Prof Seb Coxon
Professor of Medieval German Literature
SELCS
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Joined UCL
- 1st Sep 2000
Research summary
His principal research interests are (1) characterization in medieval narrative (hair, beards and baldness); (2) short comic narratives of the later Middle Ages; (3) laughter, jest and ridicule in courtly and urban culture; (4) medieval drama; (5) Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. He is currently working on: a monograph concerning charcterization in medieval narrative (hair, beards and baldness); a complete translation of 13C and 14C 'Mären' (as part of Cologne/ Tübingen 'Versnovellistik' project); and a bilingual edition of Heinrich Bebel's Libri facetiarum (1508; 1512)
Teaching summary
Teaches courses on medieval and premodern literature (on topics ranging from love songs
and Arthurian romance to heroic epic and bawdy short stories), modern German literature and translation (from German)..
Education
- University of Oxford
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1998
- University of Oxford
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1998
- Regent School of Languages
- Other undergraduate qualification (including professional), RSA Certificate for Teaching English as a Foreign Language | 1993
- University of Oxford
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 1991