Annette Marianne Volfing FBA (born 5 February 1965) is a Danish literary scholar and poet. Since 2008, she has been Professor of Medieval German Literature at the University of Oxford.
Annette Volfing | |
|---|---|
| Born | Annette Marianne Volfing 5 February 1965 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation(s) | Literary scholar and poet |
| Title | Professor of Medieval German Literature |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Thesis | A commentary on Der meide kranz by Henrich von Mügeln (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nigel F. Palmer |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German literature |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Oriel College, Oxford |
Academic career
editVolfing completed her undergraduate degree at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating in 1985; she returned there to carry out her doctoral studies; her DPhil was awarded in 1993 for her thesis "A commentary on Der meide kranz by Heinrich von Mügeln". Her thesis was supervised by Nigel F. Palmer.[1] She was elected to a fellowship at Oriel College, Oxford, the following year, alongside a lectureship at the University of Oxford (where she was promoted to reader in 2006 and Professor of Medieval German Literature two years later).[2][3][4]
According to her university profile, Volfing is a "medievalist with particular interest in later medieval religious, mysical, philosophical or allegorical writing";[3] her British Academy adds that her research focuses on "mysticism; allegory; learned discourse (vernacular reception of the artes); didacticism; courtly romance; orientalism; discourses of gender and violence" in medieval German literature.[5]
Media work
editVolfing has contributed reviews of books examining medieval literature and culture to the Times Literary Supplement.[6]
Honours and awards
editIn 2015, Volfing was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5]
Poetry
editAlongside her academic career, Volfing has published two pamphlets of poetry: Ecliptic with Black Light Engine Room in 2016 and Learning Finnish with Paekakariki Press in 2021. Her poems have also appeared in magazines such as Magma Poetry.[7]
Personal life
editOriginally from Copenhagen, Volfing has lived in the United Kingdom since 1982 and obtained British citizenship in 2017.[8]
Publications
edit- Heinrich von Mügeln: >Der meide kranz<. Münchener Texte und Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters 111 (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1997).
- John the Evangelist and Medieval German Writing: Imitating the Inimitable (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
- Medieval Literacy and Textuality in Middle High German. Reading and Writing in Albrecht’s Jüngerer Titurel (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
- (Co-editor with Burhhard Hasebrink, Hans-Jochen Schiewer and Almut Suerbaum) Innenräume in der Literatur des deutschen Mittelalters. XIX. Anglo-German Colloquium Oxford 2005 (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2008).
- (Co-editor with Sarah Bowden) Punishment and Penitential Practices in Medieval German Writing, King's College London Medieval Studies (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2018).
References
edit- ^ Volfing, Annette; Mossman, Stephen; Lähnemann, Henrike (21 March 2024). "Nigel Palmer" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the British Academy. 21: 530.
- ^ "Volfing, Prof. Annette Marianne", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Annette Volfing", University of Oxford. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "A commentary on Der Meide Kranz by Heinrich von Muegeln", EthOS (British Library). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Professor Annette Volfing", British Academy. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Annette Volfing". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Poetry Spring 2023". The High Window. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Annette Volfing – Decluttering". The Stare's Nest. Retrieved 18 July 2025.