Education: University of Göttingen, University of Oxford Research Areas: Exhibition theory, Romanticism, material culture, cultural policy, gender studies Her research emphasizes the entanglement of art exhibitions with historical, political, and academic discourses, particularly in the context of German Romanticism and 20th-century museum practices. She has co-curated exhibitions like 'Face the Fact. Scientificity in Portrait' and contributed to anthologies on topics ranging from Raphael's legacy to gendered interpretations of musical objects. Current activities include collaborative research on implicit knowledge in exhibition practices, teaching art history methodologies, and conference participation at institutions like the Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Villa Massimo Rome, and University of Jena. Her work bridges academic scholarship and curatorial innovation. Notable Collaborations: Dr. Andreas Stolzenburg, Dr. Sophia Prinz Exhibition Projects: 'Raphael. The Impact of a Genius', 'Face the Fact', 'Romantic Views'

• New Testament Studies
• Biblical Hermeneutics
• Early Christianity
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Wilfried Eisele is a Professor for New Testament at the Faculty of Catholic Theology , University of Tübingen , since April 2017. He specializes in Lucan literature, early Christian transmission processes, and interdisciplinary theological approaches. Education : Theology and Philosophy studies in Tübingen, Jerusalem, and Paris; Magister Artium (2000), Dr. theol. (2002), Habilitation (2010). His research focuses on New Testament exegesis , particularly the Gospel of Luke, Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistle to the Hebrews, with emphasis on hermeneutics, ethical dimensions, and intertextual relationships. Recent projects include interdisciplinary analyses of biblical texts in criminology and art (e.g., Salvador Dalí's Biblia Sacra ). Key publication trends span Lucan theological narratives, historical contexts of early Christianity, and intersections between Scripture, ethics, and culture. His team includes Dr. Lena Lütticke, Dr. Reinhard Stiksel, and Felipe Agudelo Olarte.

Bernhard Oestreichمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Biblical Exegesis
• New Testament Studies
• Homiletics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Prof. Bernhard Oestreich is a Professor of New Testament at Friedensau Theological College since 1978. His career spans over four decades, focusing on Biblical Exegesis, Homiletics, and Performance Criticism. He earned his Ph.D. from Andrews University in 1997 and has held pastoral roles in Leipzig and Güstrow (1971–1977). Education: High School Diploma (1967), Theology Diploma (Friedensau, 1971), M.Div. Equivalency (Andrews, 1980), Ph.D. (Andrews, 1997) His research explores Pauline epistles , apocalyptic symbolism , and ritual theology , with a focus on performance criticism and intercultural interpretations. Articles like Investigations into the Sound’s Message of Philippians (2018) and Metaphors and Similes for Yahweh in Hosea (1998) reflect his interdisciplinary approach blending literary analysis, theology, and ritual studies. His publications examine ecclesiological dynamics , moral tensions in early Christian communities, and liturgical practices , including translations of his work into Croatian, Czech, and French. He has contributed to Adventist ecumenical theology through works on baptism, footwashing, and the doctrine of the Trinity.

Phillip John Usherمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Renaissance Studies
• Classical Reception
• Epic Literature
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Phillip John Usher, Associate Professor of French at New York University, specializes in Renaissance Studies, classical reception, and interdisciplinary explorations of geography, ecology, and visual culture. His research interrogates the complex relationships between literary epics and artistic production during the French Renaissance. Current project: The Humanist Anthropocene Key methodologies: Literary criticism, art history, spatial theory Professor Usher's monograph Epic Arts in the French Renaissance examines visual-literary dissonance in Renaissance epic production, analyzing works by Ronsard, Dolet, and d'Aubigné. His Errance et Cohérence explores Renaissance spatial concepts through transnational literature, while his annotated translation of Ronsard's Franciade revitalized this foundational text for English audiences. Research interests include: Renaissance epic literature and its artistic connections Classical mythological reception in early modern Europe Geographic and ecological thought in 16th-century France Visual studies and architectural representations in literature Recent publications investigate: Crete's symbolic role in Ronsard's Franciade (2017) Prophetic architecture in d'Aubigné's Parisian works (2009) Virgil's influence on 1530s Limoges enamels (2012)

