[Mediaevistik] Promotions- und Postdoc-Stellen in Cambridge zur 'Kaiserchronik'

Henrike Laehnemann henrike.laehnemann at newcastle.ac.uk
So Dez 16 22:56:01 CET 2012


Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

Mark Chinca und Chris Young in Cambridge haben gerade ein großangelegtes Projekt zur 'Kaiserchronik' begonnen, das vom AHRC (Arts and Humanities Council) gefördert wird. Im Rahmen des Projekts sind auch zwei Doktorandenstellen zu vergeben und eine Postdoc-Stelle, ein sogenannter 'Research Associate'-Posten (http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/German_RA_ad.pdf). Genaueres findet sich auf der Ausschreibungsseite der Uni Cambridge (http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/), aber wer sich auch informell erkundigen will, kann das entweder bei mir oder auch direkt bei Chris Young (cjy1000 at cam.ac.uk ) tun.
 
Prof. Henrike Lähnemann
Chair of German Studies, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University
GB - NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, 0044 191 222 7513, henrike.laehnemann at ncl.ac.uk
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/german
 

The project

The Kaiserchronik (c.1150) is one of the great monuments of medieval literature. Chronicling the reigns of Roman and German kings and emperors, from the earliest times to the twelfth century, it projects a magnificent historical sweep in which the German-speaking peoples and their rulers feature as actors on the stage of ancient history and heirs to the legacy of Rome as capital of the Christian West. It is the first verse chronicle to have been written in any European vernacular. Yet despite its importance for literary and historical studies alike, it has been surprisingly neglected.

The project has attracted funding of c. £950,000 from the AHRC. The team assembles experts in the fields of medieval literature, language and history, with special collaborations with the University of Marburg and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Over its lifetime, the project will produce the first-ever complete edition of the Kaiserchronik, accompanied by English translation, full introduction and commentary. 
It will be published, in three volumes, by the prestigious Akademie Verlag in Berlin. In addition, the complete manuscript transmission of the Kaiserchronik will be digitized and placed on open access via the Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts, hosted by the Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. This site, which (in collaboration with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France) already hosts the digital manuscripts of the most famous medieval love-allegory, the Roman de la Rose, and will guarantee sustained international exposure for the Kaiserchronik project.


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