Graeme Dunphy (born 1961) is a British professor of

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Biography

Dunphy was born in

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in 1961. He studied German at the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built ...

between 1979 and 1984, and Hebrew and the Old Testament at the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

between 1984 and 1987. He completed his PhD in

medieval German literature Medieval German literature refers to the literature of Medieval Germany. It can be subdivided into two main periods: *Old High German literature (750–1050) is the product of the monasteries and is almost exclusively religious in nature *Middle H ...

in 1998.

Career

Dunphy is a professor of translation at the

University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

. He was formerly a lecturer in English at the

University of Regensburg The University of Regensburg (german: link=no, Universität Regensburg) is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on ...

from 1993 till 2013, and also taught at the

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and the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...

via the open access programme. His work focuses primarily on German world chronicles, such as the

Annolied The ''Annolied'' (''"Song of Anno"'') is an Early Middle High German poem in praise of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne. Anno died in 1075 and the poem, probably written in the years immediately after his death, can be seen as part of a campaign for ...

Kaiserchronik The ''Kaiserchronik'' (''Imperial Chronicle'') is a 12th-century chronicle written in 17,283 lines of Middle High German verse. It runs from Julius Caesar to Conrad III, and seeks to give a complete account of the history of Roman and German empe ...

Jans der Enikel Jans der Enikel (), or Jans der Jansen Enikel (), was a Viennese chronicler and narrative poet of the late 13th century. He wrote a ''Weltchronik'' () and a ''Fürstenbuch'' (, a history of Vienna), both in Middle High German verse. Name an ...

Christherre-Chronik The ''Christherre-Chronik'' (named after its opening words, "Christ the Lord") is a 13th-century world chronicle from Thüringen, written in Middle High German rhyming couplets. It was written by a churchman in the service of Henry III, Margrave ...

, and

Rudolf von Ems Rudolf von Ems (c. 1200 – 1254) was a Middle High German narrative poet. Life Rudolf von Ems was born in the Vorarlberg in Austria. He took his name from the castle of Hohenems near Bregenz, and was a knight in the service of the Counts of Mon ...

, among others. He has also worked on German Baroque literature (

Martin Opitz Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (23 December 1597 – 20 August 1639) was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime. Biography Opitz was born in Bunzlau (Bolesławiec) in Lower Silesia, in the Principality of S ...

and

Melchior Goldast Melchior Goldast von Haiminsfeld (Goldastus) (6 January 1576 or 1578, Switzerland – Gießen, Germany, 1635) was a Swiss jurist and an industrious though uncritical collector of documents relating to the medieval history and constitution of Germa ...

) and modern migrant literature (

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, Sevtap Baycılı,

Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fac ...

, Şinasi Dikmen, and Django Asül).

Awards and honours

Dunphy serves as the president of the

Medieval Chronicle Society The Medieval Chronicle Society is an international and interdisciplinary organization founded to facilitate the work of scholars interested in medieval annals and chronicles, or more generally medieval historiography. It was founded in 1999 and in ...

. He is also the editor of the

Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle The Medieval Chronicle Society is an international and interdisciplinary organization founded to facilitate the work of scholars interested in medieval annals and chronicles, or more generally medieval historiography. It was founded in 1999 and in ...

and ''

The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies ''The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies'' (''YWMLS'') is a peer reviewed English-language evaluative bibliographical journal which appears annually, containing reports on new scholarship in the fields of European languages, linguistics, litera ...

''.

Select bibliography

* ''Daz was ein michel wunder: The Presentation of Old Testament Material in Jans Enikel's Weltchronik'', Göppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik 650, Göppingen: Kümmerle, 1998. 50 pages * ''History as Literature: German World Chronicles of the Thirteenth Century in Verse. Excerpts from: Rudolf von Ems, Weltchronik; The Christherre-Chronik; Jans Enikel, Weltchronik,'' Medieval Texts in Bilingual Editions vol. 3, Kalamazoo: University of Michigan Press, 2003. 86 pages * ''Opitz's Anno: The Middle High German Annolied in the 1639 Edition of Martin Opitz'', Glasgow: Scottish Papers in Germanic Studies, 2003. 89 pages

As editor

* ''Hybrid Humour: Comedy in Transcultural Perspectives'' (with Rainer Emig), Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2010. 92 pages * ''The Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'', 2 vols., Leiden: Brill, 2010. 832 pages

As translator

* ''A History of Youth'' by Michael Mitterauer.

References

External links

Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle Editorial Team
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunphy, Graeme University of Regensburg 1961 births Living people