• Medieval German Literature
• Emotion Psychology in Literature
• Evolutionary Approaches to Literature
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Michael Mecklenburg is a Professor of Older German Literature (Medieval Studies) at the Department of German Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kassel. His office is located at Kurt-Wolters-Straße 5, Room 3024, 34125 Kassel, with consultation hours by prior registration via Moodle. He has maintained an active teaching position through the winter semester 2024/25, offering courses including Introduction to Old German Literature and Language 1 , Konrad von Würzburg , and Middle Ages in Film . Dr. Mecklenburg's research focuses span evolutionary psychology and literature, emotionality in medieval texts, heroic poetry, early modern prose novels, medieval perception in film, ancient poetry, spiritual game, and medieval comedy. His approach uniquely combines cognitive and evolutionary perspectives with traditional literary analysis, particularly examining how emotions like shame function within medieval narrative structures. He has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches connecting medieval studies with contemporary psychological frameworks. His scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with narrative theory and reception studies, with particular attention to how medieval texts handle complex emotional landscapes. The publications trend shows increasing interdisciplinary work, connecting medieval literature with evolutionary psychology, gender studies, and film studies. His edited volume Adventurous 'Crossings': Premodern Intersectionality (2017) represents a significant contribution to intersectional approaches in medieval studies. Evolution - Emotion - Literature. Studies on Shame in Middle High German Narrative Poems (Habilitation thesis, 2007) Parody and Pathos. The Reception of Heroic Sagas in Historical Dietrich Epics (2002) Adventurous 'Crossings': Premodern Intersectionality (Edited volume, 2017) The Last Judgment in European Sermons (Edited volume, 2013) Throughout his career, Mecklenburg has demonstrated commitment to both teaching and research, with a distinctive focus on the emotional dimensions of medieval literature. His work bridges historical literary scholarship with contemporary theoretical approaches, creating new pathways for understanding medieval texts through modern psychological frameworks. He has contributed significantly to the study of emotion in medieval narrative, particularly through his habilitation thesis on shame in Middle High German poetry.

• Early Modern Literature and Culture
• Romanticism
• Middlebrow Literature
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Christoph Ehland is a Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn since 2009. Previously, he served as an Assistant (2002-2009) and habilitated at the University of Würzburg (2007) with the venia legendi for English Philology. His academic journey includes a doctorate from Würzburg (2001) and studies in English, Latin, art history, and economics across Germany and the UK. Research Clusters: Early Modern Literature and Culture Romanticism and its Afterlives Middlebrow and Anglo-Indian Literature Literary Spatial Practices Mobility and Urban Studies His publications span monographs on picaresque archetypes, writer iconography, and Brexit's cultural implications. He co-edited volumes on Resistance and the City , Middlebrow Writing , and Perspectives on Mobility . Prof. Ehland actively engages in academic service , serving as Schatzmeister und Vorstandsmitglied of the International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE) since 2023. He has delivered keynote lectures at institutions including Dresden, Innsbruck, and the University of London.

