Research

The members of staff of the Discipline of German conduct research in a number of different periods and areas of German language and culture. Higher-degree students can therefore be supervised in a range of different areas. Details of major research strengths are given in the following list. If you are interested in pursuing postgraduate study on any German-related topic, please contact the Head of the German discipline.

Research strengths:

• Modern mannerism in literature, film and fine arts
• Comparative literature and aesthetics
• The arts/science interface
• Relations between German and European literatures
• 18th century philosophy and literature
• West German education system
• History of science
• Alexander von Humboldt
• 18th and 19th century German women writers
• German-Australian connections in the 19th century
• Postcolonial and intercultural approaches to German Studies
• East German literature
• 19th century musical life and German national identity
• Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
• 20th century German children’s literature.