Roberto Simanowski

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Hong Kong
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
HK
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Germany
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Roberto Simanowski received his Ph.D. at the University of Jena in 1996, was Research Fellow at University of Göttingen (1997), Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (1998-2000), Visiting Scholar at University of Washington (2001), Visiting Professor for Cultural Studies in Digital Media at University of Jena (2002), and Assistant Professor for German Literature and Digital Aesthetics at Brown University in Providence (2003-2010). Simanowski is the editor of dichtung-digital.org, a German-English journal on digital aesthetics, which he founded in 1999. Besides articles and books on mass-culture in 18th century, nationalism in German literature and literary salon, he has published extensively on digital literature and arts. In 2010, he accepted a position at the University of Basel where he is now professor of media studies.

Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Yearsort descending
Musealisierung und Jugendwahn - Frieder Rusmanns Kunsttot-Manifest Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital
Urs Schreibers "Das Epos der Maschine": Wenn konkrete Poesie digital wird Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2000
Das Epos der Maschine Interview mit Urs Schreiber Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2000
Operations of writing, Interview with Stuart Moulthrop Article in an online journal, Interview Dichtung Digital 2000
When Digital Literature goes Multimedia: Three German Examples Article in an online journal, Conference paper or presentation Dichtung Digital 2000
Multiple Personality Disorder als Bildschirmkombination Quadrego Article in an online journal, Interview Dichtung Digital 2001
The Reader as Author as Figure as Text Conference paper or presentation 2001
Stuttgarter Gruppe und Netzprojekte Article in an online journal, Article or chapter in a book, Interview update verlag 2001
Interfictions: Vom Schreiben im Netz Book (monograph) - print Suhrkamp Verlag 2002
Zeitgenossen: "Yatoo" - Audio-visueller Hypertext als Rollover-Lovepoem Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2002
Hypertext: Merkmale, Forschung, Poetik Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2002
Concrete Poetry in Analog and Digital Media Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2003
Concrete Poetry in Digital Media: Its Predecessors, its Presence and its Future Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2004
Holopoetry, Biopoetry und digitale Literatur. Parameter einer Annäherung Conference paper or presentation 2004
Close Reading und der Streit um Begriffe Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2005
Holopoetry, Biopoetry and Digital Literature: Close Reading and Terminological Debates Article or chapter in a book Transcript 2007
Digitale Medien in der Erlebnisgesellschaft. Kunst, Kultur, Utopien Book (monograph) - print Rowohlt 2008
Post-Chapter Dialogue, Simanowski and Ricardo Article or chapter in a book 2009
Teaching Digital Literature: Didactic and Institutional Aspects Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2009
What is and Toward What End Do We Read Digital Literature? Article or chapter in a book Continuum 2010

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