University or institution:
Marburg
Fields of research:
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
New Historicism;
Reader-response criticism;
Ecocriticism;
Narratology;
Interdisciplinarity;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Comedy;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Theory of translation;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Freie Universität Berlin
Fields of research:
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary historiography;
Media studies;
Digital literature;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century)
University or institution:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Fields of research:
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Literature and pedagogy;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.)
University or institution:
Universität Heidelberg
Fields of research:
French literature;
Didactics of Literature;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Interdisciplinarity;
Aesthetics;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
Fields of research:
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Prose;
Novel;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and natural science;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Prose;
Novel;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
Essay;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Universität Passau
Fields of research:
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Near Eastern literature;
Didactics of Literature;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and visual studies;
Intermediality;
Novel;
Narrative;
Comic;
autobiography;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Universität Bielefeld
Fields of research:
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Universität Wien
Fields of research:
Didactics of Literature;
Literary theory;
Reader-response criticism;
Narratology;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and natural science;
Narrative;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
The fictional
University or institution:
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Reader-response criticism;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Other lyrical forms;
Prose;
Non-fictional literature;
Drama;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 19th century
University or institution:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
South Asian literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Novel;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
travel literature;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Aix-Marseille Université
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Didactics of Literature;
Postcolonial studies;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literature from Israel;
Near Eastern literature;
East Asian literature;
South Asian literature;
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Novel;
Narrative
University or institution:
Bergische Universität Wuppertal (BUW)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Italian literature;
South Asian literature;
Literary theory;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Literature and visual studies;
Intermediality;
Novella;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century);
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Digital Humanities;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and publishing/booktrade;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Children's and young adult literature;
Rhetoric;
Translation;
Literature of the 20th century