Fritz Kuschمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Political Economy
• Social Policy
• American History
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Fritz Kusch is a doctoral candidate and Researcher in Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Bremen , affiliated with the Collaborative Research Center 1342 (Global Development Dynamics of Social Policy). His academic work focuses on the interplay between protectionism, political culture, and social policy in the United States (1880–1930), particularly through populist agitations and visual propaganda. Education PhD in Modern and Contemporary History (University of Bremen, since 2022) MA in Historical Sciences (Freie Universität Berlin, 2018–2021) BA in Turkology (Freie Universität Berlin, 2017–2021) BA in Modern and Contemporary History (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2013–2017) Kusch’s research explores the ideological foundations of American protectionism, linking economic policies to nationalism, exceptionalism, and xenophobia. His work emphasizes cultural interpretations of political economy, as seen in his upcoming publications on tariff cartoons, anti-intellectualism, and labor rhetoric. His publications analyze how protectionist elites popularized complex economic debates through emotionalized media like cartoons and pamphlets, bridging academic and public discourse. These studies intersect with broader themes of mass democracy and opinion-shaping techniques in late 19th- and early 20th-century America. Scientific Awards Recipient of the Deutschlandstipendium (2019–2021) at Freie Universität Berlin Kusch contributes to academic discourse through conference presentations at venues like the International American Studies Association and the International Federation for Public History. He is part of Project B11 (Protectionism and Social Policy in the Americas, 1890–2020) within CRC 1342.

• German Medieval Studies
• Middle High German Literature
• Political Influence and Power in Medieval Texts
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Elke Brüggen is a Professor for Older German Studies at the University of Bonn, specializing in German medieval literature, culture, and transcultural narratology. Her research explores political influence, counseling dynamics, and gender roles in premodern societies. Education: Habilitation (1995), Ph.D. (1986), M.A. (1975–1982) from the University of Cologne. Her work focuses on asymmetrical dependencies , narratives of female rulers and advisers , and transcultural configurations . Recent publications examine representations of captivity, cultural exchange, and stylistic didacticism in Middle High German epics like Parzival and Willehalm . Key subfields include courtly interaction, manuscript studies, and gendered power dynamics. Brüggen has supervised 8 completed and 5 ongoing Ph.D. theses as reviewer, alongside mentoring numerous Magister, M.A., and B.A. students. She serves as Deputy Spokesperson for the DFG Collaborative Research Center 1167 on premodern power structures and co-founded the Bonn Center for Transcultural Narratology.

Melanie Ulzمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مهمان

• Art History
• Cultural History (18th-21st centuries)
• Postcolonial Studies
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Prof. Melanie Ulz is a Visiting Professor of Historical Image Studies at the University of Regensburg’s Faculty of Philosophy, Arts, History and Social Sciences. She has held visiting professorships at Bielefeld University (Gender Studies, 2021/22), Munich, Oldenburg, Zurich, and Heidelberg. From 2010-2016, she was a Junior Professor for Art History (18th–21st centuries) at the University of Osnabrück. Her research focuses on 18th–21st century art and cultural history, postcolonial and gender studies, transcultural object history, and migration visualization. She co-leads the DFG-funded project on 'Antigypsyism in Europe (1850-1950)'. Education: Doctorate (2005, University of Trier) on French history painting; postdoctoral work in Trier’s DFG Research Training Groups on Slavery and Media Studies. Research interests include colonialism’s visual culture, museum practices, abolitionism’s imagery, and European history painting’s racial/gender constructs. Her monographs address Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign masculinity and Osnabrück’s architectural history. She edited volumes on migration visuality, slavery in art, and postcolonial museum studies. Recent publications analyze colonial world’s fairs, migration exhibition design, and postcolonial art historiography. Her work interrogates how visual media construct colonial power, racial hierarchies, and transnational identities. Current projects examine antigypsyism’s visual narratives and migration’s transcultural museum representations. Awards: None explicitly listed, but her extensive editorial and research leadership indicate significant academic recognition. Advising/Grants: Supervised numerous collaborative projects; co-spokesperson of the Ulm Association’s migration art working group (2018-2020). Active in interdisciplinary migration/film research initiatives. Labs/Teams: Collaborates in the DFG research group on Antigypsyism and the IMIS research network on migration visualization.

