Speaker's Curriculum

Niklaus Largier

Niklaus Largier studied German, Russian, and Philosophy in Zurich and Paris, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich. His research deals with the history of medieval and early modern German literature. His work focuses in particular on questions of the relations between literature, philosophy and theology, the history of fantasy and the passions in the Middle Ages, the interactions between images and texts in medieval visual culture, and mystical and physical religious practices in German literature and thought.

Selected Publications

° Largier, Niklaus. Lob der Peitsche. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Erregung. Munich: C.H. Beck, 2001.
° ________. Paradisus anime intelligentis-Paradis der fornuftigen sele, ed., Philipp Strauch, Second edition and postface by Niklaus Largier and Gilbert Fournier (Deutsche Texte des Mittelalters, vol. 30). Hildesheim: Weidmann, 1998.
° ________. "Der Körper der Schrift: Bild und Text am Beispiel einer Seuse-Handschrift des 15. Jahrhunderts." In Mittelalter. Neue Wege durch einen alten Kontinent, eds. J.-D. Müller and H. Wenzel, 241-71. Stuttgart-Leipig: Hirzel, 1999.