Middle Ages
Dr. Stefan Esders
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Friedrich Meinecke Institute
History of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Late Antiquity
- Early Middle Ages
Dr. Christian Freigang
Professor of Architectural History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Art History Institute
Architectural History
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Architectural history of the Middle Ages and the 19th and 20th centuries, with an emphasis on Germany and France
- Architectural theory and perception
- Late medieval art
- History of art history
Dr. Andrew James Johnston
Professor of English Literature
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute for English Language and Literature
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- History and cultural history of the British Isles
- Literature and culture in the English Middle Ages and the Renaissance,
- especially Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare
- Medieval reception in high and popular culture
- Tolkien
- Spy novels
- Winston Churchill
- British monarchy
Dr. Ingrid Kasten
Professor of Medieval German
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Medieval German Literature and Language
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Gender research in medieval studies
- Lyric poetry
- Mysticism and women
- Novels
- Short novels in verse
- Literary history of emotionality
- Literary theory and medieval literature
Dr. Ralf Schlechtweg-Jahn
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Medieval German Literature and Linguistics
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- German literature of the Middle Ages
- Literary theory, especially narratology
- Religion in medieval literature
- Power and violence in medieval literature
- Medieval reception
- Computer games