Nigel Harris

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PhD projects

I am always delighted to supervise postgraduates interested in any aspect of German literature and culture between, very roughly, 1100 and 1600 – whether on my own or in collaboration with other Birmingham colleagues. Some of the dissertations I have supervised to completion in recent years have been on the following topics:

• The Schachbuch of Heinrich von Beringen
• Christian imagery in Hartmann von Aue’s Gregorius, Kafka’s Die Verwandlung and Thomas Mann’s Der Erwählte (with Nicholas Martin)
• Utz Eckstein’s Zwinglian dialogues Concilium and Rychsztag
• Peasants in dialogue with authority in three Reformation dialogues
• Albrecht Dürer’s scientific writings
• Max Mell and Reinhold Schneider’s reception of the Nibelungenlied (with Nicholas Martin)
• British Library Add. 24946 (an important manuscript source of late-medieval didactic literature)

Research activity per year

16 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
10 Book/Film/Article review
9 Article
8 Book
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2024

Review of Jan Glück, ‘Animal homificans’. Normativität von Natur und Autorisierung des Politischen in der europäischen Tierepik des Mittelalters, Beihefte zur Germanisch-Romanischen Monatsschrift 104 (Heidelberg: Winter, 2021).
Harris, N., 1 Nov 2024, In: Medium Aevum. 93, p. 216-218 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Review of Sara Petrosillo, Hawking Women: Falconry, Gender, and Control in Medieval Literary Culture
Harris, N., 9 Jan 2024, In: Modern Language Review. 119, 1, p. 132-133 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
2023

Man, Monster, Animal? Virgil’s Cacus in the Middle Ages and Sixteenth Century
Harris, N., 2023, Figurer la nature: Les Métamorphoses de l’allégorie, (XIIIe-XVIIe siècles). van den Abeele, B. (ed.). Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, p. 125-140 16 p. (Publications de l’Institut d’Études Médiévales — Textes, Études, Congrès; vol. 34).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2022
Pride, Popes and Vows: Some Medieval Representations of the Peacock
Harris, N., 7 Apr 2022, In: Modern Language Review. 117, 2, p. 145-163 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2021
The Lion in Medieval Western Europe: Toward an Interpretive History
Harris, N., 2 Nov 2021, In: Traditio. 76, p. 185-213
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2020
The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
Harris, N., 29 Aug 2020, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 131 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2018
"Der Seele Rat" in komparatistischer Sicht: Heinrich von Burgeis, "L'Omme Pecheur" und "Everyman"
Translated title of the contribution: "Der Seele Rat" : A Comparatist View. Heinrich von Burgeis, 'L'Omme Pecheur' and 'Everyman'Harris, N., 20 Jan 2018, Heinrich von Burgeis: 'Der Seele Rat': Symposium zu einem hochmittelalterlichen Predigermönch. De Felip-Jaud, E. & Siller, M. (eds.). Innsbruck : Wagner, p. 199-212 (Schlern-Schriften).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2017
Lehren und Bilden in den Schriften eines mittelalterlichen 'Machtmenschen'. Bischof Ulrich II Putsch von Brixen
Translated title of the contribution: Teaching and Educating in the Works of a Medieval 'Power-Player'. Bishop Ulrich Putsch II of BrixenHarris, N., 1 Sept 2017, Lernen, Lehren und Bilden in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters: XXIII. Anglo-German Colloquium, Nottingham, 2013. Lähnemann, H., McLelland, N. & Miedema, N. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, p. 139-49
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2016
"Gesta Romanorum". A New Translation by Christopher Stace with an Introduction by Nigel Harris
Harris, N. & Stace, C., 1 Jan 2016, Manchester: Manchester University Press. (Manchester Medieval Studies)
Research output: Book/Report › Book

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Salzburg
Harris, N., 1 Apr 2016, Europe: A Literary History, 1348-1418. Wallace, D. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, Vol. 2. p. 589-602 14 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2015

