Study Programmes

Below you'll find a list of recently taught seminars at BA and MA levels.

SoSe 2018 - SoSe 2023 (listed in order of most recent; recurring modules listed once only)
B.A.

English in the Middle Ages (Middle English and Old English) – Dr. Nicole Meier & Dr. Niamh Kehoe-Rouchy
Reading Chaucer – Dr. Nicole Meier
Trying to be Perfect in the Middle Ages – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
History of the English Language – Dr. Niamh Kehoe-Rouchy (Intensive)
Medieval Studies – Dr. Nicole Meier
Old English Poetry (Then vs. Now) – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
English in the Middle Ages (Middle English and Old English) – Dr. Catalin Taranu
Henryson – Dunbar – Kennedy – Dr. Nicole Meier (Intensive)
Monsters and Heroes of Medieval England – Dr. Catalin Taranu (Intensive)
Dwellings of Sorrow and Joys in the Mead-Hall: Understanding Old English Emotions – Dr. Catalin Taranu (Intensive)
Canterbury Tales – Dr. Nicole Meier (Intensive)
Beauty, Love and Wonder in Middle English Romance – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
English Poetry in Contemporary Translation – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
Scotland in the Middle Ages – Dr. Nicole Meier (Intensive)
Global Medieval Literature – Erik Wade (Intensive)
Middle English Lyrics – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
Trying to be Perfect in the Middle Ages – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
Short Readings in Old English – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu 
Manuscripts and Texts – Dr. Nicole Meier
Violence in Medieval Literature – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu (Intensive)
M.A.

Troilus and Criseyde – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu
Women’s Writing in Medieval England – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu
Premodern Travel Narratives – Erik Wade
Medieval Ghost Stories – Erik Wade
Chaucer’s Dream Visions
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu
The Culture of Food in the Middle English Writing – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu
Fame and Celebrity in the Middle Ages – Prof. Dr. Irina Dumitrescu
Sex and Religion in Medieval Literature – Erik Wade
Sex and Religion in the North – Dr. Nicole Meier
English Medieval Studies: „Wille gē bēon beswungen on learnunge?“ - ‘Do you want to be beaten during learning?’ Old English Instructional Texts – Pedagogy, Genres, Style – Dr. Judith Kaup
Saints and Sinners – Medieval religious writing – Dr. Nicole Meier