Projects

On this page you can get an overview of the research projects

of the Chair of German Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture:

Research projects

Hagiographie und Türkenpredigt

The DFG project led by Prof. Dr. Marina Münkler and Dr. Antje Sablotny entitled "Protestant Hagiography and Turkish Sermons. The transformations of two leading genres of religious communication in the confessional invectives of the 16th century" has been funded by the German Research Foundation since October 2023. Learn more

SFB 1285 Invectivity. TP E: Sacrality and sacrilege

The TP E "Sacrality and sacrilege. The Degradation of the Sacred in the Interconfessional Dispute of the 16th Century" of the CRC 1285 "Invectivity. Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement" examines the reciprocal invectives between representatives of the Reformation and Old Believers from the beginning of the Reformation to the end of the 16th century. Learn more

Risk communication and risk narratives: Interdisciplinary research and learning project

Risk communication has become a central requirement, but also a fundamental problem of science, whereby risk communication reinforces the perception of risk. The more risks are talked about, the more real and threatening they appear. This is because transformations of the semantics of risk and risk narratives play a significant role in the communication of risks. Learn more

Bild zweier Männer, die sich mit Handschlag begrüßen und einer dabei das Flammende Herz Gottet im Himmel ergreift

SFB 804 Transcendence and public spirit TP S Friendship

The TP S "The Ethos of Friendship. Discourses and Narratives of Public Spirit in Medieval Literature" of the CRC 804 "Transcendence and Public Spirit" investigated friendship as a central element of a social virtue system and as a foundational concept of social order in high medieval literature and culture in 2011-2014. Learn more