Hans Vintler, Ulrich Putsch, Michel Velser und die Tiroler Übersetzungsliteratur um 1400
Translated title of the contribution: Hans Vintler, Ulrich Putsch, Michel Velser and the Tyrolean translation literaure around 1400Harris, N., 16 Jan 2015, Hans Vintler: ‘Die Blumen der Tugend’ (1411): Symposium nach 600 Jahren. Siller, M. (ed.). Innsbruck: Wagner, p. 165-186 (Schlern-Schriften).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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2013

Dialogue and Disputation in the Zurich Reformation: Utz Eckstein's "Concilium" and "Rychsztag"
Harris, N. & Love, J., May 2013, Oxford: Peter Lang. 498 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Monsters, Pictures and Translations. Some Observations on the Reception of Virgil in the Sixteenth Century
Harris, N., 1 Dec 2013, The Reception of Classical Antiquity in German Literature. Simon, A. & Fleming, K. (eds.). Munich: Iudicium, p. 36-63 (London German Studies; vol. 14).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
The Shorter Works of Ulrich Putsch: "Diarium'", "Oraciones super missam" and "Manuale simplicium sacerdotum"
Harris, N., Aug 2013, Oxford: Peter Lang. 200 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
‘Das es teutsche zung vernimpt’: Zur Übersetzungsliteratur Tirols um 1400
Harris, N., Jul 2013, In: German Life and Letters. 66, 3, p. 233-253
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011

Der Pfau bei Konrad von Megenberg – und anderswo
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2011, In: Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. 18, p. 175-188
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Review of Brian Murdoch, The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe: vernacular translations and adaptations of the "Vita Adae et Evae"
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2011, In: Modern Language Review. 106, 1, p. 195-196 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Review of Sabine Obermaier (ed.), 'Tiere und Fabelwesen im Mittelalter'
Harris, N., 7 Jan 2011, In: Arbitrium. 29, 1, p. 15-18 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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2010

Articles on ‘Breve Chronicon monasterii Stamsensis’, ‘Kleine Stamser Chronik’ and ‘Johannes Spies’
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2010, Encyclopaedia of the Medieval Chronicle.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Kamel: Tiere in der Literatur des Mittelalters. Ein interdisziplinäres Lexikonprojekt
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2010
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
2009

Man, Monster, Animal? Virgil’s Cacus in the Middle Ages and Sixteenth Century
Harris, N., 19 Nov 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Paper › peer-review

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2008

The Text and its Context: Studies in Modern German Literature and Society Presented to Ronald Speirs on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday
Harris, N. & Sayner, J., 1 Jan 2008, Oxford: Peter Lang. 356 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2007

Animals and Exile in the "Ecbasis cuiusdam captivi"
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2007, Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages. Studies of the Medieval Environment and its Impact on the Human Mind - Papers Delivered at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Hartmann, S. (ed.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, p. 53-65 14 p. (Beihefte zur Mediaevistik; vol. 8).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
German Studies: Medieval Literature
Harris, N., Archibold, L. & Hasty, W., 1 Jan 2007, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 67, p. 546-90
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Review of Anke Holdenried, 'The Sybil and her Scribes: manuscripts and interpretation of the Latin "Sibylla Tiburtina"'
Harris, N., 1 Oct 2007, In: Medium Aevum. 76, 2, p. 313-14 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
The Camel: Perspectives and Meanings in Medieval Literature
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2007, Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages.: Studies of the Medieval Environment and its Impact on the Human Mind - Papers Delivered at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Hartmann, S. (ed.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, p. 113-31 28 p. (Beihefte zur Mediaevistik; vol. 8).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
The Camel in Medieval Literature: Perspectives and Meanings
Hartmann, S. & Harris, N., 1 Jan 2007, Fauna and Flora in the Middle Ages: Studies of the Medieval Environment and its Impact on the Human Mind.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Light of the Soul. The “Lumen anime C” and Ulrich Putsch’s “Das Liecht der sel”: Critical Edition with Introduction
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2007, Oxford: Peter Lang. 487 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2006

Didactic Poetry
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2006, German Literature of the High Middle Ages. Hasty, W. (ed.). New York: Camden House, p. 123-140 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2005

