New Edition of Gottfried von Straßburg's 'Tristan'

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Tomas Tomasek
• Subject Area: German Medieval Studies (Medieval German Literature)
• Term: from 2011 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 201261000

The project of a new edition of Gottfried's 'Tristan' was approved for three years by the DFG in July 2011 and started work in January 2012 (for the sabbatical term see "Beschreibung des Vorhabens"). After one and a half year of continuous work we have already been able to edit more than 5000 lines (out of 19548) with our new innovative method. Our team edits about 100 lines per week, checking and discussing them extensively and preparing a glossary for students at the same time.In the course of all this, the methodological basis of the project has been under continuous scrutiny and has continuously been refined and improved, we have installed highly efficient editing software, invited scholars from other universities to our team meetings, started negotiations with potential publishers - and almost reached the contract signing stage - and integrated parts of the project into the university curriculum thus being able to recruit interested students into the project. Apart from all that, we are at present in the process of preparing a conference on the new edition of Gottfried's 'Tristan' scheduled for 2-4 September 2013.Our steady progress makes it feasible that a single extension of the project by three years may be sufficient to reach the stage where we will be able to give permission to print to a carefully chosen publisher, the final six months of that period being scheduled for work on the proofs.Although only half of the first project phase has passed, we are submitting our application for an extension now as the applicant's official time in office at the WWU Münster will end on 31 July 2014. He is, however, in the process of applying for an extension of his time in office until 30 September 2016 giving as a reason the ongoing DFG-project and this application for an extension of that same project. Being in office would, beyond 2014, ensure the continued indispensible support of Dr. Ute Nanz, who has worked on the team from the very beginning of the project, the continued work and help from the regular assistants and student assistants as well as the continued re-examination of the work on the project in regular contact and work with students.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants