Jan Ziolkowski

Jan Ziolkowski

Harvard University

Medieval Literature

jziolkowski@ias.edu

Research Statement: The Waltharius or Poem of Walter is the only surviving early Germanic epic apart from Beowulf. In Latin, it holds vast importance for the insights it affords into not only early medieval culture but also the complicated reception of Germanic heroism in modern culture.

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First Term