Review of David A. Wells, The Central Franconian Rhyming-Bible ('Mittelfränkische Reimbibel'). An Early-Twelfth-Century German verse homiliary
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2005, In: Medium Aevum. 74, 1, p. 153-154 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Review of Falk Eisermann, 'Stimulus amoris'. Inhalt, lateinische Űberlieferung, deutsche Űbersetzungen, Rezeption
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2005, In: Medium Aevum. 74, 1, p. 157-158 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Visuality and Moral Culture in the Late Middle Ages: The Emblematic "Conflictus" and its Literary Representatives, the "Etymachia", "Qui vicerit dabo", and "In campo mundi"
Harris, N. & Newhauser, R., 1 Jan 2005, In the Garden of Evil. The Vices and Culture in the Middle Ages. Newhauser, R. (ed.). Toronto: Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies, p. 234-276 32 p. (Papers in Medieval Studies; vol. 18).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2004

German Studies: Medieval Literature
Harris, N., Archibald, L. & Hasty, W., 30 Nov 2004, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 66, p. 576-620 45 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
"German Studies: Medieval Literature": Medieval Literature
Harris, N., Archibald, L. & Hasty, W., 17 Nov 2004, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 66, p. 499-543 45 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
2003

German Studies: Medieval Literature
Harris, N., Archibald, L. & Hasty, W., 27 Dec 2003, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 65, p. 492-533
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
God, Religion, and Ambiguity in "Tristan"
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2003, A Companion to Gottfried von Strassburg's "Tristan". Hasty, W. (ed.). Columbia, SC: Camden House, p. 113-136 23 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2002

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Some Observations on the Presentation and Function of Natural Phenomena in Wolfram's "Willehalm" and in the Old French "Aliscans"
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2002, Wolfram's "Willehalm": Fifteen Essays. Jones, M. H. & McFarland, T. (eds.). Columbia, SC: Camden House, p. 211-29
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Review of A.E.Wright, "Hie lert uns der meister". Latin Commentary and the German Fable 1350-1500 (Tempe, 2001)
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2002, In: Arbitrium. 20, 1, p. 27-30 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Review of Petra Busch, 'Die Vogelparlamente und Vogelsprachen in der deutschen Literatur des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit'
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2002, In: Arbitrium. 20, 2, p. 170-172 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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Tiersymbolik IV: In der Geschichte des Christentums
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2002, Theologische Realenzyklopädie: Technik - Transzendenz. Müller, G. (ed.). Vol. 33. p. 542-53
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
2001

German Studies: Medieval Literature
Harris, N., Dec 2001, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 63, p. 614-657
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Review of Christian Kiening, Schwierige Modernität. Der 'Ackermann' des Johannes von Tepl und die Ambiguität historischen Wandels
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Modern Language Review. 96, 1, p. 252-253 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
The Nibelungenlied
Harris, N. & Classe, O., 1 Jan 2001, Encyclopaedia of Literary Translation into English.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Teaching of Medieval German Literature at American Universities: a survey
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Forum for Modern Language Studies. 37, 4, p. 429-440
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2000

German Studies: Medieval Literature
Harris, N., 20 Dec 2000, In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 62, p. 596-636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools
Harris, N. & Classe, O., 21 Dec 2000, Encyclopaedia of Literary Translation into English. Classe, O. (ed.). Routledge, Vol. 1.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Willehalm and Puzzât, Guillelme and Baucent: The Hero and His Horse in Wolfram's "Willehalm" and in the "Bataille d'Aliscans"
Harris, N., 1 Jan 2000, The Challenge of German Culture. Essays Presented to Wilfried van der Will. Butler, M. & Evans, R. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 13-24
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival
Harris, N. & Classe, O., 21 Dec 2000, Encyclopaedia of Literary Translation into English. Classe, O. (ed.). Routledge, Vol. 2.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1999

'Noch im Untergang triumphiert die Liebe' – or does it? Günter de Bruyn’s Nacherzählung of the Medieval Tristan Legend
Harris, N., 1 Jan 1999, In: German Monitor. 44, p. 53-64
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘gar süezen smac daz pantir hât'. Der Panther und sein Atem in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des Mittelalters
Harris, N., 1 Jan 1999, ), Natur und Kultur in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters. Colloquium Exeter 1997. Robertshaw, A. & Wolf, G. (eds.). Tübingen: Niemeyer, p. 65-75
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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