Dr Cordula Boecking

    German Studies, School of Modern Languages

    Lecturer / Assistant Professor

    Callan Building
    1st Floor
    2.107
    (01) 474 7494

    Biography

    Cordula Böcking studied German and English literature and language at the University of Freiburg and the Free University of Berlin before undertaking doctoral studies on the early modern author Jörg Wickram at Trinity College Dublin. Following the award of a PhD in German literature, she worked as an IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Germanic Studies at Trinity, where she investigated medieval appropriations of the Amazon myth. Prior to joining the Department of German at Maynooth, Cordula has held lectureships at the University of St Andrews and the University of Cambridge.

    Books

      Year Publication
    2007 The Individualization of Fortune in the Sixteenth-Century Novels of Jörg Wickram: The Beginnings of the Modern Narrative in German Literature.
    Politis, Cordula (2007) The Individualization of Fortune in the Sixteenth-Century Novels of Jörg Wickram: The Beginnings of the Modern Narrative in German Literature. : Mellen. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2021 '‘ Europe was built on blood. Christian Petzold as a European Filmmaker''
    Böcking, Cordula (2021) '‘ Europe was built on blood. Christian Petzold as a European Filmmaker'' In: Routledge Companion to European Cinema. Abingdon: Routledge. [Details]
    2017 '' Eine Jungfrau war auserkoren’: Geschlecht und Nation in Gustav Ucickys Das Mädchen Johanna (1935)''
    Böcking, Cordula (2017) '' Eine Jungfrau war auserkoren’: Geschlecht und Nation in Gustav Ucickys Das Mädchen Johanna (1935)'' In: Alte Helden – Neue Zeiten. Die Formierung europäischer Identitäten im Spiegel der Rezeption des Mittelalters. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. [Details]
    2015 '' mit geflorierten worten? Hugo von Montforts Minnelyrik zwischen Epigonalität und Experiment''
    Böcking, Cordula (2015) '' mit geflorierten worten? Hugo von Montforts Minnelyrik zwischen Epigonalität und Experiment'' In: Stil. Mittelalterliche Literatur zwischen Tradition und Innovation (XXII. Anglo-German Colloquium). Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
    2013 ''»daz wær ouch noch guot wîbes sit, / daz si iht harte wider strit«. Streitbare Frauen in Wirnts Wigalois ''
    Böcking, Cordula (2013) ''»daz wær ouch noch guot wîbes sit, / daz si iht harte wider strit«. Streitbare Frauen in Wirnts Wigalois '' In: Aktuelle Tendenzen der Artusforschung. Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
    2011 ''An Anglo-Norman Fool in Constantinople: Der Pfaffe Amis ''
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula (2011) ''An Anglo-Norman Fool in Constantinople: Der Pfaffe Amis '' In: Behaving like Fools: Voices, Gestures and Laughter in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Turnhout: Brepols. [Details]
    2010 '' ain iunkfrow rait der kúnsten perkh. Der Minnesklaventopos bei Hugo von Montfort''
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula (2010) '' ain iunkfrow rait der kúnsten perkh. Der Minnesklaventopos bei Hugo von Montfort'' In: Aller weishait anevang ist ze brúfen an dem aussgang. Zum 650. Geburtstag Hugos von Montfort. Ostfildern: Thorbecke. [Details]
    2008 '' nach der mannesnamen site? Amazons and their Challenge to Normative Masculinity in Herbort von Fritzlar’s liet von Troye ''
    Politis, Cordula (2008) '' nach der mannesnamen site? Amazons and their Challenge to Normative Masculinity in Herbort von Fritzlar’s liet von Troye '' In: Masculinities and German Culture. Edinburgh German Yearbook 2. New York: Camden House. [Details]
    2007 ''Wisdom vs. Riches: The Discourse on Money in Fortunatus ''
    Politis, Cordula (2007) ''Wisdom vs. Riches: The Discourse on Money in Fortunatus '' In: Money and Culture. New York: Peter Lang. [Details]
    2007 ''The Encounter between Christendom and Islam in Wolfram’s Willehalm ''
    Politis, Cordula (2007) ''The Encounter between Christendom and Islam in Wolfram’s Willehalm '' In: Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity. New York: Peter Lang. [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2010 Sexual-Textual Border-Crossings: Lesbian Identity in German-Language Literature, Film, and Culture
