Wolfenbüttel Research Group for Medieval Studies

In 1986, Professor Peter Ganz (then resident fellow at Herzog August Bibliothek) initiated the formation of this interdisciplinary research group.

Since 2004 its activities have been coordinated by a steering committee under the direction of Johannes Helmrath (Berlin). Members of the committee are Professor Thomas Haye (Göttingen), Professor Felix Heinzer (Freiburg i. Br.), Professor Claudine Moulin (Trier), Professor Stephan Müller (Wien), Professor Bruno Reudenbach (Hamburg), Professor Thomas Ricklin (München), Professor Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer (Wolfenbüttel) and Professor Peter Strohschneider (München).

In its annual meetings the research group comes together to discuss interdisciplinary questions in the field of medieval studies. One of its main aims is to promote the cataloguing of the library’s medieval manuscripts. Conferences and workshops organized by the committee focus on all aspects of medieval manuscript culture.

2006: Codex und Raum (Codex and space)

2008: Codex im Diskurs (The codex in discurse)

2010: Codex und Geltung (Codex and authority)

2011: Expertengespräch zur Digitalisierung mittelalterlicher Handschriften (Expert consultation on the digitalisation of medieval manuscripts)

2013 (planned): Codex im digitalen Raum  (The codex in virtual space)

Library representative: Dr. Christian Heitzmann (Herzog August Bibliothek)