Personal profile
Research overview
I am a PhD-student in Comparative Literature at the universities of Bonn and St Andrews under the joint supervision of Prof. Christian Moser and Prof. Sean Allan. The topics of my dissertation are the theatricality of the self and the metaphor of the mental theatre in selected works by Novalis, De Quincey and Nerval. My research is funded by a Global-PhD Scholarship Bonn/ St Andrews.
Academic/Professional Qualification
- 10/2012 - 09/2016: Bachelor of Arts in German Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn (with Distinction)
- 10/2016 - 10/2020: Master of Arts in Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn (with Distinction)
- 09/2018 - 06/2019: Exchange at the University of Geneva
- Since 01/2023: Co-Tutelle-PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn and the University of St Andrews
Teaching activity
- Summer term 2023: Romantische Wissenspoetik. Zum Verhältnis von Literatur und Wissen(schaft), seminar at the University of Bonn
- Winter term 2023/24: Enzyklopädisches Schreiben vom Barock bis zur Romantik, seminar at the University of Bonn
- Semester 1 2024/25: German Grammar Tutoring in GM1001 at the University of St Andrews
- Semester 1 2025/26: Literary analysis of novels, workshop at the University of St Andrews
- Winter term 2025/26: Academic writing, workshop at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
External positions
Committee member, National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies
1 Sept 2023 → 3 Sept 2025
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"die Poesie bildet die schöne Gesellschaft – die Weltfamilie – die schöne Haushaltung des Universums": zum poetischen Kosmopolitismus in Novalis´ Allgemeinen Brouillon und im Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Translated title of the contribution :"Poetry forms the perfect society - the world family - the perfect order of the universe": on poetic cosmopolitanism in Novalis' Allgemeinen Brouillon and in Heinrich von Ofterdingen Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Sarah Maria Teresa Goeth: Analogie zwischen Wissenschaft und Ästhetik: eine Vermittlungsfigur der Moderne bei Kant, Novalis und Goethe
Preisler, P. J., 6 Nov 2024, In: Arcadia. 59, 2, p. 202-210 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Jörg Jochen Berns/ Thomas Rahn (Hgg.): Projektierte Himmel
Preisler, P. J., 2022, In: Scientia Poetica. 26, p. 515-523Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Review of Franziska Bomski, Die Mathematik im Denken und Dichten von Novalis. Zum Verhältnis von Literatur und Wissen um 1800.
Preisler, P. J., 2022, In: Arcadia. 57, 1, p. 164-168Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Die abstrakte Illustration. Paul Klees Hoffmanneske Märchenscene und E.T.A. Hoffmanns Der Goldene Topf
Preisler, P. J., 2018, In: Komparatistik. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft . 2017, p. 245-262Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Theatralität vs. Theater als Trance in De Quinceys Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Preisler, P. J. (Speaker)
19 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Zwischen Anschauung und Abstraktion: Die Position der Metapher im Verhältnis zwischen Poesie und Philosophie um 1800
Preisler, P. J. (Speaker)
24 Sept 2025 → 26 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Panel "Stagning and Performing in the 18th Century" at the 93rd Conference of the Association for German Studies in the UK and Ireland
Preisler, P. J. (Chair)
1 Sept 2025 → 3 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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All the dream is a stage: Staging the unconscious in Jean Paul´s Blick in die Traumwelt and Thomas De Quincey´s Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Preisler, P. J. (Speaker)
1 Sept 2025 → 3 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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From theatre to theatricality. The adaptation of the memory theatre in Thomas De Quincey´s Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Preisler, P. J. (Speaker)
2 Jul 2025 → 5 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation