CONTACT INFORMATION:
Director, Center for Medieval Studies
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures
Pennsylvania State University
409 S Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
| Office Telephone: | 814-863-7484 |
| Office Fax: | 814-863-8882 |
| Active email: | VLZ1@psu.edu |
| Relevant Webpage: | www.psu.edu/dept/medieval |
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Ordeal in medieval German literature; Karlsepik.
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
Trial by Fire and Battle in Medieval German Literature (Book). March 2004, Camden House/Boydell and Brewer, 242 pp.
Gaming the System: Engelhard's Trial by Battle, Ohio State University Life on the Margins lecture series, Center for Medieval Studies, Ohio State University, University of Notre Dame Press, 31 pp. (in press).
"Points of Law at the Point of a Sword: Tristans Duel with Morolt" in The North Sea World in the Middle Ages: Studies in a Medieval Context. Eds. Thomas R. Liszka & Lorna E.M. Walker. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts, September 2000). pp. 33-51.
With Maria Dobozy, trans., The Saxon Mirror: A 'Sachsenspiegel' of the Fourteenth Century. (The Middle Ages Series.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Speculum Vol. 76, No.3, July 2001, pp. 716-717 (review).
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in the development of online research sources and in conducting a videoconferencing seminar or course.
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
GER 431: History of Early German Literature
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