Prof. Dr. Barbara Kuhn

Barbara Kuhn
Prof. Dr. Barbara Kuhn
Chair of Romance Literary Studies I
Building Universitätsallee/Zentralbibliothek | Room: UA-242
Postal Address
Universitätsallee 1
85072 Eichstätt
Office hours
appointment by e-mail

Biography

Scuola di Atene
© C.Savoldelli Scuola di Atene
  • since 2022 Chairwoman of the German Association of Italianists
  • since 2021 Member of the Executive Board (Vice Chair) of the German Study Centre in Venice
  • seit 2020  Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the book series Prolegomena Romanica. Beiträge zu den Romanischen Kulturen und Literaturen
  • seit 2020 Speaker for the Bachelor's program Romance Languages-Economics-Geography
  • 2019 Launch of "Poesia. German-Italian Forum for contemporary poetry" (together with Dr. Anna Castelli, Dr. Katharina List and Dr. Sabrina Maag)
  • since 2018 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • since 2017 Chairwoman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Study Centre in Venice
  • 2015-2017 Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature
  • since 2016 First Vice-Chairwoman of the German Association of Italianists
  • since 2015 President of the German Leopardi Society
  • since 2015 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the book series Orbis romanicus. Studia philologica Monacensia
  • 2014 Awarded the Rudolf Meimberg Prize of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
  • since 2014 Second Vice-Chairwoman of the German Association of Italianists
  • since 2014 Member of the scientific advisory board of the online journal Dante e l'arte
  • 2013-2015 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature
  • since 2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Study Centre in Venice
  • since 2011 Co-publisher of the journal Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen (Romance languages and literatures)
  • since 2011 Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature
  • 2010-2016 Spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Bachelor's and Master's Programs with the profile Culture and Media
  • since October 2009 Chair of Romance Literature I at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • since 2009 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the journal Comparatio. Journal for comparative literature
  • June and Sept. 2008 Research stays in Venice
  • 2008-2009 Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer of the University of Konstanz
  • 2005-2006 Dean of the Department of Literary Studies
  • 2004-2009 Professor of Romance Literatures at the University of Konstanz
  • 2002-2003 Research stay in Venice
  • There at the end of 2001 she gained her habilitation with a thesis on the Kirke myth in the literature of the Italian Renaissance
  • 1997-2004 Research assistant and, after her habilitation, senior assistant at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
  • 1993-1996 Teaching classes at the universities of Stuttgart, Halle and Marburg
  • Doctoral Degree 1993 at the University of Stuttgart with a thesis on the French novel in the second half of the 20th century
  • 1992-1993 Study and research stay in Paris
  • 1992 Awarded the Prize “Friends of the University of Stuttgart for special scientific achievements” for the master's thesis, which was revised and expanded after the doctoral thesis
  • Study of librarianship, Romance and German language and literature in Stuttgart, Tours and Paris

Publications

[Translate to English:] Leopardis Dichten und Denken der Natur
[Translate to English:] Leopardis Dichten und Denken der Natur
[Translate to English:] Letteratura e migrazione | Literatur und Migration Proposte intorno alla figura del ponte | Fragen zur Figur der Brücke
[Translate to English:] Letteratura e migrazione | Literatur und Migration
[Translate to English:] Ponti | Brücken
[Translate to English:] Ponti | Brücken
[Translate to English:] Italienische Literatur im Spannungsfeld von Norm und Hybridität
[Translate to English:] Italienische Literatur im Spannungsfeld von Norm und Hybridität
[Translate to English:] La città dell’occhio / Die Stadt des Auges
[Translate to English:] La città dell’occhio / Die Stadt des Auges
[Translate to English:] Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen
[Translate to English:] Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen
[Translate to English:] Lebenskunst nach Leopardi
[Translate to English:] Lebenskunst nach Leopardi
[Translate to English:] Unendlichkeiten
[Translate to English:] Unendlichkeiten
[Translate to English:] Grenzen
[Translate to English:] Grenzen
[Translate to English:] Leopardis Bilder
[Translate to English:] Leopardis Bilder
[Translate to English:] Das Gesetz der Serie
[Translate to English:] Das Gesetz der Serie
[Translate to English:] Wie sonst nirgendwo ...
[Translate to English:] Wie sonst nirgendwo ...
[Translate to English:] Selbst-Bild und Selbst-Bilder
[Translate to English:] Selbst-Bild und Selbst-Bilder
[Translate to English:] Einführung in die italienische Literaturwissenschaft
[Translate to English:] Einführung in die italienische Literaturwissenschaft
[Translate to English:] Verfehlter Dialog oder versuchter Dialog?
[Translate to English:] Verfehlter Dialog oder versuchter Dialog?
[Translate to English:] Mythos und Metapher
© Fink Verlag [Translate to English:] Mythos und Metapher

