Frank Bezner
Assistant Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature

Medieval Latin Literature and Literary Culture
M.A. 1996, Ph.D. (Dr.phil.) 2000 University of Tuebingen

Contact information

Office: 4335 Dwinelle
Email: fbezner@berkeley.edu
Office phone: (510) 642-3199

Office hours: W 1-2pm, F 1-2 pm

Mailing address:
7233 Dwinelle Hall #2520
Berkeley, CA 94720-2520

Selected publications

  • Vela Veritatis. Hermeneutik, Wissen und Sprache in der Intellectual History des 12. Jahrhunderts (Brill, 2005)
  • Simmistes Veri. Das Bild Platons in der Theologie des 12. Jahrhunderts, in: The Platonic Tradition in the Middle Ages, edd. S.Gersh/M.Hoenen (2001), pp. 95-137
  • Herakles/Hercules, in: Der Neue Pauly, Mythenrezeption (2008), cols. 326-345

Personal statement

Current research:

  • Late Medieval and Early Modern Historiography
  • Latin Literary Culture in the High Middle Ages