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula and Smith-Prei, Carrie (Ed.). (2010) Sexual-Textual Border-Crossings: Lesbian Identity in German-Language Literature, Film, and Culture Konstanz: Hartung-Gorre. [Details]
    2008 Weg und Bewegung. Medieval and Modern Encounters. Festschrift in Honour of Gilbert J. Carr and Timothy R. Jackson
    Politis, Cordula and Creighton, Nicola (Ed.). (2008) Weg und Bewegung. Medieval and Modern Encounters. Festschrift in Honour of Gilbert J. Carr and Timothy R. Jackson Konstanz: Hartung-Gorre. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 ''Schiller Goes Transnational: Julie Paucker and Robert Schuster’s Malalai – Die afghanische Jungfrau von Orléans (2017)''
    Böcking, Cordula (2021) ''Schiller Goes Transnational: Julie Paucker and Robert Schuster’s Malalai – Die afghanische Jungfrau von Orléans (2017)''. German Life and Letters, 74 (4) [DOI] [Details]
    2014 ''Beyond Binary Identity Politics? Ethnic, Cultural and Gendered Othering in Feo Aladag's Die Fremde ''
    Böcking, Cordula (2014) ''Beyond Binary Identity Politics? Ethnic, Cultural and Gendered Othering in Feo Aladag's Die Fremde ''. Studies in European Cinema, 11.3 :212-222 [full-text] [Details]
    2010 ''mannes manheit, wîbes prîs: Challenging Heteronormativity in Rudolf von Ems' Alexander ''
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula (2010) ''mannes manheit, wîbes prîs: Challenging Heteronormativity in Rudolf von Ems' Alexander ''. GERMANISTIK IN IRELAND, 5 :13-29 [Details]
    2009 ''Das ‚lanndt der frawen’ im Priester Johannes des Ambraser Heldenbuches: Zur Verwendung des Amazonen-Motivs und seiner Bedeutung für das mythologische Selbstverständnis Maximilians I.''
    Politis, Cordula (2009) ''Das ‚lanndt der frawen’ im Priester Johannes des Ambraser Heldenbuches: Zur Verwendung des Amazonen-Motivs und seiner Bedeutung für das mythologische Selbstverständnis Maximilians I.''. JAHRBUCH DER OSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN-GESELLSCHAFT, 17 :47-59 [Details]
    2008 ''The Taming of the Amazon: Pentesilie in Ulrich von Türheim's Rennewart ''
    Politis, Cordula (2008) ''The Taming of the Amazon: Pentesilie in Ulrich von Türheim's Rennewart ''. Medium Aevum, LXXVII :77-95 [full-text] [Details]
    2007 ''Deutsche Prinzessinnen in Skandinavien und skandinavische Prinzessinnen in Deutschland: Kulturgeschichtliche Aspekte dynastischer Verbindungen im Mittelalter''
    Politis, Cordula (2007) ''Deutsche Prinzessinnen in Skandinavien und skandinavische Prinzessinnen in Deutschland: Kulturgeschichtliche Aspekte dynastischer Verbindungen im Mittelalter''. JAHRBUCH DER OSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN-GESELLSCHAFT, 16 :59-74 [Details]
    2004 ''The Narratives of Jörg Wickram: An Example of the German Reception of Petrarch's De remediis utriusque fortune ''
    Politis, Cordula (2004) ''The Narratives of Jörg Wickram: An Example of the German Reception of Petrarch's De remediis utriusque fortune ''. Fifteenth-Century Studies, 29 :160-173 [full-text] [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2011 'Hughes, Timothy Jolyon. Wolfram von Eschenbachs Criticism of Minnedienst in his Narrative Works. Lanham: University Press of America, 2009'.
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula (2011) 'Hughes, Timothy Jolyon. Wolfram von Eschenbachs Criticism of Minnedienst in his Narrative Works. Lanham: University Press of America, 2009'. Book Review [full-text] [Details]
    2010 ' cristallîn wort. Hartmann-Studien, ed. Waltraud Fritsch-Rössler, Wien, Berlin, Münster: LIT. Bd. 1 (2007), Rahmenthema: Das Ambraser Heldenbuch'.
    Böcking-Politis, Cordula (2010) ' cristallîn wort. Hartmann-Studien, ed. Waltraud Fritsch-Rössler, Wien, Berlin, Münster: LIT. Bd. 1 (2007), Rahmenthema: Das Ambraser Heldenbuch'. Book Review [Details]
    2009 'Urban, Melanie: Kulturkontakt im Zeichen der Minne. Die Arabel Ulrichs von dem Türlin, Mikrokosmos 77, 2007'.
    Politis, Cordula (2009) 'Urban, Melanie: Kulturkontakt im Zeichen der Minne. Die Arabel Ulrichs von dem Türlin, Mikrokosmos 77, 2007'. Book Review [Details]