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Biography
Axel Fliethmann is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of literary theory, media philology and theory of the image.
He studied Literature, History and Philosophy at the University of Cologne (Germany) where he also received his PhD (Dr. phil.). Before joining the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash in 2002, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the research centre for “Medien und Kulturelle Kommunikation” (Centre for media and cultural communication) at the University of Cologne.
His first monograph Stellenlektüre. Stifter. Foucault, published by Niemeyer in 2001, is one of the few works in the area of philology and literary theory, which analyses historically and systematically two central but theoretically mostly ignored concepts in literary studies: the concept of the quoted or paraphrased “passage” and the use of “analogies” in literary interpretation.
His second monograph “Texte über Bilder. Zur Gegenwart der Renaissance“ (Texts about Images. On Renaissance Today), published by Rombach in 2014, is an attempt to establish media philology as a new field of inquiry between traditional philologies and media theories.
He is also one of the co-founders and co-editors of the peer-reviewed journal Limbus. Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies and was invited by Thesis Eleven, a leading Australian journal of Critical Theory to edit a Special Issue on German media philosopher Friedrich Kittler (published 2011). He has published widely on literary theory, visual cultures, and media philology.
He currently works on Renaissance image theories and investigates connections between material images and concepts of imagination in Early Modern Times, in particular intersections between image technologies, the formation of the modern concept imagination in aesthetic theory, and pathologies of imagination in medical discourse.
Axel Fliethmann is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Research area keywords
- Media Philology
- Renaissance
- Literary Theory
- Visual Culture
- History of Ideas
- Imagination
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Projects
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To bring two keynote speakers to the conference entitled: The Anatomy of the Image: Perspectives on the (Bio)medical Body in Science....
Weller, C., Fliethmann, A. & Kokanovic, R.
16/02/17 → 18/02/17
Project: Research
Research output
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Metaphors of migration: An introduction
Fliethmann, A. & Ahrens, J., 2020, In : On_Culture. 10, 2366-4142, p. 3-5 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
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Topos Österreich/Topos Austria: Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaf: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies
Deiters, F-J. (ed.), Fliethmann, A. (ed.), Lewis, A. (ed.), Moir, C. (ed.) & Weller, C. (ed.), 2020, Baden-Baden Germany: Nomos. 228 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
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Gefährdet/Gefährlich: Die Einbildungskraft zwischen Theologie und Medizin in der Frühen Neuzeit
Fliethmann, A., 2019, Gefahr oder Risiko: Zur Geschichte von Kalkül und Einbildungskraft. Christians, H. & Mein, G. (eds.). Paderborn Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 27-40 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Sexualitäten/Sexualities: Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft/Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies
Deiters, F-J. (ed.), Fliethmann, A. (ed.), Weller, C. (ed.), Lewis, A. (ed.) & Lang, B. (ed.), 2019, 1 ed. Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach Verlag. 262 p. (Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft/Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies; vol. 12, no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
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Ähnlichkeit, Kulturbeobachtung und Kafkas Affe
Fliethmann, A., 2018, The World Within: Self-Perception and Images of the Other in German Literature and Cultures. Bandhauer, A., Lay, T., Lü, Y. & Morgan, P. (eds.). North Melbourne Vic Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishings Pty Ltd, p. 70-88 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review