This project has investigated forms of authority and the authorization of knowledge from a perspective informed by modern sociological theory.
Research Field: "religious studies"
Visio amoris et veneris – T(r)opische Imaginationen von der Liebe im italienischen Spätmittelalter (C-2-4-1)
DissertationBased on the comparative analysis of two exemplary texts (La elegia di madonna Fiammetta, 1343/44 and Il ninfale fiesolano, 1344/46), this Ph.D. thesis deals with the literary strategies and narrative devices employed to depict love, sexuality and desire. The roles, functions and transformations of the antique love deities receive special consideration.
Ancient Succession Narratives (B-5-1)
Research projectThis project has investigated issues of succession in various cultural and religious contexts of the ancient Mediterranean and neighboring areas. In particular, it was examined how narratives of succession and/or genealogy served to create and stabilize collective identities, and how attempts were made to demarcate these from other sources of knowledge authorities and traditions.
Personal Authorization of Knowledge (B-5)
Research GroupThis research group brought various scholars of Ancient Mediterranean Studies into sustained dialogue on the interrelations between knowledge, authority and personality. Its comparative approach involved discourses, methodologies and technologies of Ancient History, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, Greek and Latin Studies, Epigraphy, Old and New Testament Studies, Patristics, Religious Studies and Social Thought. AT A GLANCE 30 […]