Sieglinde Hartmann (born 1954 in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

, Germany) is a German medievalist, expert on the medieval poet

Oswald von Wolkenstein Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377 in Pfalzen – August 2, 1445, in Meran) was a poet, composer and diplomat. In his diplomatic capacity, he traveled through much of Europe to as far as Georgia (as recounted in "Durch Barbarei, Arabia"). He w ...

and president of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft.

Biography

Sieglinde Hartmann studied in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. She received her Ph.D. at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany with a study on age reflection and self-portrayal in Oswald von Wolkenstein's oeuvre. She has been visiting professor at the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

(Austria), as well as lecturer at the Universities of Paris IV (Sorbonne - France), Mainz (Germany), Gießen (Germany), Kassel (Germany), Bamberg, and the J.W. Goethe-University in Frankfurt (Germany). In 2003, Sieglinde Hartmann was appointed to a professorship for Medieval German literature at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

. An important element in Sieglinde Hartmann's research approach is the international networking regarding German Medieval studies. In this context she was appointed professor for German philology at the

Baku Slavic University Baku Slavic University (BSU) ( az, Bakı Slavyan Universiteti) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the university, specializing in the study of Slavic and German languages, diplomats, philologists-teachers, translators of Russia ...

, Azerbaijan. As researcher, she mainly focuses on Medieval German literature, especially

(ca. 1376/77-1445), a widely travelled knight, considered to be the most important German composer and poet of the

Late Middle Ages The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renai ...

. Since Wolkenstein’s work is closely connected with the culture of the other European countries of his time, Hartmann has developed a special comparative approach combining methods from the fields of literary studies, history, intellectual history, and art history to enrich, e.g., her textual analysis. Thus her new approach opens up paths to a contextual understanding of Wolkenstein’s genius within other cultural phenomena of the ‘Waning Middle Ages’. An important element in Sieglinde Hartmann's work regarding Wolkenstein is also the organization and presentation of Medieval concerts, often in cooperation with the Austrian musician Eberhard Kummer. Since 2002, Sieglinde Hartmann has been a Member of the Programming Committee of the

International Medieval Congress The International Medieval Congress (IMC) is an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, the study of the European Middle Ages (c. 300–1500). It is organised and administered by the Institute for Me ...

organized every year by the Institute for Medieval Studies at the

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, Great Britain, responsible for comparative studies and German philology. Because of her deep involvement in research on Oswald von Wolkenstein, Sieglinde Hartmann is a founding member and since 2007 the acting president of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, as well as editor-in-chief of the Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft (JOWG).

Research focus areas

* History of German literature in the high and late

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

* Medieval Reception * The

Nibelungenlied The ( gmh, Der Nibelunge liet or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germani ...

in the context of non-European heroic epics

Publications (selection)

Studies regarding Oswald von Wolkenstein

* ''Heretical Hussites: Oswald Von Wolkenstein’s ‘Song Of Hell’ (‘Durch Toren Weis’).'' In: Heresy and the Making of European Culture. Medieval and Modern Perspectives. A. P. Roach and J. R. Simpson (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate 2013. * ''Oswald von Wolkenstein.'' In: Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. 3rd Edition, Stuttgart /Weimar 2009, Band 12. * ''Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft.'' Edited with Ulrich Müller; from volume 7, Frankfurt am Main 1992/93 ff. * ''Pourquoi traduire en français un auteur comme Oswald von Wolkenstein?'' Lausanne 2005. * ''Oswald von Wolkenstein heute: Traditionen und Innovationen in seiner Lyrik.'' Frankfurt am Main 2005. * ''Oswald von Wolkenstein: Es fügt sich, do ich was von zehen jaren alt.'' In: Gedichte und Interpretationen. Mittelalter. Stuttgart 1993. * ''Zur Einheit des Marienliedes Kl 34. Eine Stilstudie mit Übersetzung und Kommentar.'' JOWG. Bd. 3, 1984/85. * ''Altersdichtung und Selbstdarstellung bei Oswald von Wolkenstein.'' Göppingen, 1980.

Studies regarding European medieval literature and culture

* ''Deutsche Liebeslyrik vom Minnesang bis zu Oswald von Wolkenstein oder die Erfindung der Liebe im Mittelalter.'' Wiesbaden: Dr. L. Reichert Verlag 2012 (= Einführung in die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters, Band 1). * ''Islands and Cities in Medieval Myth, Literature, and History.'' Edited with A. Grafetstätter, J. Ogier. Frankfurt a. M. 2011. * ''Das Nibelungenlied und Das Buch des Dede Korkut (Imagines Medii Aevi. Interdisziplinare Beiträge zur Mittelalterforschung)''. Edited with K. Abdullayev, H. Boeschoten, U. Störmer-Caysa. Wiesbaden 2011. * ''Mittelalterliche Literatur und Kultur im Deutschordensstaat in Preußen: Leben und Nachleben.'' Edited with J. Wenta and G. Vollmann-Profe. Torun 2009. * ''Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages. Studies of the Medieval Environment and its Impact on the Human Mind.'' Frankfurt am Main 2007. * ''Artus-Mythen und Moderne. Aspekte der Rezeption in Literatur, Kunst, Musik und in den Medien.'' Edited with T. Le Blanc, U. Müller, B. Twrsnick. Wetzlar 2005. * ''Vom Mittelalter zum dritten Jahrtausend: Brauchen wir das Mittelalter für unsere Zukunft?'' In: JOWG. Bd. 13. 2001/2002. * ''Harpyie''. In: Mittelalter Mythen. Hrsg. von U. Müller und W. Wunderlich. Bd. 2. St. Gallen 1999. * ''Ein empirischer Beitrag zur Geschichte des Lachens im Mittelalter: Lachen beim Stricker.'' In: MEDIAEVISTIK. 1990. * ''Flaubert - ein Mystiker? Mittelalter und Mystik in den Trois Contes.'' In: Mittelalter-Rezeption II. Hrg. von J. Kühnel u.a. Göppingen 1982. * ''Deutsch-Französische Germanistik.'' Edited with C. Lecouteux. Göppingen 1984.

External links

Homepage Sieglinde Hartmann

Institute for German philology at the University of Würzburg

Baku Slavic University

Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Wolkenstein archive at the University of Graz

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