Sean Bex's PhD project explores the intersections of cultural memory and human rights through the lens of the oeuvre of the American author Dave Eggers. At the core of this ...read more
This research project examines the stylistic features of Robert Schumann’s and Richard Wagner’s Musikkritik. The critical writings of both composers have so far been read as a corroboration of Romantic musical poetics. The ...read more
Contemporary German-language literature shows an increased interest in Eastern and Central Europe. These texts often have migration processes, negotiations of identities and characters coping with traumatic events at their core. Based on these observations this ...read more
The 3rd AD Greek epic Posthomerica (Quintus of Smyrna) is conceived as a sequel to Homer in both content and style. Its episodic narrative composition has long been deemed unoriginal. However, when looking beyond ...read more
During this doctoral research, two novels were studied, written during the sixties and seventies: Corporale by Paolo Volponi (Einaudi, Torino 1974) and Petrolio by Pier Paolo Pasolini (published posthumously: Einaudi, Torino 1992). I ...read more
This project proposes a diachronic comparative research, based on a varied corpus of narratives and treatises, into the establishment, evolution and effectiveness of medieval ideals of masculinity in monastic and ...read more