Markus Messling
Markus Messling is professor of Romance Literature, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University. He was vice director of the Marc Bloch Center, the Franco-German Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as professor of Romance literatures at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and is currently directing the ERC project Minor Universality. Narrative World Productions After Western Universalism. Publications include: The Epoch of Universalism (1769-1989) (edited with F. Hofmann, 2021), and Minor Universality (edited with J. Tinius, 2023).
As of November 2022
Events
The Pregnant Oyster – Doubts on Universalism
Exhibition, talks, workshops and guided tours
Jun 30–Jul 3, 2022
Rhinoceros Salon
Welt reparieren / Thinking through Repair
Music, film, debate and reading
Oct 8, 2020
Designing Present World(s)
Architecture after universalism and postcolonial criticism
Conference
Dec 12, 2019
