Fall semester 2024/25

in preparation // Article: Kohnen, Rabea/Eisl, Helene/König, Elisabeth: Codex 276. Germanistische Perspektiven. In: Csanády, Thomas & Renhart, Erich (Hrsg.): Libri voravienses. Studien zur Bibliothek des Augustiner Chorherrenstiftes Vorau.

Meeting with Katharina Kaska (Paleography, monastic/written culture)

Meeting with Sarah Deichstätter (Monastery culture & choir women)

Article: Kohnen, Rabea/König, Elisabeth: The Vorau Balaam. In: Numeri (FIOTL, Vetus Testamentum Supplements, published in Brill/Leiden) 

Conference participation: Poster presentation during the conference “Dynamiken des Deutens” (Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, D): Identifikationsangebote in der Vorauer Handschrift 276 (Helene Eisl), Stimmen der Vorauer Handschrift 276 (Elisabeth König) & participation in the doctoral student workshop with Rabea Kohnen and Florian Bock; to the program

Workshop // Stift Abbey: Working with Latin manuscripts from the 12th century

Networking with experts in Austria and internationally, including: ÖNB (manuscript department, palaeography), Kongelige Bibliotek Copenhagen (conservation department, parchment studies), University of Graz (restoration department, bookbinding), ÖAW (imafo, book illumination)

Presentation (Rathskolleg Klosterneuburg): mire armen sundarinne. Weibliche Identifikationspotentiale in der Vorauer Handschrift 276 (Helene Eisl), Stimmen der Vorauer Handschrift 276: Exkurse als Klammer (Elisabeth König)

Presentation (Middle Ages and Early Modern Age section meeting of the PhilKult doctoral school): Cause we are living in a material world. Überlegungen zur Vorauer Sammelhandschrift (Helene Eisl), Abschweifen als Methode? Erzählerexkurse in der Vorauer Handschrift 276 (Elisabeth König)

(Co-)Organization of the first AWA conference for young researchers (Dorothea Sichrovsky, Helene Eisl), 28-29.11.2024 (Schreyvogelsaal, Hofburg)

Summer semester 2024

Workshop as part of the children's university on the topic of book production in the Middle Ages. Workshop title: Bücher: Eine tierische Angelegenheit.

Project-related teaching on the Alexanderlied (Elisabeth König) and the works of Ava (Helene Eisl) at the University of Vienna (Department of German Studies)

Meeting // Vorau: Examination of the Vorau manuscript and research on site

Meeting with Julian Ecker (Institut of Austrian Historical Research) on the Vorauer Urkunde nr. 23

Presentation (Student conference ThamaTalkers 2024): Marginalien als Grundlage zur Konzeptualisierung mittelalterlicher Praktiken des intellektuellen Streits (Dorothea Sichrovsky); to the program

Presentation (Institute Conference for German Studies, University of Vienna): Materielle Narratologie. Rhythmus und Stimme in der Vorauer Handschrift 276 (Rabea Kohnen, Elisabeth König, Helene Eisl, Dorothea Sichrovsky), to the program

Presentation (Pragestt 2024): Zwischen Figur, Gott und agency. Zum Konzept und zur Funktion der Dinge im Vorauer Judith-Komplex (Dorothea Sichrovsky); to the program

Conference participation: Poster presentation (75th student conference on linguistics) Die Pragmatik der (Be-)Nennung von Orten in literarischen Texten des 12. Jahrhunderts (Dorothea Sichrovsky); to the program

Conclusion of the dissertation agreements of Helene Eisl and Elisabeth König.

Elisabeth König successfully completed the Dies Doctoralis with her dissertation project.

Fall semester 2023/24

Helene Eisl successfully completed the Dies Doctoralis with her dissertation project.

Helene Eisl and Elisabeth König taught the Middle High German course at the University of Vienna (Institute of German Studies).

Summer semester 2023

Participation at the ELIT+ENN doctoral workshop (König, Eisl) at the ENN Conference in Monopoli (Italy) 

Presentation (IGEL-Konferenz in Monopoli (Italy)): Rhythm - A Central Category of Material Narratology (Rabea Kohnen, Helene Eisl, Elisabeth König) // Conference theme: „Rhythm, Speed, Path: Spatiotemporal Experiences in Narrative, Poetry, and Drama"

Article for Kinderuni online: Buchproduktion im Mittelalter (Kohnen, Rabea/Eisl, Helene/König, Elisabeth/Sichrovsky, Dorothea)

Workshop as part of the Children's University on the topic of book production in the Middle Ages. Workshop title: Wenn Ritter gegen Schnecken kämpfen und Esel musizieren

Dorothea Sichrovsky completed her Bachelor's degree with a thesis on the Vorau Judith texts. Title: Zwischen Figur, Gott und agency. Zum Konzept und der Funktion der Dinge im Judith-Komplex der Vorauer Handschrift

Meeting with Prof. Jane Gilbert (University College London, UK) on rhythm as a narratological category in medieval textual witnesses

Meeting // Vorau

In May 2023, as part of the research project, we were able to view our central research object, the Vorau manuscript 276, in original for the first time. For this purpose, we spent a few days in the Augustinian canons' monastery of Vorau (Styria) and compared HS 276 with historical holdings of the monastery library. The thematically as well as aesthetically similar codices serve as important reference objects in order to classify HS 276 regarding its production and to develop an understanding of manuscripts of the 12th century. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Provost Bernhard Mayrhofer and the archivist of Vorau Abbey, Stefan Reiter, who made it possible for us to work with the manuscripts without any complications.

Workshop // Göttweig Abbey

In April 2023, an intensive workshop on Medieval monastic culture and manuscript studies based on selected examples took place at Göttweig Abbey (Lower Austria). During the two day visit, we not only got to know the impressive manuscript and graphic collection of the monastery, but also got a small insight into the monastic way of life: We were able to participate in the monks' choral prayer, which structures the monastic daily routine, and to in this way take a glimpse at the enormous influence that the biblical texts had on both spiritual and secular texts (especially of the Middle Ages). In this context, a special thank you goes to Fr. Prior Mag. Maximilian Krenn.

Fall Semester 2022/23

Meeting with Dr. Sarah Bowden (King's College London, UK) on the Vorau collective manuscript 276 with focus on Vorauer Sündenklage. 

Networking with the Otto-Pächt-Archiv (Vienna, Ö)

Organization of the panel Narration and Commentary in Medieval Textual Practices as part of this year's conference of the European Narratology Network by Ass.-Prof. Dr. Rabea Kohnen. The focus is on the interweaving of narrative and non-narrative elements in medieval texts aiming to explore historical forms of narrativity; further information.

Networking with FWF Weave Joint Project Histories in Transition. The Case of Freising and Salzburg (9th – 12th c.)