Andreas Bernardمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Digital Media
• Cultural Studies
• Digital Culture
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Andreas Bernard is a Professor at the Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. His work spans digital media, cultural studies, and contemporary poetics, with particular focus on digital self-representation and the cultural implications of media technologies. He has been actively publishing since the late 1990s and continues to produce significant scholarly work into the 2020s. Bernard's research interests center on how digital technologies reshape cultural practices, particularly in the areas of self-representation, organizational structures, and contemporary discourse. His work examines the historical and philosophical dimensions of digital culture, with special attention to profiles, hashtags, and other digital phenomena that structure contemporary life. He approaches these topics through interdisciplinary lenses that combine media theory, cultural history, and philosophical analysis. His publications reveal strong trends in analyzing how media technologies mediate human experience and organization. Bernard frequently investigates the historical precursors to contemporary digital phenomena, showing how current practices emerge from longer cultural trajectories. His recent work has increasingly focused on the poetics and epistemology of digital culture, examining how knowledge is structured and represented in digital environments. Bernard has edited several significant collections including 'Non Knowledge and Digital Cultures' (2018) and 'Theodor W. Adorno 'Minima moralia' neu gelesen' (2003), demonstrating his engagement with both contemporary digital issues and foundational philosophical texts. His work bridges theoretical analysis with concrete cultural phenomena, making significant contributions to understanding digital culture. Among his notable projects are the 'Digital Cultures Research Lab (2017-2022)', 'Making Sense(s). Die Medialität der Nahsinne', and 'Zukunftslabor Gesellschaft und Arbeit'. Through these initiatives, Bernard has helped establish interdisciplinary research frameworks for studying digital culture from multiple perspectives including media history, philosophy, and organizational studies.

• Theater Studies
• Performance Studies
• Intermediality
• +۱۰ مورد دیگر

Maren Butte is a Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at the Institute for Media and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, where she has taught and researched since 2016. Previously, she held research positions at the University of Bayreuth (2015), Freie University of Berlin (2011-2014), and University of Basel (2006-2009). Professor Butte completed her doctorate on audiovisual aesthetics of melodrama in 2014. Her academic journey demonstrates consistent interdisciplinary engagement with performance, media, and cultural studies, with particular attention to intersections between artistic practices and theoretical frameworks. She holds the title of apl. Professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor), a permanent academic position in the German system that sits outside the standard salary scale. Her research focuses on performative practices between the arts and between art and everyday (media) life, body techniques and digital technologies. Her teaching emphasizes theater history, theory, and aesthetics at the intersection with media cultural studies: communicative and affective processes (staging, representation, performance), body techniques and knowledge, ritual theories (theater anthropology and transculturality), choreography, gender and fashion studies, intermediality, and transmodal perception (sensory studies). Her scholarly output reveals evolving engagement with the ephemeral nature of performance, politics of visibility, and intersection of embodied practices with technological mediation. Recent work shows increasing attention to queer aesthetics, digital materialism, and politics of belonging in contemporary performance. Publications demonstrate sophisticated understanding of how affect operates as a medium in performance art and how artistic practices navigate disciplinary boundaries. Kuratoriumsmitglied: iDas (International Dance Artist Service NRW) Member: Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft (GTW) Member: Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM) Member: International Federation for Theatre Research Reviewer for: DFG, DAAD, Tanzrecherche NRW Professor Butte regularly presents at international conferences and has delivered numerous invited lectures on topics including techno-aisthesis, contact zones of the body, digital materialism, and post-melodramatic experience. Her editorial work includes forthcoming volumes on choreographic procedures and obscene scenes in performative arts.

