Claudia Benthien: “Poetry in the Digital Age”

Abstract:

In this seminar, the Principal Investigator of the of the eponymous interdisciplinary project, funded through an ERC Advanced Grant (2021-2025) and conducted at the University of Hamburg, will present the research program and key findings. She will also talk about the specificities of applying for ERC grants and answer respective questions.

Claudia Benthien is professor of German literature and cultural theory at the University of Hamburg and presently Principal Investigator of the ERC project “Poetry in the Digital Age”. She is a widely published specialist in German literature and culture from 1600 to the present whose work focuses on cultural theory, gender studies, intellectual history, aesthetics as well as intermedial studies. Among her book public publications are Skin: On the Cultural Border between Self and the World (Co­lum­bia UP, 2002); The Literariness of Media Art, written together with Jordis Lau and Maraike M. Marxsen (Routledge, 2019) and Public Poetry. Lyrik im urbanen Raum [poetry in urban spaces] (De Gruyter, 2022), written together with Norbert Gestring. She is also the editor of the new book series Poetry in the Digital Age (De Gruyter).