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Artikel

Buch

Aufsatz in einem Buch

Rezension

Herausgeberschaft einer Schriftenreihe oder einer Zeitschrift

Organization of Conferences and other Academic Events

Poesia
© C. Savoldelli
  • 07.-09. March 2024 Co-organisation «Categorie: formazione, trasformazione, (inter-)azione - Kategorien: Bildung, Wandel, (Wechsel-)Wirkung» XIII. Italianistiktag 2024 at der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; Programm of Italian Studies Day
  • 23.-25. November 2023 «Leopardis Lesearten der Antike - Letture leopardiane dell’antichità» Leopardi-Tag 2023: International conference of the German Leopardi Society and the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Trier (together with Dr. Paul Strohmaier, Trier)
  • 30. June–2. July 2022 «O natura, o natura» Leopardis Dichten und Denken der Natur. Leopardi-Tag 2021/22: International Conference of the German Leopardi Society at the Romance Seminar of Heidelberg University
  • 20. Oktober 2021 «Das wissen wir schon». Reading by and with Noemi Schneider. Opening event of the exhibition «Literatur im Land»
  • 8. October–15. November 2021 «Was bleibet aber… Literatur im Land». Traveling exhibition of the Working Group of Literary Societies and Memorial Sites (acquired for Eichstätt; in collaboration with Dr. Gernot Lorenz, University Library)
  • 8.–9. October 2020 «Letteratura come ponte? Literatur als Brücke? Littérature comme pont? Migrazione e letteratura – Literatur und Migration». International conference at the German Study Center in Venice (together with PD Dr. Marita Liebermann, Venice)
  • 4. December 2019 «200 Jahre und kein Ende. Raoul Schrott und Davide Rondoni im Dialog mit Leopardis Infinito». Opening event of Poesia—deutsch-italienisches Lyrikforum at Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • 18.–20. July 2019 «Lebenskunst nach Leopardi. Anti-pessimistische Strategien im Werk Giacomo Leopardis». Leopardi-Tag 2019: International conference of the German Leopardi Society and the University of Bonn (together with Dr. Milan Herold, Bonn)
  • 8.–9. November 2018 «Brücken – Interdisziplinäre Erkundungen eines polyvalenten Begriffs. Ponti – Esplorazioni interdisciplinari di un concetto polivalente». International workshop, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, German Study Center in Venice (together with PD Dr. Marita Liebermann)
  • 1.–3. March 2018 «Ibridità e norma – Norm und Hybridität». German Italianists' Conference, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Organization, management, and moderation of the literary studies section (together with Prof. Dr. Dietrich Scholler, Mainz)
  • 22.–24. June 2017 «Immagini e immaginazione. Leopardis Bilder – Reflexionen von Bild und Bildlichkeit». Deutscher Leopardi-Tag 2017. Annual conference of the German Leopardi Society in cooperation with the University of Konstanz (together with Prof. Dr. Michael Schwarze, Konstanz)
  • 25.–27. September 2016 «Unendlichkeiten. Zur Textpoetik der (Post-)Moderne». Workshop at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Organization, management, and moderation (together with Prof. Dr. Kurt Hahn, Würzburg/Munich, and Prof. Dr. Jobst Welge, Eichstätt/Stockholm)
  • 3.–5. March 2016 «Serialität – Reihen, Fortsetzungen, Folgen. Serialità – collane, continuazioni, puntate». German Italianists' Conference, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: Organization, management, and moderation of the literary studies section (together with Prof. Dr. Marc Föcking, Hamburg)
  • 11. June 2015 «Musik bei Dante – Musik nach Dante». Soirée celebrating Dante's 750th birthday as part of a Bavaria-wide initiative by the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich, featuring a lecture (Prof. Dr. Florian Mehltretter, Munich) and music(Franz Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante).
  • 16.–18. April 2015 «La città dell’occhio – Die Stadt des Auges. Dimensionen des Visuellen zwischen Produktivität und Manipulation in der venezianischen Malerei und Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts» at the German Study Center and the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice (together with Prof. Dr. Robert Fajen, Halle)
  • 2. January 2014 «Architektur der Erlösung. Dante und die Moderne». Lecture by Prof. Dr. Beat Wyss, organized as part of an initiative by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich in honor of Dante
  • Winterterm 2013/14 until 2016/17 Management, coordination, and (together with research assistants) organization of the «Eichstätter Wintervortragsreihe»: Interdisciplinary lecture series on the following topics:«Was ist Barock? Epoche – ästhetisches Konzept – Denkform» (2 Semester), «Venedig…», «Geld – Wert und Werte», «Grenzen»
  • 19.–21. September 2013 «Selbst-Bilder – Zeit-Bilder. Autoportrait und Zeit in Literatur und Bildender Kunst». Organization and management of the conference at the University of Eichstätt
  • 7. November 2012 «Giornata Italo Svevo». Organization of a Svevo Day at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (initiative of several Bavarian universities and the Italian Consulate; event organized in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Florian Mehltretter, Munich)
  • 18.–19. November 2011 «Leopardi-Tag 2011». Organization and implementation of the annual conference of the German Leopardi Society at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (together with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Neumeister, Berlin)
  • 7. November 2007 «Giornata del romanzo». Organization and implementation of the binational conference at the University of Konstanz (together with PD Dr. Christian Rivoletti, Saarbrücken)
  • 23.–27. September 2007 «Peripher oder polyzentrisch? Alternative Romanwelten im 18. Jahrhundert». Organization and management of the section at the xxxth German Romanists' Day, Vienna (together with PD Dr. Ludger Scherer, Bonn)

Contact

Heike Wübben
Administrative Staff
Building Universitätsallee/Zentralbibliothek | Room: UA-243
Postal Address
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Universitätsallee 1
85072 Eichstätt
Office hours
Monday to Thursday mornings
and by appointment
During lecture-free periods: By appointment