University or institution:
Københavns Universitet (KU) / University of Copenhagen
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary historiography;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literary genre;
Drama;
Tragedy;
Domestic drama;
Liturgical drama;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century
University or institution:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
Reader-response criticism;
Ecocriticism;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Elegy;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
Tragedy;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Reader-response criticism;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th 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:
Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Prose;
Essay;
Diary;
Domestic drama;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Colgate University
Fields of research:
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Hermeneutics;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Elegy;
Essay;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Literature from Israel;
Literary theory;
Deconstruction;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Poetics;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and music/sound studies;
Intermediality;
Drama;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th 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
University or institution:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literary theory;
New Historicism;
Writtenness;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and law;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and visual studies;
Poetics;
autobiography;
Essay;
Tragedy;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Ghent University (UGent)
Fields of research:
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Poststructuralism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Intermediality;
autobiography;
travel literature;
Children's and young adult literature;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität Freiburg (Schweiz) / Université de Fribourg
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Digital Humanities;
Literary theory;
Feminist studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and music/sound studies;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Elegy;
Novella;
Narrative;
autobiography;
Children's and young adult literature;
Formula literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
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
University or institution:
Freie Universität Berlin
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Drama;
Tragedy;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität Erfurt
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Postcolonial studies;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Writtenness;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and music/sound studies;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
travel literature;
Essay;
Letter;
Diary;
Drama;
Digital literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Fields of research:
Literary historiography;
Hermeneutics;
Reader-response criticism;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Aesthetics;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century
University or institution:
Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza" / University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century);
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century);
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
New Historicism;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Media studies;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Letter;
Theory of translation
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:
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (KFUG);
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Italian literature;
Digital Humanities;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Freie Universität Berlin
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literature from Israel;
Near Eastern literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Media studies;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and publishing/booktrade;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Other lyrical forms;
Prose;
Letter;
Drama;
Formula literature;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Translation;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands
Fields of research:
Digital Humanities;
Literary historiography;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Drama;
Comedy;
Tragicomedy;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century);
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century
University or institution:
Aristoteleio Panepistēmio Thessalonikēs (APTH) / Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Fields of research:
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions
University or institution:
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Fields of research:
Literary theory;
Narratology;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
The fictional
University or institution:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
Fields of research:
French literature;
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Literary historiography;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Fields of research:
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary theory;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century