Diederik Burgersdijkمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Late Antiquity
• Early Christianity
• Rhetoric
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Dr. Diederik Burgersdijk is an Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Utrecht University, affiliated with the Departments of Languages, Literature and Communication, and History and Art History. He holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (2010) and is a visiting researcher at Humboldt University Berlin. His research focuses on rhetoric and historiography in the Later Roman Empire, with specializations in Late Antiquity, Constantinople, and the reception of ancient texts. He is editor-in-chief of Talanta and chairs the BABESCH Foundation promoting Mediterranean archaeology. Education: PhD in Classics (2010, University of Amsterdam), studies in Latin and Ancient History. His work bridges classical scholarship with modern cultural analysis, emphasizing the intersection of ancient texts and their historical, literary, and educational impacts. Research interests include the Historia Augusta, Roman emperors, urban history (Constantinople), and the legacy of Carthage. Recent publications explore Carthage's cultural memory, Constantine's iconography, and Dutch elite education history. He co-edits Brill's Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean series and contributes to Athenaeum's literary translations. His articles analyze ancient rhetoric, Silk Road trade, and Dutch Golden Age art. He has published extensively on Latin literature, educational history, and the reception of classical figures like Alexander the Great and Constantine the Great. Key contributions include Carthage. Once Destroyed, Never Gone (2025), Constantinople Through the Ages (2024), and Gymnasium: History of an Elite School (2022). His work frequently addresses classical traditions in modern contexts, such as opera and colonial narratives.

• Cultural Anthropology
• Digitalization in Everyday Life
• Mathematization of Society
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Ina Dietzsch is a full professor and executive director at the Institute for European Ethnology/Cultural Anthropology at Philipps University of Marburg, affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy. She leads the Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies and is deeply engaged in interdisciplinary research on digital culture, water, and technology. She also holds a scientific project management role at the University of Basel and FHNW in Switzerland. PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin (2000) Habilitation, University of Basel (2015) W3 Professor, Philipps University of Marburg (2020–present) Her research centers on the digitization and mathematization of nature, with a focus on water practices, ontologies, and narratives. She explores how digital technologies reconfigure human, animal, plant, and technical relations, particularly in agriculture and urban development. Drawing on feminist theorists like Donna Haraway, she critically examines posthuman and cyborg identities, participatory design, and visual communication. The recent publications reflect a strong trend in digital cultural techniques, especially in water and agriculture. Themes include smart water systems in South Africa, posthuman readings of urban water, digital farming methodologies, and the role of visual participation in urban planning. The works combine ethnographic, theoretical, and design-anthropological approaches. Ina Dietzsch is actively involved in academic leadership and collaboration. She is a board member of the Marburg Center for Digital Culture and Infrastructure and the DGEKW Commission on Digitalization in Everyday Life. She co-leads the Critical Icono-Ethnography Lab (CIELab) and the Marburg Water Lab, fostering interdisciplinary and participatory research. She has supervised various research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Her work bridges cultural anthropology, science and technology studies, and design, with a strong emphasis on public engagement and collaborative knowledge production.

Fiona Sophie Makulikمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Feminist Linguistics
• Discourse Linguistics
• Political Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Fiona Sophie Makulik is a researcher at the University of Bremen, affiliated with the Department of German Studies and the Research Training Group (RTG) Contradiction Studies. Since 2023, she has served as an elected member of the Care, Equality and Diversity Board of the RTG Contradiction Studies. Master in Language and Communication Studies (University of Greifswald, 2019–2021) Bachelor in German Studies and Philosophy (University of Bremen, 2017) Her research focuses on feminist linguistics , discourse linguistics , and political linguistics , particularly the diachronic evolution of counter-discourses in the German abortion debate. She examines practices of contradiction, positioning, and discursive disruption across three historical periods (1971–75, 1990–94, 2018–2022), integrating theories from feminist and political linguistics. Fiona's recent publications include studies on the feminist abortion discourse's aesthetics, relational dynamics, and digital antifeminism. Her work appears in interdisciplinary volumes such as Discourses in/of Disruption and Debating, Opposing, Protesting , often analyzing linguistic practices in biomedical and digital contexts. She actively presents at conferences like That Goes Too Far! (Free University of Berlin) and Exploring Contradictions beyond Contradiction (University of Bremen), emphasizing the intersection of linguistics, feminism, and political critique. Fiona contributes to projects on decolonial knowledge production and serves in academic working groups on pragmatics and language in politics.