Benedict Klein

Benedikt Julius Klein (* 1980 ) is a German medieval Germanist .

Life

education

From 2006 he studied German , history and art history with a focus on medieval studies at the Philipps University of Marburg and graduated with a master's degree. During this time he took part in a project on translation literature in early German humanism, funded by the German Research Foundation and led by Christa Bertelsmeier-Kierst . Between 2014 and 2017 he worked on a dissertation on the subject of Augustin von Hammerstetten : “History of Hirs with the guldin ghurn and the princess vom pronnen”. The first key novel in German , which ultimately remained unfinished. In the course of the doctoral procedure he became a member of the Marburg University Research Academy , where he was involved in the working group “Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Colloquium”.

Working life

Between 2013 and 2019, Klein worked at his university as a research assistant at the Institute for German Philology of the Middle Ages and, as a result, as a lecturer for ancient German studies. His research focus was on the popular cultural representation and reception of the Middle Ages, especially in media such as films or computer games. Although he has now withdrawn from scientific research, he still holds the teaching position.

He also worked as a freelancer for various publishers. Currently (as of February 2020) he is employed at the Center for Foreign Language and Vocational Competencies (ZfbK) at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . As a sub-project coordinator, he is responsible for the organization of the project “Digitally supported teaching and learning in Hesse”, in which eleven Hessian universities have joined forces.

Others

Against the background of the teaching research project “Middle Ages goes Pop!” For which von Klein was responsible between March 2018 and May 2019, an interview with him was published in the daily newspaper Die Welt in October 2018 . Based on this article, Klein was interviewed by Hazel Brugger and Thomas Spitzer in April 2019 for the 15th episode of their YouTube series Deutschland Was Geht . The video drew its comedy and subsequently its popularity mainly from the fact that Brugger had not been sufficiently informed about him in advance and announced him as a “ Game of Thrones expert” and “Professor of the Middle Ages”. Klein rejected both names, which initially led the premise of the conversation to absurdity.

Publications (selection)

• Benedikt Klein: Sons of the Snake . Verlag OelMühlenPresse, Marburg , 2007, ISBN 978-3-929-20416-2 .
• Benedikt Klein ( Hrsg. ): Writings to combat sentimental anachronistic gothic novellistic black romanticism. Five chilling examples . Edition Neue Vorhut, Verlag OelMühlenPresse, Marburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-929-20417-9 .
• Christa Bertelsmeier-Kierst ; Benedikt Klein: The Krakow ' Wigalois ' fragments (q). Another handwriting in the area of ​​the Cgm 19 group? In: Journal for German Antiquity and German Literature , Volume 144, Issue 2, 2015, pages 150–177.
• Benedikt Klein; Bernhard Streck ( ed. ): Luther's great Turkish writings . Verlag Blaues Schloss, Marburg, 2017, ISBN 978-3-943-55664-3 .
• Benedikt Klein; Wolfgang Seim; Bernhard Streck : Homberg in the Hessian War. The Thirty Years War, the Ohm Valley and the year 1646 . Blaues Schloss publishing house, Marburg, 2018.

Web links

• Literature by and about Benedikt Klein in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Report on a lecture given by Benedikt Klein on May 2, 2018 in the Religious Studies Collection of the Philipps University of Marburg on Luther's writings on the Turks. Retrieved from verlag-blaues-schloss.de (Verlag Blaues Schloss) on January 9, 2020.
2. ↑ "Luther looked at the mouth". In: Ohmtal-Bote , Volume 47, № 17, April 26, 2017, page 20. Retrieved from homberg.de ( Homberg (Ohm) ) on January 9, 2020.
3. ↑ List of authors on the official homepage of the Marburg Repertory on translation literature in early German humanism. Retrieved from mrfh.de on January 9, 2020.
4. ^ Entry to Benedikt Klein's dissertation in the online database for old German research projects mediaevum.de . Retrieved from mediaevum.de on January 9, 2020.
5. ^ List of the members of the Marburg University Research Academy on their official homepage. Retrieved from tzm-marburg.de (Transferzentrum Mittelhessen) on January 9, 2020.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Video of the 15th episode Deutschland Was Geht on YouTube. On April 14, 2019 on youtube.com . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
7. ^ Author profile of Benedikt Klein on the website of the Blaues Schloss publishing house. Retrieved from verlag-blaues-schloss.de on January 9, 2020.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Author profile of Benedikt Klein on the online review platform literaturkritik.de . Retrieved from literaturkritik.de on January 9, 2020.
9. ^ ^{A b} Louis Kittelmann: "The country needs more knights". In: Die Welt , № 237, October 11, 2018, page 25. Retrieved from welt.de on January 9, 2020.
10. ↑ List of employees at the Institute for German Philology of the Middle Ages on the official homepage of the Philipps University of Marburg. Retrieved from uni-marburg.de on January 9, 2020.
11. ↑ List of the staff responsible for the “Digitally supported teaching and learning in Hessen” project at the Center for Foreign Language and Job-Oriented Competencies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. Retrieved from uni-giessen.de ( Justus Liebig University Gießen ) on January 9, 2020.
12. ↑ Presentation of the project "Digitally supported teaching and learning in Hessen" on its official homepage. Retrieved from digll-hessen.de on January 9, 2020.
13. ↑ Presentation of the teaching research project “Middle Ages goes Pop!” On the official homepage of the Philipps University of Marburg. Retrieved from uni-marburg.de on January 9, 2020.