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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Classical Philology |
| Keywords | Mythenrezeption, Auslegung, Scholien, Kommentare, Frühmittelalter |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Toronto |
| Institution | York University |
| Institute | Atkinson Faculty, School of Arts and Letters |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Franz Brunhölzl | Institut für Lateinische Philologie des Mittelalters, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
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| Prof. Dr. Hans Sauer | Institut für Englische Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Sauer | Department für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Institut für Englische Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/1981 |
Program(s)
| 1980 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2003 | Konrad Adenauer Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Herren is professor of classical philology. Within that area, his speciality is Medieval Latin, with an emphasis on Latin texts written in Ireland and England. He has published ground-breaking editions and translations of texts which are commonly regarded as particularly difficult, for example of The Hisperica Famina, of the poems of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena, and of Aldhelm's prose works. At present he is doing research on the reception of Greek and Roman mythology in the Early Middle Ages; for this enterprise he takes not only printed material into account, but also unpublished manuscripts, glosses, and commentaries. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2011 | Michael Wayne Herren: The Cosmography of Aethicus Ister. Brepols, Belgien, 2011 |
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| 2010 | Michael Wayne Herren: The Study Of Greek In Ireland In The Early Middle Ages. In: Settimane Di Studio Della Fondazione Centro Italiano Di Studi Sull'Alto Medioevo, 2010, 511-532 |